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Title Religious holidays and calendars : an encyclopedic handbook / edited by Karen Bellenir ; foreword by Martin E. Marty
Edition 3rd ed
Published Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, 2004

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Contents Basic questions all calendars must answer -- The history of lunar and lunisolar calendars -- The history of solar calendars -- Calendar reform since the mid-Eighteenth Century -- Judaism -- Zoroastrianism -- Christianity: Roman Catholic and Protestant expressions -- Christianity: Orthodox expressions -- Christianity: non-Trinitarian and non-traditional expressions -- Islam -- The Bahá'í faith -- Hinduism -- Jainism -- Sikhism -- Buddhism -- Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religions -- Shinto -- Native American religions -- Paganism -- Western African religions and their New World expressions -- Ancient wisdom, metaphysical, and other faith communities
Summary A comprehensive, authoritative source of information about the calendars and holidays of the world's religions. It also provides concise information about the beliefs, practices, and history of more than 20 major religions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Calendars -- History
Fasts and feasts.
feasts.
Christian holidays.
SCIENCE -- Time.
Calendars.
Fasts and feasts.
Feestdagen.
Tijdrekening.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Bellenir, Karen.
ISBN 9781849724425
1849724423
9780780810907
0780810902
1282263463
9781282263468
9786612263460
6612263466
Other Titles Religious holidays & calendars