Religious celebrations : an encyclopedia of holidays, festivals, solemn observances, and spiritual commemorations / J. Gordon Melton, editor ; with James A. Beverley, Christopher Buck, Constance A. Jones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melton, J. Gordon.

ebrary, Inc.

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fasts and feasts--Encyclopedias.

Fasts and feasts.

Festivals--Encyclopedias.

Festivals.

Holidays--Encyclopedias.

Holidays.

Sacred meals--Encyclopedias.

Sacred meals.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes (xxiii, 509 pages)) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2011]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Religious scholars mostly in the US and Canada, but also Hong Kong and Switzerland present about 600 entries in alphabetical order. Most of them are a page or two long and focus on a particular holiday or festival, but 12 long articles also profile whole religions, including unbelief and Wicca/Neo-Pagan. The holiday entries explain its origin, development and change, meaning within the spiritual system, and current observances. Among the holidays are African Methodist Quarterly Meeting Day, Darwin Day, Ksitigarbha's birthday, potlatch, and Feast of the Visitation. The cross-references are extensive. The two volumes are paged and indexed together. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

V. 1. A-K

v. 2. L-Z.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Religious celebrations.

ISBN:

1598842064

9781598842067

Publisher Number:

99945440946

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.