A reference guide to aspects of the world's religions. With a total of over 8,200 entries, a topical index, and an introductory essay, this dictionary is the compendium of the subject.

Product Description: Why do we think that things happen in the way that they do? Why do we think that some things are true, and other things false? Why do we maintain that some things are good, and other things evil? These are questions that have puzzled thinkers for millennia...read more

A reference on religions around the world features entries on the major religions; movements, sects, and cults; sacred texts and sites; religious leaders; and religious dogma, practices, and festivals.

A fascinating history of religion explores the ways in which various cultures and civilizations have viewed God, religion, and spirituality through the ages, shedding new light on humankind's search for meaning and detailing the beliefs, rituals, tenets, and practices of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and other world religions.

A comprehensive survey of world religions from pre-history to the present day provides a bibliography, full chronology, festival listing, illustrations, and calendar for each as documented by recognized academic experts. (view table of contents)

Addressing important issues of the day, this series examines how each of the eight majore religions approaches a particular theme. Constructed to be comparative, thee books are both authoritative and accessible. Each chapter is followed by a selected bibliography. Individual books are ideal for students at university and A level. As a set they form a complete reference collection.

Product Description: This challenging and penetrating book examines possible responses to key questions; such as how do human beings arrive at a sense of God and what shapes our sense of God?

Product Description: Addressing important issues of the day, this series examines how each of the eight major religions approaches a particular theme. Constructed to be comparative, the books are both authoritative and accessible. Each chapter is followed by a selected bibliography...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Addressing important issues of the day, this series examines how each of the eight major religions approaches a particular theme. Constructed to be comparative, the books are both authoritative and accessible. Each chapter is followed by a selected bibliography...read more

Product Description: In The Meanings of Death, John Bowker offers a major contribution to debates about the value of death and its place in both Western and Eastern religions. Examining the themes of friendship and sacrifice in the world's major religions, Bowker argues that there are points of vital contact with secular understandings of death, and that religious and secular attitudes can support and reinforce one another...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: A comparative general study of the problems of suffering as treated by Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Marxism, Hinduism and Buddhism.