The atlas of religion
Maps the current nature, extent, and influence of each of the major religions and shows, country by country, how religions are spread through broadcasting, missionary work, schooling, and banking; how they relate to government, laws, and world hunger; and the role they play in wars. It traces the em...
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Berkeley :
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c2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Beginnings : Popular religions, Arrivals, Roots and branches
- pt. 2. Beliefs, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Sikhism, Traditional beliefs, Catholicism, New religious movements, New departures, Non-believers
- pt. 3. Structures, State attitudes to religion, Christian finance, Religious education, Christian missionaries, The word, Christian broadcasting, Aid and development, Islamic law
- pt. 4. Conflicts and tensions, Faultlines, Emerging from persecution
- pt. 5. Contemporary challenges, Shared world, Equal rites, Environmental protection, Ethical investment, The future
- pt. 6. The heartlands, Origins, Holy natural, Fundamentals of the faiths
- pt. 7. Social context.
