In historical terms, religions do not exist apart from the people who practise them. This is the first collection of biographical studies of figures from religi

Globalization and high-speed communication put twenty-first century people in contact with adherents to a wide variety of world religions, but usually, valuable

Children's and educational.

The diversity of the world's religions has come to the West, but believers are often ill-equipped for any kind of serious engagement with non-Christians. In Enc

Maps and text present a guide to the historical development and current state of the world's religions.