THE NEW LION HANDBOOK OF WORLD RELIGIONS
Author(s): PARTRIDGE CHRISTOPHER
This long established and highly regarded reference work on the Lion list is now available in a popular flexiback format. With expert authorship, this book draws on a team of over 80 contributors, including twelve eminent consulting editors, representing a wide international spectrum from UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Japan and Australia. The text includes 'insider' articles on each of the major faiths, written by a practising member of each of the faiths featured; sections on understanding religion; religions of antiquity; and indigenous religions; and, a final section on key developments in the modern world such as the emergence of new religions and alternative therapies.
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Christopher Partridge is Professor of Contemporary Religion at University College Chester. He is the editor of the highly-acclaimed Encyclopedia of New Religions (Lion).
General Fields
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- : Lion Hudson Plc
- : UNKNOWN
- : 21 January 2010
- : 216mm X 151mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : PARTRIDGE CHRISTOPHER
- : Paperback
- : 10-Jan
- : 200
- : 496
- : colour maps, photographs & diagrams