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 provides a historical approach to the major religions; the second presents ten major themes: religious traditions, the divine, the cosmos, human beings, ethics, death, religious behavior, religion and society, religious languages, and the experience of the divine. One hundred and thirty specialists (historians, anthropologists, theologians, sociologists, philosophers, psychoanalysts) collaborated on the writing of this work.

 

Translations

Italy: UTET