This Encyclopedia is the definitive reference to the history and beliefs that continue to exert a profound influence on Western thought.

This work presents and anlayzes issues that have helped forge European and world history. Through its ideology, Christianity has exerted great influence over politics, arts, literature and philosophy - and it has also dictated the daily lives, beliefs and rituals of people. This title helps understand the role of the Church by examining the concepts, theories and debates developed about God and the experience of God. Contributions from the UK, France, Germany, Israel, Belgium, USA, Canada, Italy, Switzerland and Sweden ensure a balanced coverage, one that reflects actual, international scholarship.The Encyclopedia of Christian Theology , translated from the French Dictionnaire Critique de Theologie 2nd Edition , features over 530 entries, contributed by 250 scholars from 15 different countries. Alphabetically-arranged entries provide the reader a critical overview of the main theological questions and related topics, including concepts, events, councils, theologians, philosophers, movements, and more. Hailed as a 'masterpiece of scholarship', this reference work will be of great interest and use for scholars, students of religion and theology as well as general readers

A survey, in four volumes, of the religious belief and practice in all 276 of the world's nations and territories. From the Aboriginal Cult of Maria Lionza in Venezuela to Zionist and Apostolic churches in South Africa and Zimbabwe, this title provides a comprehensive, A-Z compilation of the world's presently existing major religious communities. More than 200 worldwide experts contributed the 1200 entries, each of which covers a group's origin, history, organization, ecumenical contacts, and present status.

Cartwrightiana is the first of 2 volumes giving authoritative editions of the works of the early Elizabethan Puritans - Cartwright, Browne and Harrison.

The Early Christian World presents an exhaustive, erudite and lavishly illustrated treatment of the first Christian centuries, from the Jewish War and fall of the Temple to the final abolition of paganism.

The only multicultural survey of established and "new" American religions, this exhaustive three-volume encyclopedia explores the fascinating interaction between religion and ethnicity, regionalism, and popular culture. Pentecostalism, Zen, Sufism, Hare Krishnas. Dia de los Muertos, Wicca, roadside shrines, cyberspace. Worship in America is no longer just Protestantism, Catholicism, or Judaism. Today 96 percent of Americans believe in a higher power, yet less than 40 percent attend a weekly service. What, then, are our religious beliefs? Religion and American Cultures offers an unusual and engrossing journey across our country's religious landscape, past and present. A new spirit of religious diversity and multiculturalism stands alongside traditional institutions in this exhaustive three-volume set. The first volume explores America's multicultural communities and their sacred practices-not only Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism, but also Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. Spirituality in Latina/o, African American, Native American, and Asian American communities are also covered.The second volume focuses on cultural aspects of religions, with topics including film, Generation X, public sacred spaces, sexuality, "new" religious expressions, and much more. Organized alphabetically, longer general interest anchor essays in both volumes are followed by several shorter, more specialized supplementary essays. The third volume is devoted to complementary primary source documents. Written by more than 150 of America's most prestigious religious scholars, these insightful and intriguing entries address contemporary spiritual practice and culture with a historical perspective.

A cross-cultural encyclopedia of the most significant holy people in history, examining why people in a wide range of religious traditions throughout the world have been regarded as divinely inspired. Saints and shamans. Avatars and righteous men. Friends of God. In practically every religion and culture throughout history, individuals have been recognized for their uncommon connection to the divine or their exceptional service to faith and humanity.The stories of these "holy people" reflect both the spirituality of specific cultures and the universal impulse to find meaning through faith. The first reference on the subject to span all the world's major religions, Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia examines the impact of individuals who, through personal charisma and inspirational deeds, served both as glorious examples of human potential and as envoys for the divine. Holy People of the World contains more than 1,100 biographical sketches of venerated men and women.Written by religious studies experts and historians, each article focuses on the basic question: How did this person come to be regarded as holy? In addition, the encyclopedia features 20 survey articles on views of holy people in the major religious traditions such as Islam, Buddhism, and African religions, as well as 62 comparative articles on aspects of holiness and veneration across cultures such as awakening and conversion experiences, heredity, gender, asceticism, and persecution. Whether exploring by religion, culture, or historic period, this extensively cross-referenced resource offers a wealth of insights into one of the most revealing-and least explored-common denominators of spiritual traditions.

This is the first comprehensive resource on the subject of love in the teachings of the world's major religions, cultures, and philosophies.

Provides crucial insight into the controversies surrounding issues surrounding the separation of church and state.

Henry Barrow and John Greenwood are the fathers of Elizabethan Separatism. They refused to compromise their beliefs or conform to Anglicanism and as a consequence they died in 1593 - martyrs for their beliefs in English Congregationalism.

Abd Allah Baydawi's "Tawali'al-Anwar min Matal'al-Anzar" (Rays of Dawnlight Outstreaming from Far Horizons of Logical Reasoning), with Mahmud Isfahani's commentary, is a logical and mental vision of mankind's final completion as a spiritual structure in Islam. This work concerns this topic.

This unique encyclopedia explores the historical and contemporary controversies between science and religion. It is designed to offer multicultural and multi-religious views, and provide wide-ranging perspectives. ''Science, Religion, and Society'' covers all aspects of the religion and science dichotomy, from humanities to social sciences to natural sciences, and includes articles by theologians, religion scholars, physicians, scientists, historians, and psychologists, among others. The first section, General Overviews, contains essays that provide a road map for exploring the major challenges and questions in science and religion. Following this, the Historical Perspectives section grounds these major questions in the past, and demonstrates how they have developed into the six broad areas of contemporary research and discussion that follow. These sections - Creation, the Cosmos, and Origins of the Universe; Ecology, Evolution, and the Natural World; Consciousness, Mind, and the Brain; Healers and Healing; Dying and Death; and Genetics and Religion - organize the questions and research that are the foundation of the enormous interest, and controversy, in science and religion today.