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The 100 most influential religious leaders of all time / edited by Philip Wolny.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Britannica guide to the world's most influential people.
- The Britannica Guide to the World's Most Influential People
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious leaders--Biography.
- Religious leaders.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (371 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2017.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book presents biographies of 100 religious leaders who have had the greatest impact on their respective followers, nations, regions, and the world at large. Young readers not only learn about notable leaders of the various strands of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, but also read about the contributions of offshoot sects and more obscure religions.
- Contents:
- Moses
- Akhenaton
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Zoraster
- Laozi
- Mahavira
- Confucius
- Buddha
- Zhuangzi
- Ashoka
- Judas Maccabeus
- Mary
- Jesus
- Zhang Daoling
- Akiba ben Joseph
- Nagarjuna
- Mani
- Eusebius of Caesarea
- Augustine
- Bodhidharma
- Muhammad
- Xuanzang
- Shankara
- Ramanuja
- Rashi
- Saint Hildegard
- Ibn Abi 'Asrun
- Zhu Xi
- Moses Maimonides
- Saint Francis of Assisi
- Dogen
- Rumi
- Nichiren
- Saint Thomas Aquinas
- John Wycliffe
- Jan Hus
- Saint Joan of Arc
- Nanak
- Sir Thomas More
- Martin Luther
- Huldrych Zwingli
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola
- Menno Simons
- John Calvin
- John Knox
- Saint Teresa of Avila
- Isaac ben Solomon Luria
- Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal et duc de Richelieu
- Cornelius Otto Jansen
- George Fox
- Shabbetai Tzevi
- John Bunyan
- William Penn
- Ba'al Shem Tov
- John Wesley
- Jonathan Edwards
- Motoori Norinaga
- Ann Lee
- Richard Allen
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
- William Miller
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Baha Allah
- Isaac Mayer Wise
- Mary Baker Eddy
- Dayananda Sarasvati
- William Booth
- Helena Blavatsky
- Ramakrishna
- Joseph F. Smith
- Charles Taze Russell
- Wovoka
- Vivekananda
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- Saint John XXIII
- Simon Kimbangu
- Reinhold Niebuhr
- Blessed Paul VI
- Elijah Muhammad
- Dorothy Day
- Ruhollah Khomeini
- Hasan al-Banna
- Blessed Mother Teresa
- L. Ron Hubbard
- Billy Graham
- Sun Myung Moon
- Saint John Paul II
- Malcolm X
- Ian Paisley
- Thomas Spencer Monson
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Desmond Tutu
- Louis Farrakhan
- Jerry Falwell
- Dalai Lama XIV
- Francis I
- Rowan Williams
- Rick Warren
- Joel Osteen.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781508100423
- 150810042X
- OCLC:
- 954055132
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