Religion Research Guide

This companion contains information on aspects of Jewish belief and practice, both ancient and modern. Entries explain Hebrew terms and range from people in the Bible to present-day Jewish thinkers and writers. Other coverage includes customs, traditions, and Jewish ideas on subjects as diverse as dance, vegetarianism, and eternity.

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the history of the religions of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world. The essays in these volumes have a broad reach, covering the ancient Near East and Mediterranean, and extending from the Bronze Age into the late Roman period. I

This dictionary contains entries on all the major and many minor religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Shinto, Sikhism, and Taoism. It covers movements, sects, and cults, from Cargo Cults and the New Age movement to Rastafarians and Soka Gakkai. It covers the sacred writings of religions worldwide, and includes short biographies of founders, leaders, gurus, philosophers, mystics, and heretics. There are also entries for contemporary moral issues.

This dictionary contains entries on the history and doctrines of the major Buddhist schools, information on the spread of Buddhism in Asia and the West, and coverage of issues of contemporary concern such as human rights, abortion, euthanasia, engaged Buddhism, and the role of women in Buddhist teachings.

Written by a leading scholar of ancient civilizations, this dictionary presents the gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, and the spirits of the African and American continents. Drawing upon hundreds of myths from around the globe, it not only reveals the vast differences in these civilizations, but also demonstrates the unity of mankind in its fundamental need for explanations of the unknown.

This authoritative encyclopedia covers religion worldwide, with excellent treatment of Asian religions. Individual traditions are covered along with the comparative study of religion.

Covering all aspects of mythology, this Companion includes essays on the world's major mythological traditions (Greek, Native American, Indian, Japanese, Sumerian, Egyptian), along with retellings of better-known myths, and entries on mythological types, motifs, and figures (such as the Descent to the Underworld, the Hero, Creation, Odysseus, Spider Woman, and Inanna), and related subjects (such as fairly tales and legends).

Spanning 3,500 years of Hinduism, from the religion's conception to Hinduism in the 21st century, this dictionary covers all major Hindu practices, festivals, beliefs, gods, sacred sites, languages, and religious texts.

This Dictionary focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th centuries and the religious, political, and social spheres of the modern Islamic world. There are entries on topics of current interest such as terrorism and the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, the PLO and HAMAS. Coverage also includes biographical profiles, entries on major political movements, militant groups, religious sects, terms from Islamic law, culture and religion, key historical events, and Islam in individual nations.

This dictionary treats all aspects of the Christian Church including theology, churches and denominations, patristic scholarship, the bible, the church calendar and its organization, popes, archbishops, saints, mystics, and much more.