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016	7		_a015270939 _2Uk
020			_a9780550103444 (hbk.)
020			_a0550103449 (hbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)373480558
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050	0	0	_aBL31 _b.D53 2009
082	0	4	_a200.3/CHA _222
082	0	4	_a291.03 _222
130	0		_aDictionary of beliefs and religions.
245	1	0	_aChambers dictionary of beliefs and religions / _cedited by Mark Vernon.
246	1	0	_aDictionary of beliefs and religions.
250			_aExpanded and rev. ed.
260			_aEdinburgh : _bChambers, _c2009.
300			_ax, 677 p., [48] p. of plates : _bcol. ill. ; _c26 cm.
500			_aFormerly CIP. _5Uk
505	0		_aMachine 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 --
505	0		_aContents 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.
520			_aEven 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.
650		0	_aReligions _vDictionaries.
700	1		_aVernon, Mark, _d1966-
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