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[http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.library.acaweb.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t101 '''''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions''''']
8200 entries
Abridged from the acclaimed ''Oxford Dictionary of World Religions'', this Concise version is written by an expert team of 80 international and multi-faith contributors. It contains entries on all the major and many minor [[religion]]s, including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Shinto, Sikhism, and Taoism. Over 500 entries cover [[movements]], sects, and cults, from Cargo Cults and the [[New Age]] movement to Rastafarians and Soka Gakkai. Over 1,000 entries explore the sacred writings of religions worldwide, and short [[biographies]] of founders, leaders, gurus, philosophers, mystics, and heretics are given. There are details of sacred sites, customs, religious [[practice]]s, dogmas, [[belief]]s, [[traditio]]ns, festivals and fasts, and [[artefacts]] such as altars, rosaries, icons, and torah ornaments. There are also entries on worldwide religious teachings on abortion, animals, birth control, war, homosexuality, and suicide.
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[http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.library.acaweb.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t101 '''''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions''''']
8200 entries
Abridged from the acclaimed ''Oxford Dictionary of World Religions'', this Concise version is written by an expert team of 80 international and multi-faith contributors. It contains entries on all the major and many minor [[religion]]s, including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Shinto, Sikhism, and Taoism. Over 500 entries cover [[movements]], sects, and cults, from Cargo Cults and the [[New Age]] movement to Rastafarians and Soka Gakkai. Over 1,000 entries explore the sacred writings of religions worldwide, and short [[biographies]] of founders, leaders, gurus, philosophers, mystics, and heretics are given. There are details of sacred sites, customs, religious [[practice]]s, dogmas, [[belief]]s, [[traditio]]ns, festivals and fasts, and [[artefacts]] such as altars, rosaries, icons, and torah ornaments. There are also entries on worldwide religious teachings on abortion, animals, birth control, war, homosexuality, and suicide.
[[Category: Religion]]
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: Oxford Reference Premium]]
