Religious holidays and calendars [electronic resource] : an encyclopedic handbook / edited by Karen Bellenir ; foreword by Martin E. Marty.
Bellenir, Karen.
2004
CE6 .K45 2004eb
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Religious holidays and calendars [electronic resource] : an encyclopedic handbook / edited by Karen Bellenir ; foreword by Martin E. Marty.
Variant Title
Title as given on title screen: Religious holidays & calendars
Edition
3rd ed.
ISBN
9781849724425
1849724423
Publication Details
Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c2004.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 406 p.) : ill.
Call Number
CE6 .K45 2004eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
529/.3
Summary
A comprehensive, authoritative source of information about the calendars and holidays of the world's religions. It also provides concise information about the beliefs, practices, and history of more than 20 major religions.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Bellenir, Karen.
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Basic questions all calendars must answer
The history of lunar and lunisolar calendars
The history of solar calendars
Calendar reform since the mid-Eighteenth Century
Judaism
Zoroastrianism
Christianity: Roman Catholic and Protestant expressions
Christianity: Orthodox expressions
Christianity: non-Trinitarian and non-traditional expressions
Islam
The Bahá'í faith
Hinduism
Jainism
Sikhism
Buddhism
Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religions
Shinto
Native American religions
Paganism
Western African religions and their New World expressions
Ancient wisdom, metaphysical, and other faith communities.

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