Vernon, Mark 1966- text dictionary stk Edinburgh Chambers 2009 Expanded and rev. ed. monographic eng

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x, 677 p., [48] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 26 cm. Even in our high-tech world, billions of people continue to place their faith in a god, or gods, in spirits or in another form of divinity. Many adhere to beliefs outside the major faith traditions, while others see science and secular modernity as providing a sufficient basis for a meaningful life. Machine generated contents note: PANELS -- Hot Topics -- Abortion -- Capital and corporal punishment -- Contraception -- Creationism and intelligent design -- Euthanasia -- Faith schools -- Freedom of speech -- Genetic research -- Homosexuality -- Religion and secular society -- Terrorism -- Wearing of religious symbols -- Issues in the Study of Religion -- Agnosticism -- Angels in religions -- Architecture in religions -- Art in religions -- Atheism -- Authority in religions -- Blasphemy in religions -- Cosmology -- Ecotheology -- God -- Heaven and hell -- Humankind in religions -- Iconography in religions -- Literature in religions -- Marriage and divorce in religions -- Multiculturalism -- Music in religions -- Non-believers -- Philosophy of religion -- Pilgrimage in religions -- The problem of evil -- Psychology of religion -- Religion and psychotherapy -- Saints -- Salvation in religions -- Science and religion -- Secularization -- Sex in religions -- Contents note continued: Sociology of religion -- Women in religions -- Experience of Religion -- Ablutions -- Almsgiving -- Death -- Doubt and belief -- Family -- Food and drink -- Funerary practices -- Happiness -- The meaning of life -- Meditation -- Prayer -- Retreats -- Sacred places -- Spirituality and religion -- Places of Worship -- Visiting a Buddhist temple -- Visiting a Christian church -- Visiting a Hindu temple -- Visiting a Mosque -- Visiting a Sikh Gurudwara. edited by Mark Vernon. Formerly CIP. Religions Dictionaries BL31 .D53 2009 200.3/CHA 291.03 9780550103444 (hbk.) 0550103449 (hbk.) 2009286206 OCoLC 090527 20170404163803.0 000044734051 eng