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The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion is a scholarly book about the academic study of religion. Edited by Michael Stausberg and Steven Engler , the book was published in the United Kingdom in 2016.
Reviews and discussions have appeared in The New Yorker, [1] Freethought Today, [2] First Things, [3] Journal of the American Medical Association, [4] The Gerontologist, [5] the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, [6] Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, [7] The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, [8] Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, [9] Journal of ...
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The Handbook of Denominations in the United States, also known as Abingdon's Handbook of Denominations or just the Handbook of Denominations, originally by Frank S. Mead, editor of the Christian Herald, is a reference work on religious denominations, particularly but not exclusively Christian ones, based in North America or extensively represented there (i.e., the Roman Catholic Church).
A handbook is a type of reference work, or other collection of instructions, that is intended to provide ready reference. The term originally applied to a small or portable book containing information useful for its owner, but the Oxford English Dictionary defines the current sense as "any book ...
The Encyclopedia of Religion. Macmillan, 1986. [7] Eliade, Mircea and Ioan Couliano. Eliade Guide to World Religions. HarperCollins, 1991. [1] Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion. Catholic University Press, 1979. [6] Ferguson, John, ed. (1977). An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mysticism and the Mystery Religions. London: Thames and Hudson. [2]
The loanwords from Sanskrit cover many aspects of religion, art and everyday life. The Sanskrit influence came from contacts with India long ago before the 1st century. [ 1 ] The words are either directly borrowed from India or through the intermediary of the Old Javanese language .
To keep the religion recognized by the government, a council was set up to oversee the theological and ritual activities of the 330,000 adherents. None of the 78 basir upu (famous experts about the rituals) and 300 kaharingan priests make it to the council. The council decides many aspects about religion practices in Indonesia.