Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices

This work is the culmination of a five‐year project at Thomson Gale to create an encyclopedia of contemporary religious practice in every country of the world, such a resource having previously not existed.

The work consists of three volumes: Volume 1 is a collection of extended essays on 13 major faith groups, namely “African traditional religions, Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism – and 28 of their sub‐groups, such as Anglicanism, Reform Judaism, Mahayana Buddhism, and Vaishnavism”. Volumes 2 and 3 consist of 193 essays on specific countries. Some more general information precedes...