{"product_id":"religion-and-world-civilizations-how-faith-shaped-societies-from-antiquity-to-the-present-3-volumes","title":"Religion and World Civilizations: How Faith Shaped Societies from Antiquity to the Present [3 Volumes]","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction: Religion and Its Influence on Human Societies\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 1: Ancient and Early Medieval Worlds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAncient Near Eastern Civilizations\u003cbr\u003eAkhenaten's Rejection of Polytheism\u003cbr\u003eBabylonian Astronomy and Astrology\u003cbr\u003eBar Kokhba Revolt\u003cbr\u003eBuilding of the Anu Ziggurat in Uruk\u003cbr\u003eBuilding of the Egyptian Pyramids\u003cbr\u003eBuilding of the First Temple on Mount Moriah-Solomon's Temple\u003cbr\u003eBuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003eCanaanite Gods and Goddesses\u003cbr\u003eCanaanite Temples\u003cbr\u003eCouncil of Jamnia\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment of Synagogues as Centers of Jewish Religious Life\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment of the Hebrew Palestinian Canon\u003cbr\u003eEgyptian\u003ci\u003e Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElevation of the Persian Language\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpic of Gilgamesh \u003c\/i\u003eand Mesopotamian Religion\u003cbr\u003eEstablishment and Influence of the Essenes\u003cbr\u003eEstablishment of the Avesta\u003cbr\u003eEstablishment of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah\u003cbr\u003eGreat Jewish Revolt\u003cbr\u003eHammurabi's Code\u003cbr\u003eHebrew Bible and Slavery\u003cbr\u003eInfluence of Zoroastrianism\u003cbr\u003eMani and the Foundation of Manichaeism\u003cbr\u003eMesopotamian Creation Story\u003cbr\u003eMesopotamian Flood Narratives\u003cbr\u003eMesopotamian Magic and Witchcraft\u003cbr\u003eMesopotamian Religious Influences on the Hebrews\u003cbr\u003eOrigins of Zoroastrianism\u003cbr\u003ePossible Zoroastrian Influences on Judaism and Christianity\u003cbr\u003eReign of King David\u003cbr\u003eReign of Sargon of Akkad\u003cbr\u003eReligion and Warfare in the Ancient Near East\u003cbr\u003eReligious Significance of Ur\u003cbr\u003eRevolt of the Maccabees\u003cbr\u003eSassanian Religious Literature\u003cbr\u003eSaul as the First King of Israel\u003cbr\u003eTemple Complexes at Uruk\u003cbr\u003eZiggurats and Temples\u003cbr\u003eZoroastrian Dualism and Monotheism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAncient China and India\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAjanta Caves\u003cbr\u003eAncient Chinese Oracle Bones\u003cbr\u003eAshoka and the Spread of Buddhism\u003cbr\u003eChandragupta II and the Rise of Vaishnavism\u003cbr\u003eChinese Creation Myths\u003cbr\u003eCompilation of the Bhagavad Gita\u003cbr\u003eCompilation of the Upanishads\u003cbr\u003eConfucianism as the State Religion\u003cbr\u003eCreation of Taoism\u003cbr\u003eEmergence of Buddhism in China during the Han Dynasty\u003cbr\u003eFounding of Buddhism by Siddhartha Gautama\u003cbr\u003eFourth Buddhist Council\u003cbr\u003eGreat Bath and the College of Priests\u003cbr\u003eGreat Buddhist University at Nalanda\u003cbr\u003eInfluence of the Rigveda\u003cbr\u003eKinnar in Ancient Indian Religious Texts\u003cbr\u003eLife and Influence of Confucius\u003cbr\u003eMahavira and the Foundations of Jainism\u003cbr\u003eMandate of Heaven\u003cbr\u003eMythic Origins of the Caste System\u003cbr\u003eQin Dynasty and the Banning of Religion\u003cbr\u003eSacred Cows in Hinduism\u003cbr\u003eTheravada Buddhism\u003cbr\u003eThird Buddhist Council\u003cbr\u003eTomb of the First Emperor of the Qin\u003cbr\u003eVedic Creation Myths\u003cbr\u003eVedic Gods\u003cbr\u003eVedic Priesthood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAncient