宗教行事百科事典（全２巻） Religious Celebrations : An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations [2 volumes]

ABC-CLIO（2011/09発売）

• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781598842050
• DDC分類 203.6

基本説明

More than 750 A-Z entries on religious holidays and calendars.

Full Description

This two-volume work presents a comprehensive survey of all the ways people celebrate religious life around the globe.

Religious Celebrations is an alphabetically organized encyclopedia that covers more than 800 celebratory occasions from all of the world's major religious communities as well as many of the minor faith traditions. The encyclopedia provides a complete reference tool for examining the myriad ways people worldwide celebrate their religious lives across religious boundaries, providing information on numerous celebratory activities never before covered in a reference work.

Offering the most comprehensive coverage of religious holidays ever assembled, this two-volume book covers festivals, commemorations, holidays, and annual religious gatherings all over the world, with special attention paid to the celebrations in larger countries. Entries written by distinguished researchers and specialists on different religious communities capture the unique intensity of each event, be it fasting or feasting, frenzied activity or the universal cessation of work, a huge gathering of the faithful en masse or a small family-centered event. The work spotlights celebrations that currently exist without overlooking now-abandoned celebrations that still impact the modern world.

Contents

Volume One
List of Entries
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A-K Entries
Volume Two
List of Entries
L-Z Entries
About the Editor and Contributors
Index