Explores the cultural diversity of Africa through its many religions, traditional and neo-traditional African, Christainity, and Islam. Also examines how African-American Christianity, Haitian Voodoo and Cuban Santeria have been influenced by Christianity and traditional African religions.
Presents an introduction to the philosophy, ethics, and various meanings behind different kinds of belief, exploring such questions as whether miracles really happen, whether all religions have a rule book, and how things become sacred.
This book describes religious rituals of Egypt, India, China, Japan, Greece, and Rome, as well as the Celtic tribes, Vikings, Native Americans, Aztecs, and Incas, and presents step-by-step instructions for related projects.
This book examines the beliefs and practices of many of today's "alternative" religious movements: groups and organizations other than the mainstream denominations of the major world religions.
Collection of fifty-seven alphabetically-arranged articles, each focused on a specific aspect of religious belief or practice, with coverage of sixteen major world religions, and including a chronology of world religions, maps, and illustrations.
Explains how and why different religions came about and what they provided their followers. Also discusses certain elements such as holy objects, religious laws, and the priesthood common to all faiths.
An exploration for children of major world religions, people's yearnings for understanding of God and how people's need for each other can be met through faith and trust in each other.
