Encyclopedia of Religions

Encyclopedia , 2 volumes

with Ysé Tardan-Masquelier

encyclopedia of religions

Bayard, September 1997

New revised and expanded edition,
Bayard, "compact" collection, October 2000

 

Presentation

The first volume offers a historical perspective on the major religions; the second presents ten main themes: religious traditions, the divine, the cosmos, humankind, ethics, death, religious behavior, religion and society, religious language, and the experience of the divine. One hundred and thirty specialists (historians, anthropologists, theologians, sociologists, philosophers, and psychoanalysts) contributed to this work.

 

Translations

Italy: UTET