Description: An essential reference source for both academic and general readers since 1984, this comprehensive dictionary has now been expanded and thoroughly revised to reflect the most current religious trends of our ever-changing world. New entries have been added on Afro-Caribbean religious movements, modern North American developments, traditional religions in Latin America, and new Japanese religious movements. Important new areas affecting all religious movements are also covered, such as migration, gender, sexuality, mysticism, and pilgrimage. With the original twenty-nine contributors now increased to over sixty, each entry reflects the many advances in scholarship and modern developments that have occurred throughout the world.

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