Religion Past and Present: Encyclopedia of Theology and Religion (4th edition) Volume I A‐Bhu

Looking at the picture on Brill's website of the ten volume set (displayed in a magnificent pile), and knowing its pedigree from a German original that has been a monument to scholarship, one cannot fail to be impressed. Religion Past and Present (RPP) volume I (from A, starting at the very beginning with “A capella”, to Bhu for “Bhutan”, “the last existing Mahayana‐buddhist kingdom in the world”) is a translation and adaptation of the fourth edition of RGG – Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. It is, in fact, the first volume to appear of nine, along with...