The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

IThe Oxford Dictionary of World Religions is an exceptionally wide-ranging A-Z reference guide to the history, beliefs, dogmas, practices, individuals, customs, and artifacts of the worlds religions past and present. As well as detailed information on individual religious traditions, there are fascinating general entries on common topics such as prayer, ethics, asceticism, confession, cosmology, art and architecture, and music.

Religion is an integral part of every culture on earth. Now, in this definitive one-volume reference, readers have at their fingertips a gold mine of information on religions, movements, and cults around the globe and across the centuries. More than 8,000 alphabetized entries penned by some 80 contributors feature information on sects, cults, and movements; sacred texts; sacred sites; religious customs; and more.