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The Brill Dictionary of Religion

By Kocku Von Stuckrad

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
9004124330, 9789004151000, 9789004124332, 9004151001
LCC
BL31 .M4813 2006
Open Library ID
OL20024258M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
68 MB (70901267 bytes)
Edition
Revised
Pages
2176\2176
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The new and impressively comprehensive Brill Dictionary of Religion addresses religion as an element of daily life and public discourse. Richly illustrated and with more than 500 entries, the dictionary is a multi-media reference source on the many and various forms of religious commitment. It is unusual in that it not only addresses the different theologies and doctrinal declarations of the official institutionalized religions but it also gives equal weight and consideration to a multiplicity of other religious phenomena. People perceive and express religious experiences in many different ways: through dance, sensuality, in relations between sexes and in compassion at death. Religions help determine how people form and perceive their identity as part of a social group. The diverse effects of religions can also be perceived in the environment, society and the public sphere. The Brill Dictionary of Religion helps map out and define the networks and connections created by various religions in contemporary societies, and provides models for understanding these complex phenomena.

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