Religious Holidays And Calendars: An Encyclopedic Handbook
/ edited by Karen Bellenir
; foreword by Martin E. Marty.
Dtroit, MI
: Omnigraphics
, 2004.
xvi, 406 p.
: ill.
Code E.Book: 3156
Index
History of calendars. Basic questions all calendars must answer -- History of lunar and lunisolar calendars -- The history of solar calendars -- Calendar reform since the mid-eighteenth century. PART TWO: CALENDARS AND HOLIDAYS FOR RELIGIOUS GROUPS. Judaism -- Zoroastrianism -- Christianity: Roman Catholic and Protestant expressions -- Christianity: Orthodox expressions -- Christianity: Non-trinitarian and non-traditional expressions -- Islam -- The Bahai faith -- Hinduism -- Jainism -- Sikhism -- Buddhism -- Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese folk religions -- Shinto -- Native American religions -- Paganism -- Western African religions and their new world expressions -- Ancient wisdom, metaphysical and other faith communities.