Greece\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClosure and Destruction of Ancient Greek Temples by Christian Authorities\u003cbr\u003eCompilation of the Septuagint\u003cbr\u003eCult of Alexander the Great\u003cbr\u003eCult of Asklepios in Epidauros\u003cbr\u003eCults of Foreign Gods in Ancient Greece\u003cbr\u003eFunerary Customs and Festivals in Honor of the Dead\u003cbr\u003eGreek Language and the New Testament\u003cbr\u003eGreek Mythology\u003cbr\u003eHellenic and Hellenistic Mystery Religions\u003cbr\u003eIliad and \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrigin and Influence of the Oracle of Delphi\u003cbr\u003ePlatonic Influences on Christianity\u003cbr\u003eReligion in the Hellenistic World\u003cbr\u003eReligious Purposes and Functions of Greek Temples\u003cbr\u003eReligious Significance and Purpose of the Parthenon\u003cbr\u003e Religious Significance of Panhellenic Athletic Festivals\u003cbr\u003eReligious Significance of Wine\u003cbr\u003eSacred Wars\u003cbr\u003eTrial of Socrates\u003cbr\u003eTwelve Olympians\u003cbr\u003eWarfare and the Intervention of the Gods\u003cbr\u003eWorship of Minoan and Mycenaean Gods and Goddesses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAncient Rome\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAugustus, Octavian, and the Establishment of the Cult of the Emperor\u003cbr\u003eBacchanalia\u003cbr\u003eChristian Persecution\u003cbr\u003eConversion of Constantine\u003cbr\u003eCouncil of Nicaea\u003cbr\u003eDeification of Roman Emperors\u003cbr\u003eEdict of Milan\u003cbr\u003eEstablishment of the Coptic Church\u003cbr\u003eEstablishment of the New Testament Canon\u003cbr\u003eFirst Use of the Title\u003ci\u003e dominus et deus, \u003c\/i\u003e Master and God, by the Emperor Domitian\u003cbr\u003eHaruspices\u003cbr\u003eInfluence of the Bishop of Rome\u003cbr\u003eJerome's Translation and Publication of the Vulgate\u003cbr\u003eJesus, the Apostles, and the Origins of Christianity\u003cbr\u003eJulius Caesar Declared \u003ci\u003eparens patriae\u003c\/i\u003e and Subsequently Deified\u003cbr\u003eMithraism in the Roman Empire and Its Possible Influences on Early Christianity\u003cbr\u003eMystery Religions in Ancient Rome\u003cbr\u003eNicene Christianity Declared the State Religion of the Roman Empire\u003cbr\u003eNuma Pompilius Establishes the Religious Institutions of Rome\u003cbr\u003ePaganism in Ancient Rome\u003cbr\u003ePantheon of Roman Gods and Goddesses\u003cbr\u003ePlebeians in Rome Eligible for Priesthood: \u003ci\u003eLex Ogulnia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligion and the Roman Household\u003cbr\u003eReligious Nature of Stoicism\u003cbr\u003eReligious Role of the Vestal Virgins\u003cbr\u003eSexual Renunciation in Early Christianity\u003cbr\u003eSol Invictus\u003cbr\u003eThracian Religion in the Roman World\u003cbr\u003eByzantium\u003cbr\u003eBattle of Manzikert\u003cbr\u003eByzantine Conflicts with Islam\u003cbr\u003eByzantine Understandings of the Arab Conquests\u003cbr\u003eByzantium and the First Crusade\u003cbr\u003eCaesaropapism and Papocaesarism\u003cbr\u003eConquest of Jerusalem by the Sassanians\u003cbr\u003eConstantine I and the Founding of Constantinople\u003cbr\u003eCouncil of Chalcedon (451)\u003cbr\u003eCouncil of Constantinople (381)\u003cbr\u003eCouncil of Ephesus (431)\u003cbr\u003eFall of Constantinople (1453)\u003cbr\u003eFounding of Mount Athos\u003cbr\u003eHagia Irene\u003cbr\u003eHagia Sophia\u003cbr\u003eIconoclasm\u003cbr\u003eJohn of Damascus and the Defense of Icon Veneration\u003cbr\u003eMassacre of Latin Christians in Constantinople\u003cbr\u003eOrigins of the Cult of the Virgin Mary\u003cbr\u003ePatriarch of Constantinople\u003cbr\u003ePentarchy\u003cbr\u003ePhotian Schism, 219\u003cbr\u003eReligious Concerns