Religions of the World

Religions of the World
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 3200
Release: 2010
Genre: Religions
ISBN:

Entries examine every major belief and significant practice around the world as well as the religious history of each and key religious communities.

The World's Greatest Religious Leaders [2 Volumes]

The World's Greatest Religious Leaders [2 Volumes]
Author: Scott E. Hendrix
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1440841373

Cover -- Volume I -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Entries -- Guide to Related Topics -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Timeline -- A-Z Entries -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- Volume II -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Entries -- Guide to Related Topics -- A-Z Entries -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- General Bibliography -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index

Food, Feasts, and Faith [2 volumes]

Food, Feasts, and Faith [2 volumes]
Author: Paul Fieldhouse
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2017-04-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

An indispensable resource for exploring food and faith, this two-volume set offers information on food-related religious beliefs, customs, and practices from around the world. Why do Catholics eat fish on Fridays? Why are there retirement homes for aged cows in India? What culture holds ceremonies to welcome the first salmon? More than five billion people worldwide claim a religious identity that shapes the way they think about themselves, how they act, and what they eat. Food, Feasts, and Faith: An Encyclopedia of Food Culture in World Religions explores how the food we eat every day often serves purposes other than to keep us healthy and stay alive: we eat to express our faith and to adhere to ethnic or cultural traditions that are part of who we are. This book provides readers with an understanding of the rich world of food and faith. It contains more than 200 alphabetically arranged entries that describe the beliefs and customs of well-established major world religions and sects as well as those of smaller faith communities and new religious movements. The entries cover topics such as religious food rules, religious festivals and symbolic foods, and vegetarianism and veganism, as well as general themes such as rites of passage, social justice, hospitality, and compassion. Each entry on religion explains what the religious dietary laws and guidelines are and how these were interpreted and put into practice historically and in modern settings. The coverage also includes important festivals and feast days as well as significant religious figures and organizations. Additionally, some 160 sidebars provide examples and more detailed information as well as fun facts.

The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature

The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature
Author: George Thomas Kurian
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 734
Release: 2010-04-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0810872838

The written word is one of the defining elements of Christian experience. As vigorous in the 1st century as it is in the 21st, Christian literature has had a significant function in history, and teachers and students need to be reminded of this powerful literary legacy. Covering 2,000 years, The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature is the first encyclopedia devoted to Christian writers and books. In addition to an overview of the Christian literature, this two-volume set also includes 40 essays on the principal genres of Christian literature and more than 400 bio-bibliographical essays describing the principal writers and their works. These essays examine the evolution of Christian thought as reflected in the literature of every age. The companion volume also features bibliographies, an index, a timeline of Christian Literature, and a list of the greatest Christian authors. The encyclopedia will appeal not only to scholars and Christian evangelicals, but students and teachers in seminaries and theological schools, as well as to the growing body of Christian readers and bibliophiles.

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership 2-Volume Collection

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership 2-Volume Collection
Author: Harvard Business Review
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1633699382

If you read nothing else on leadership, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review. Leadership skills are not innate--they can be acquired and honed. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership 2-Volume Collection provides enduring ideas and practical advice on how to harness inspiring, transformational leadership qualities and spearhead change. Bringing together HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership, Vol. 1 and HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership, Vol. 2, this collection includes twenty articles selected by HBR's editors and features the indispensable article "What Makes an Effective Executive" by Peter F. Drucker. From timeless classics to the latest game-changing ideas from thought leaders Jim Collins, Daniel Goleman, John Kotter, and more, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership 2-Volume Collection will inspire you to: Identify areas for personal growth Develop a more dynamic and sophisticated communication style Transform yourself from a problem solver to an agenda setter Embrace the challenges of adaptive work Draw strength from adversity Build trust with and among your fellow employees Inspire others to give their all HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

Global Connections: Volume 2, Since 1500

Global Connections: Volume 2, Since 1500
Author: John Coatsworth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1141
Release: 2015-03-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 131629790X

The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 2 takes us from the early modern period to speculation about the world in 2050, visiting diverse civilizations, nation-states, ecologies, and people along the journey through time and place. The book pays particular attention to the ways in which ordinary people lived through the great changes of their times, and how everyday experience connects to great political events and the commercial exchanges of an interconnected world. With 75 maps, 65 illustrations, timelines, boxes, and primary source extracts, the book enables students to use historical material and social science methodologies to analyze the events of the past, present, and future.

A Larger Hope?, Volume 2

A Larger Hope?, Volume 2
Author: Robin A. Parry
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2019-03-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1498200419

This book aims to uncover and explore the ideas of notable people in the story of Christian universalism from the time of the Reformation until the end of the nineteenth century. It is a story that is largely unknown in both the church and the academy, and the characters that populate it have for the most part passed into obscurity. With carefully located bore holes drilled to release the long-hidden theologies of key people and texts, the volume seeks to display and historically situate the roots, shapes, and diversity of Christian universalism. Here we discover a diverse and motley crew of mystics and scholars, social prophets and end-time sectarians, evangelicals and liberals, orthodox and heretics, Calvinists and Arminians, Puritans, Pietists, and a host of others. The story crisscrosses Continental Europe, Britain, and America, and its reverberations remain with us to this day.