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Religious holidays and calendars : an encyclopedic handbook / edited by Karen Bellenir ; foreword by Martin E. Marty.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, 2004.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvi, 406 p. : ill. ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0780806654
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 394.265 23
Contents:
Pt. 1. The history of calendars -- Ch. 1. Basic questions all calendars must answer -- Ch. 2. The history of lunar and lunisolar calendars -- Ch. 3. The history of solar calendars -- Ch. 4. Calendar reform since the mid-eighteenth century -- Pt. 2. Calendars and holidays for religious groups -- Ch. 5. Judaism -- Ch. 6. Zoroastrianism -- Ch. 7. Christianity : Roman Catholic and Protestant expressions -- Ch. 8. Christianity : orthodox expressions -- Ch. 9. Christianity : non-Trinitarian and non-traditional expressions -- Ch. 10. Islam -- Ch. 11. The Baha'i faith -- Ch. 12. Hinduism -- Ch. 13. Jainism -- Ch. 14. Sikhism -- Ch. 15. Buddhism -- Ch. 16. Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religions -- Ch. 17. Shinto -- Ch. 18. Native American religions -- Ch. 19. Paganism -- Ch. 20. Western African religions and their new world expressions -- Ch. 21. Ancient wisdom, metaphysical, and other faith communities -- Pt. 3. Appendices and indexes.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Pt. 1. The history of calendars -- Ch. 1. Basic questions all calendars must answer -- Ch. 2. The history of lunar and lunisolar calendars -- Ch. 3. The history of solar calendars -- Ch. 4. Calendar reform since the mid-eighteenth century -- Pt. 2. Calendars and holidays for religious groups -- Ch. 5. Judaism -- Ch. 6. Zoroastrianism -- Ch. 7. Christianity : Roman Catholic and Protestant expressions -- Ch. 8. Christianity : orthodox expressions -- Ch. 9. Christianity : non-Trinitarian and non-traditional expressions -- Ch. 10. Islam -- Ch. 11. The Baha'i faith -- Ch. 12. Hinduism -- Ch. 13. Jainism -- Ch. 14. Sikhism -- Ch. 15. Buddhism -- Ch. 16. Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religions -- Ch. 17. Shinto -- Ch. 18. Native American religions -- Ch. 19. Paganism -- Ch. 20. Western African religions and their new world expressions -- Ch. 21. Ancient wisdom, metaphysical, and other faith communities -- Pt. 3. Appendices and indexes.

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