over Byzantine Games, 220\u003cbr\u003eRepairing the Schism between the Churches of Constantinople and Rome\u003cbr\u003eSack of Constantinople\u003cbr\u003eSassanian Conflict with the Byzantine Empire\u003cbr\u003eSchism of 1054\u003cbr\u003eThird Samaritan Revolt\u003cbr\u003eThree Chapters Controversy\u003cbr\u003eVeneration and Production of Icons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly Medieval Europe (500-1000)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBattle of Tours\u003cbr\u003eBenedict of Nursia\u003cbr\u003eCarolingians and the Papacy\u003cbr\u003eCharlemagne and the Conversion of the Saxons\u003cbr\u003eChristian Holy War before the Crusades\u003cbr\u003eChristian Pilgrimage to 1000\u003cbr\u003eConversion of Clovis to Christianity\u003cbr\u003eConversion of the Lombards to Christianity\u003cbr\u003eDonation of Constantine\u003cbr\u003eFounding of the Holy Roman Empire\u003cbr\u003eGregorian Chant\u003cbr\u003eMedieval Cathedral Architecture (300-1100)\u003cbr\u003eMedieval Papacy (500-1000)\u003cbr\u003eMerovingians\u003cbr\u003eMonasticism\u003cbr\u003eMusic in Christian Thought and Practice (300-1000)\u003cbr\u003ePapacy of Gregory the Great\u003cbr\u003eSignificance of Relics\u003cbr\u003eViking Religion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 2: Medieval and Early Modern Worlds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedieval Europe (1000-1450)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlbigensian Crusade\u003cbr\u003eChristianity and the Founding of Medieval Universities\u003cbr\u003eChristian Pilgrimage from 1000 to 1500\u003cbr\u003eChristian Theology and the Jews\u003cbr\u003eChristian Views on Prostitution\u003cbr\u003eCrusading and Religious Conversion\u003cbr\u003eCult of the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment of Canon Law\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Participation in the Crusades\u003cbr\u003eExpulsion of the Jews from England\u003cbr\u003eFounding and Influence of the Cluny Monastery\u003cbr\u003eFounding and Influence of the Mendicant Orders\u003cbr\u003eFourth Lateran Council\u003cbr\u003eGregorian Reform\u003cbr\u003eImpact of the Baltic Crusades\u003cbr\u003eInvestiture Controversy\u003cbr\u003eItalian Crusades\u003cbr\u003eJoan of Arc's Impact on the Hundred Years' War\u003cbr\u003eJudaism in Medieval Europe\u003cbr\u003eLatin Translations of the Qur'an\u003cbr\u003eMedieval Cathedral Architecture (1100-1500)\u003cbr\u003eMedieval Papacy (1000-1500)\u003cbr\u003eMuslims in Medieval Europe\u003cbr\u003eOrigins of the Crusading Movement\u003cbr\u003ePeace and Truce of God Movements\u003cbr\u003ePilgrimage in the Eleventh Century and the Origins of the Crusading Movement\u003cbr\u003ePrester John of the Indies\u003cbr\u003ePunishment of Heresy\u003cbr\u003eReligious Music in the Middle Ages (1000-1500)\u003cbr\u003eSymbolism of Medieval Liturgy\u003cbr\u003eTheological Impact of the Writings of Thomas Aquinas\u003cbr\u003eTheology of Thomas Aquinas\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnam Sanctam\u003c\/i\u003e Proclaims Papal Supremacy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedieval Arab Civilization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbasid Caliphate\u003cbr\u003eArab Conquest of the Sassanian Empire\u003cbr\u003eArab Conquests and the Spread of Islam\u003cbr\u003eArabic Language and the Qur'an\u003cbr\u003eCompilation of the Qur'an\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConcepts of Dar al-Harb and Dar al-Islam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConstruction of the Dome of the Rock\u003cbr\u003eDhimmi Status\u003cbr\u003eFall of Baghdad and the End of the Caliphate\u003cbr\u003eHadith\u003cbr\u003eIslam and Arab Dietary Laws\u003cbr\u003eMecca-Medina War\u003cbr\u003eMethodologies