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Zusatztext "wide-ranging and authoritative" Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey Parrinder is Professor Emeritus of the Comparative Study of Religions at the University of London. After his ordination as a Methodist Minister, he spent twenty years teaching in West Africa and studying African religions. He has written many highly successful books that have been translated into twelve languages, and has travelled widely, lecturing on the comparative study of religions in Australia, America, India, Japan and at Oxford. Klappentext ¿ Covers key people, places, rituals, texts and art ¿ Extends from the origins of the faith to the approaching millennium ¿ Features extensive cross-referencing, a chronology, and a thematic index and bibliography ¿ Fully illustrated with maps and photographs. Written by well-known author Geoffrey Parrinder, this is a succinct yet comprehensive encyclopedia to the largest of the world's faiths. Christianity is presented both in its historical context and as a religion with great contemporary diversity. From figures and events of the earliest years to twentieth-century movements, and from western to African and Asian churches, Parrinder combines detail with breadth and remains clear and concise throughout. Zusammenfassung From figures and events of the earliest years to movements of the twentieth-century, Christianity is presented both in its historical context and as a religion with great contemporary diversity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements vi Introduction 1 A Concise Encyclopedia of Christianity 13 Chronology 261 Thematic Bibliography 265 Thematic Index 268 Index of Proper Names 276
