The Oxford dictionary of world religions / edited by John Bowker.

"The Oxford Dictionary of World Religion is the most wide-ranging A-Z reference guide to all aspects of the world's religions past and present. Whether the reader seeks quick, accessible answers from the short entries or more detailed discussion from the longer more discursive articles, it...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Other Authors: Bowker, John, 1935-
Other title:Dictionary of world religions.
World religions.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997.
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