of\u003ci\u003e Tazkiyat al-Nafs\u003c\/i\u003e in Sufism\u003cbr\u003eMuhammad and the Foundations of Islamic Religion\u003cbr\u003eMuhammad and the Foundations of the Islamic State\u003cbr\u003eMuhammad and the Unification of the Arab Tribes\u003cbr\u003eOrigins and Impact of Zakat on Early Islamic Society\u003cbr\u003eOrigins and Influence of Sufism\u003cbr\u003eOrigins of Jihad\u003cbr\u003eRashidun Caliphate\u003cbr\u003eReligious Significance of the Holy Land to Muslims\u003cbr\u003eSex and Medieval Islamic Law\u003cbr\u003eShariah\u003cbr\u003eSurvival of Zoroastrianism after the Arab Conquest\u003cbr\u003eUmayyad Caliphate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedieval Spain (300-1500)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCamino de Santiago\u003cbr\u003eConquest of Granada\u003cbr\u003eConvivencia\u003cbr\u003eCrusading Indulgences in Medieval Iberia\u003cbr\u003eExpulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal\u003cbr\u003eFounding of the Spanish Military Orders\u003cbr\u003eGreat Mosque of Córdoba\u003cbr\u003eIgnatius Loyola and the Founding of the Jesuits\u003cbr\u003eIslamic Conquest of Spain (711)\u003cbr\u003eLife and Influence of Moses Maimonides\u003cbr\u003eLife for Jews in Medieval Spain\u003cbr\u003eReconquista\u003cbr\u003eSantiago Matamoros (the Moor Slayer)\u003cbr\u003eSpain and the Discovery of the New World\u003cbr\u003eSpanish Inquisition\u003cbr\u003eToledo School of Translators\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrusader States (1098-1291)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApocalypticism and the Crusader States\u003cbr\u003eBanking and the Templars\u003cbr\u003eByzantine-Crusader Split at the Siege of Antioch (1098)\u003cbr\u003eChurch of the Holy Sepulchre\u003cbr\u003eConquest of Jerusalem (1099)\u003cbr\u003eConversion of the Hospitallers to a Military Order\u003cbr\u003eEcclesiastical Councils and the Crusades\u003cbr\u003eFall of Acre (1291)\u003cbr\u003eFall of Edessa (1144)\u003cbr\u003eFall of Jerusalem (1187)\u003cbr\u003eFounding of the Knights Templar\u003cbr\u003eHospital of Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003eLaw in the Crusader States\u003cbr\u003eLife for Jews in the Crusader States\u003cbr\u003eLife for Muslims in the Crusader States\u003cbr\u003eMissionary Efforts\u003cbr\u003eMuslim and Christian Friendship\u003cbr\u003ePilgrimage and Pilgrimage Sites\u003cbr\u003eRelations with Non-Latin Christians, Muslims, and Jews\u003cbr\u003eRelations with the Byzantine Empire\u003cbr\u003eReligious Architecture in the Crusader States\u003cbr\u003eReligious Art in the Crusader States\u003cbr\u003eReligious Significance of the Holy Land to Latin Christians\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedieval Asian Civilizations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApplication of Shariah in India\u003cbr\u003eArrival and Spread of Sufism in Medieval India\u003cbr\u003eArrival of Buddhism in China\u003cbr\u003eBuddhism and the Development of Printing in China\u003cbr\u003eChinese Buddhist Pilgrims to India\u003cbr\u003eEllora Caves at Maharashtra\u003cbr\u003eEstablishment of the Sultanate of Delhi\u003cbr\u003eGenghis Khan and Religious Toleration\u003cbr\u003eGenghis Khan's Religious Beliefs\u003cbr\u003eGuru Nanak and the Foundation of Sikhism\u003cbr\u003eImpact of Indian Religion on Mainland Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003eImpact of Indian Religion on the Island Societies of Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003eImperial Repression of Buddhism in China\u003cbr\u003eIslam in Sri Lanka\u003cbr\u003eJainism in Medieval India\u003cbr\u003eMedieval Religious Temples in India\u003cbr\u003eMongol Impact on Dar al-Islam\u003cbr\u003eMuslim Views of Medieval Hindu Religious Practices\u003cbr\u003eNestorian