Describes most religious bodies to help readers understand what each church body believes and practices.

Realists have long argued that the international system must be based on hard calculations of power and interest. But in recent years, religion's role on the in

First Published in 1992. This title is the first volume in the 3-volume series titled Religious Information Systems Series. This updated directory recognised th

Europe's "Black Death" contributed to the rise of nation states, mercantile economies, and even the Reformation. Will the AIDS epidemic have similar dramatic ef