Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions Book Hardcover Dust Jacket

Description: Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions edited by Roger A. Bullard & Larry D. Shinn 1981 Abingdon Hardcover wth dust jacket 7 inches by 10 inches 830 pages. Retired library book, no writing, tears or highlighting. Dust jacket has plastic protective covering. (from the dust jacket) A landmark in contemporary scholarship, the Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions is an accurate, concise summation of several millennia of history and tradition in a single volume. Over 150 scholars, representing the major religious traditions, as well as the fields of sociology, history, and anthropology, have combined forces to produce a sweeping work that provides comprehensive articles on the historical development and current status of the living religions of the world and clearly describes the doctrines , sects , movements , significant personalities , sacred writings , religious practices , and holy sites and objects of these religions . The Dictionary is wide-ranging in its appeal. Both graduate and undergraduate students of religion, school teachers and college professors, mission study groups, members of local churches, synagogues, and other religious organizations will find it invaluable. In addition, the Dictionary will help generate increased understanding among persons of different faiths. And for the reader who seriously desires to see his or her own particular religious tradition in the broad context of the religions of the world, no other resource compares with the Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions. THE EDITORS KEITH CRIM is professor of philosophy and religious studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. ROGER A. BULLARD is professor of religion and philosophy at Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, North Carolina. LARRY D. SHINN is associate professor of religion at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. Please let me know if pictures do not load properly or if anything else should be added to this listing. Any questions, please ask. Please check my other items! Combine purchases and save on shipping (email me before paying, for a combined invoice). Thanks for looking!

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