This two-volume work presents a comprehensive survey of all the ways people celebrate religious life around the globe. Religious Celebrations is an alphabetical

There has always been an intricate relationship between religion and politics. This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of the interrelation of relig

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Examines the history of religious practice and belief in the United States, covering a period that ranges over five hundred years, and includes over two hundred

The written word is one of the defining elements of Christian experience. As vigorous in the 1st century as it is in the 21st, Christian literature has had a si