Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Online
Authors: John Bowker
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2773 page)
| Dr Richard B. Pilgrim | Associate Professor |
| Department of Religion | |
| Syracuse University | |
| New York, USA | |
| Japanese religion | |
| Professor Don A. Pittman | Associate Professor of the History of Religions |
| Tainan Theological College and Seminary | |
| Tainan, Taiwan | |
| Chinese religion | |
| Dr Y. Raef | Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies |
| American University in Cairo | |
| Egypt | |
| Islam; Islamic thought | |
| Revd Chris Russell | UK |
| Charismatic movement | |
| Lamie Abbes Samora | Mandeans |
| Dr P. J. Sherry | Reader |
| Religious Studies Department | |
| University of Lancaster | |
| UK | |
| Christianity; philosophy of religion | |
| Dr Peter Smith | Visiting Professor in History and Social Sciences |
| International Students Degree Program | |
| Mahidol University | |
| Thailand | |
| Babi; Baha'i | |
| Mr P. J. Stewart | Lecturer in Ecology |
| University of Oxford | |
| UK | |
| Contemporary Islam | |
| Dr Laurence G. Thompson | Professor Emeritus of East Asian Languages and Cultures |
| University of Southern California | |
| Ventura, USA | |
| Confucian classics; Chinese religion | |
| Very Revd Simon Tugwell, OP | President of the Dominican Historical Institute |
| Rome, Italy | |
| Dominicans | |
| Professor Taitetsu Unno | Jill Ker Conway Professor of Religion |
| Smith College | |
| Northampton, Massachusetts | |
| USA | |
| East Asian Buddhism | |
| Professor Manabu Waida | Professor of the History of Religions |
| University of Alberta | |
| Edmonton, Canada | |
| Japanese religion | |
| Dr Michael Walsh | Librarian |
| Heythrop College | |
| University of London | |
| UK | |
| Christianity | |
| Professor L. H. Yearley | Walter Y. Evans-Wentz Professor |
| Stanford University, USA | |
| Chinese religion | |
| Professor D. C. Yu | Formerly, Department of Religion |
| Maryville College | |
| Tennessee, USA | |
| Chinese religion |
General Editor: John Bowker
8200 entries
Abridged from the acclaimed
Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
, this Concise version is written by an expert team of 80 international and multi-faith contributors. It contains entries on all the major and many minor religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Shinto, Sikhism, and Taoism. Over 500 entries cover movements, sects, and cults, from Cargo Cults and the New Age movement to Rastafarians and Soka Gakkai. Over 1,000 entries explore the sacred writings of religions worldwide, and short biographies of founders, leaders, gurus, philosophers, mystics, and heretics are given. There are details of sacred sites, customs, religious practices, dogmas, beliefs, traditions, festivals and fasts, and artefacts such as altars, rosaries, icons, and torah ornaments. There are also entries on worldwide religious teachings on abortion, animals, birth control, war, homosexuality, and suicide.
John Bowker is Gresham Professor of Divinity at the University of London and Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a highly regarded authority on religious studies and a well-known broadcaster on the BBC.
ISBN 019860601x
First published 1997 as
The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
. This abridged and updated edition published as an Oxford University Press paperback 2000
E-book copyright © 2003.
© Oxford University Press 2000, 2002
