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1. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Missions and Missionaries

   Edited by Jonathan Bonk

   Series: Religion and Society

   The Encyclopedia of Missions and Missionaries examines the nature and effects of missionary work around the world and throughout history, analyzing how secular and clerical people from major religions (especially Christianity, Buddhism and Islam) have brought social changes along with words of a...

   Published September 2nd 2010 by Routledge
2. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media

   Edited by Daniel A. Stout

   Series: Religion and Society

   Communication is at the heart of all religions. As an essential aspect of religion, communication occurs between believers, between religious leaders and followers, between proponents of different faiths, and even between practitioners and the deities. The desire to communicate with as well as...

   Published June 1st 2010 by Routledge
3. Routledge Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals and Festivals

   Edited by Frank Salamone

   Series: Religion and Society

   Many rituals and festivals take place in public, meaning that such expressions of faith are societal as well as individual forms of human behaviour. The similarity in the general patterns of rituals and festivals across cultures and religions is striking. For example, most cultures and religions...

   Published June 1st 2010 by Routledge
4. Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity

   Edited by Stanley M. Burgess

   Series: Religion and Society

   The Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity examines all aspects of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity movements. Focusing on their historical and worldwide development and using a socio-cultural, anthropological approach, this work explains the concepts, practices and...

   Published February 27th 2006 by Routledge
5. Encyclopedia of Religion and War

   Edited by Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez

   Series: Religion and Society

   This volume in the highly praised Religion and Society series examines and analyzes the role of religion in major wars, as well as the role of war in the development and spread of major religions. Entries cover historical as well as modern religious-based conflicts, such as modern Ireland and...

   Published December 3rd 2003 by Routledge
6. Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom

   Edited by Catharine Cookson

   Series: Religion and Society

   The intertwined issues of religious freedom, religious rights and church-state relations are a major issue around the world. In fact, much of the story of human history is the story of quests for freedom by different religious groups in different places at different times. These quests and stories...

   Published June 22nd 2003 by Routledge
7. Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism

   Edited by Brenda E. Brasher

   Series: Religion and Society

   This new encyclopedia follows a broad definition of fundamentalism and covers fundamentalism across time and place, although the emphasis remains on its primary manifestation: Protestant fundamentalism in the United States. Entries include: * angels * Armenianism * Aryan Nation * William Jennings...

   Published October 18th 2001 by Routledge
8. Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions

   Edited by Stephen D. Glazier

   Series: Religion and Society

   This important new reference covers African and African-American religion in sub-Saharan Africa, North America, South America, and the Caribbean, and provides vital insights into its growing worldwide influence in Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. Entries encompass individuals, concepts, specific...

   Published January 15th 2001 by Routledge
9. Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements

   Edited by Richard Landes

   Series: Religion and Society

   Published July 5th 2000 by Routledge