Religious Celebrations [2 volumes]

Religious Celebrations [2 volumes]
Author :
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 1077
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781598842067
ISBN-13 : 1598842064
Rating : 4/5 (064 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Religious Celebrations [2 volumes] by : Bloomsbury Publishing

Download or read book Religious Celebrations [2 volumes] written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 1077 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume work presents a comprehensive survey of all the ways people celebrate religious life around the globe. Religious Celebrations is an alphabetically organized encyclopedia that covers more than 800 celebratory occasions from all of the world's major religious communities as well as many of the minor faith traditions. The encyclopedia provides a complete reference tool for examining the myriad ways people worldwide celebrate their religious lives across religious boundaries, providing information on numerous celebratory activities never before covered in a reference work. Offering the most comprehensive coverage of religious holidays ever assembled, this two-volume book covers festivals, commemorations, holidays, and annual religious gatherings all over the world, with special attention paid to the celebrations in larger countries. Entries written by distinguished researchers and specialists on different religious communities capture the unique intensity of each event, be it fasting or feasting, frenzied activity or the universal cessation of work, a huge gathering of the faithful en masse or a small family-centered event. The work spotlights celebrations that currently exist without overlooking now-abandoned celebrations that still impact the modern world.


Religious Celebrations [2 volumes] Related Books

Religious Celebrations [2 volumes]
Language: en
Pages: 1077
Authors: Bloomsbury Publishing
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-13 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This two-volume work presents a comprehensive survey of all the ways people celebrate religious life around the globe. Religious Celebrations is an alphabetical
Religions of Rome: Volume 2, A Sourcebook
Language: en
Pages: 434
Authors: Mary Beard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-06-28 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Volume two reveals the extraordinary diversity of ancient Roman religion. A comprehensive sourcebook, it presents a wide range of documents illustrating religio
Food, Feasts, and Faith [2 volumes]
Language: en
Pages: 676
Authors: Paul Fieldhouse
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-17 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An indispensable resource for exploring food and faith, this two-volume set offers information on food-related religious beliefs, customs, and practices from ar
A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2
Language: en
Pages: 581
Authors: Mircea Eliade
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-16 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In volume 2 of this monumental work, Mircea Eliade continues his magisterial progress through the history of religious ideas. The religions of ancient China, Br
Totalitarianism and Political Religions, Volume II
Language: en
Pages: 409
Authors: Hans Maier
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-24 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Available for the first time in English language translation, this is the long-awaited second volume of the three part set on Totalitarianism and Political Reli