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A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations: Jewish, Heathen, Mahometan, Christian, Ancient and Modern

A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations: Jewish, Heathen, Mahometan, Christian, Ancient and Modern

Adams, Hannah
Tweed, Thomas a.

Paperback

Series: AAR Classics in Religious Studies, Book 8

Comparative ReligionReligion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 1555407285
ISBN13: 9781555407285
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 2 1992
Pages: 424
Weight: 1.24
Height: 1.09 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
This is a facsimile of the 1817 fourth edition of Hannah Adams's pioneering harbinger of the scholarly study of religion. The book surveys the diversity of religion, mostly of historical and contemporary Christian sects and movements but with significant inclusions of Jewish, Muslim, and heathen religious groups. Adams's particular contribution was the self-conscious effort to treat all religious groups on the same level and to avoid explicit or implicit judgments. She preferred to use self-descriptions where she had them. It is this non-normative approach that gives the book its historical value. Thomas Tweed's introduction discusses Adams's life and sets her and her book usefully in their context. He includes a helpful guide to the key entries.

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