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"All entries have cross-references and short bibliographies for further reading. Front and back matter...feature a chronology of world religions, maps showing the locations of various cultures, an extensive bibliography, and a detailed index. This book is an excellent resource for all libraries and for anyone wanting objective information on religion and how religious beliefs affect and express various cultures." - American Reference Books Annual

Ancestor worship; animism; asceticism; astrology; Baha'i; Buddhism; cannibalism; Christianity; Christian Science; Confuciansim; cosmology; divination; dreams; Eastern orthodoxy; evil eye; festivals; geomancy; Hinduism; Islam; Jainism; Judaism; life-cyclerites; magic; mana; meditation; missions; monotheism and polytheism; mormonism; New Age; ordeals; Pentacostalism; pilgrimage; possession and trance; prayer; Protestantism; purity and pollution; reincarnation; religious objects; religious specialists; revitalization movements; ritual; Roman Catholicism; sacrifice and offering; Shamanism; Shinto; Sikhism; sorcery; soul; supernatural beings; supernatural explanations for illness; syncretic religions; taboo; taoism; totemism; vision quest; witchcraft; Zoroastrianism.