World Christian Encyclopedia: The world by segments : religions, peoples, languages, cities, topicsDavid B. Barrett Oxford University Press, 2001 The comprehensive overview of the world's largest religion in all its many versions and in both its religious and secular contexts. The Encyclopedia presents and analyzes an unmatched wealth of information about the extent, status, and characteristics of twentieth-century Christianity worldwide. It takes full account of Christianity's ecclesiastical branches, subdivisions, and denominations, and treats Christianity in relation to other faiths and the secular realm. It offers an unparalleled comparative study of churches and religions throughout the modern world. This new edition features a vast range of new and previously unpublished data on the current global situation of Christianity, on religion in general, and on the political, demographic, economic, and social characteristics of the world's cultures and peoples in 238 countries. Each volume is filled with essential information, from historical surveys of denominations to country-by-country profiles of churches and believers. The text sets the cxurrent status of Christianity into a rich historical context, and assesses current trends and future directions. Many tables, charts, diagrams, photographs, a directory of names and organizations, a glossary, index, and other features ensure accessbility for specialists and non-specialists alike. The Encyclopedia will be of great value to academics of many disciplines, clergy, administrators, and those who work in Christian and other religious organizations around the world, as well as to anyone interested in current affairs. |
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... origins of man have not been proven , population movements with resulting interbreeding have been continuous since the origin of man , and that popu- lations today grade into each other to such an extent that no pure stocks exist ...
... origins of man have not been proven , population movements with resulting interbreeding have been continuous since the origin of man , and that popu- lations today grade into each other to such an extent that no pure stocks exist ...
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... origins . 13th century cathedral . D = RCC . 112,000 Capital of Lerida , Catalonia on Segre River . Cattle , agriculture , fruit . Iberian origin . D = RCC . 59,700 Jaen , Andalusia . Mining , gunpowder , dynamite , rope . Lead smelting ...
... origins . 13th century cathedral . D = RCC . 112,000 Capital of Lerida , Catalonia on Segre River . Cattle , agriculture , fruit . Iberian origin . D = RCC . 59,700 Jaen , Andalusia . Mining , gunpowder , dynamite , rope . Lead smelting ...
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... origin , in Portuguese , a Ca- Zaydis . ( Zaidis ) . A Muslim sect in Yemen that constitutes one of the 4 major branches of Shia Islam recognizes a continu- ing line of imams descended through Zaid ( the 5th imam ) , and is closest to ...
... origin , in Portuguese , a Ca- Zaydis . ( Zaidis ) . A Muslim sect in Yemen that constitutes one of the 4 major branches of Shia Islam recognizes a continu- ing line of imams descended through Zaid ( the 5th imam ) , and is closest to ...