Influences on the Mongols\u003cbr\u003eNestorianism in Medieval India\u003cbr\u003eOrigin and Early Influence of the Bhakti Movement\u003cbr\u003eReligious Significance of the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang\u003cbr\u003eReligious Toleration in the Gupta Empire\u003cbr\u003eSati in Medieval India\u003cbr\u003eSpread of Islam in Indonesia\u003cbr\u003eSufi Influences on Music in Medieval India\u003cbr\u003eTarmashirin Khan's Conversion to Islam\u003cbr\u003eUzbek Khan's Conversion to Islam\u003cbr\u003eWomen and Medieval Hinduism\u003cbr\u003eWomen and Religion in Medieval East Asia\u003cbr\u003eZoroastrianism in Medieval Central Asia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedieval Africa (300-1500)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfrican Traditional Religion\u003cbr\u003eCathedral of Maryam Seyon and the Ark of the Covenant\u003cbr\u003eCoptic Christianity in the Middle Ages\u003cbr\u003eCrusading in North Africa, 219\u003cbr\u003eEthiopian Orthodoxy's \"Judaic Rites,\"\u003cbr\u003eEzana of Axum's Conversion to Christianity\u003cbr\u003eFrumentius and the Conversion of Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003eGarima Gospels\u003cbr\u003eHypatia's Murder in Alexandria\u003cbr\u003eIbn Tumart Establishes the Almohad Movement and Dynasty\u003cbr\u003eImpact of Christianity on African Art\u003cbr\u003eIslam and the Ghana Empire\u003cbr\u003eIslam in Medieval Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKebra Nagast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMissionary Efforts of the Nine Saints\u003cbr\u003eMyth of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba\u003cbr\u003eRock-Cut Churches of Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003eSabbatarian Controversy\u003cbr\u003eSpread of Christianity in North Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedieval Central and Eastern Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBogomil Heresy First Appears in Bulgaria\u003cbr\u003eBoris of Bulgaria Converts to Christianity\u003cbr\u003eDanish Crusades against Pagan Estonia\u003cbr\u003eFoundation of the Rila Monastery\u003cbr\u003eFoundation of the Sázava Abbey\u003cbr\u003eGniezno Summit\u003cbr\u003eImpact of the Baltic Crusades on North European Paganism\u003cbr\u003eJogaila and the Conversion of Lithuania to Christianity\u003cbr\u003eKing Stephen and the Conversion of Hungary\u003cbr\u003eMieszko I and the Conversion of Poland to Christianity\u003cbr\u003eMission of Cyril and Methodius to Moravia\u003cbr\u003eMoscow as the Third Rome\u003cbr\u003eSlavic Paganism in Medieval Eastern Europe\u003cbr\u003eSurvival of Thracian Religion in Southeast Europe\u003cbr\u003eSynod of Split\u003cbr\u003eVladimir the Great's Christianization of the Kievan Rus'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeljuk and Ottoman Civilizations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbolition of the Ottoman Caliphate\u003cbr\u003eArmenian Genocide\u003cbr\u003eCollapse of the Ottoman Empire\u003cbr\u003eConquests of Alp Arslan\u003cbr\u003eDefeat of the Ottomans at the Second Siege of Vienna (1683)\u003cbr\u003eEstablishment and Influence of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum\u003cbr\u003eEstablishment of the Ottoman Caliphate\u003cbr\u003eEstablishment of the Secular Republic of Turkey\u003cbr\u003eFounding and Influence of the National Vision Movement on Modern Turkey\u003cbr\u003eGhazis\u003cbr\u003eJanissaries\u003cbr\u003eJews under Ottoman Rule\u003cbr\u003eJihad, World War I, and the Ottoman Empire\u003cbr\u003eMillet System\u003cbr\u003eOttoman Conquest of the Byzantine Empire\u003cbr\u003eOttoman Empire\u003cbr\u003eOttoman Religious Architecture\u003cbr\u003ePre-Islamic Turkish Religion\u003cbr\u003eSeljuk Conflict with Shiite Fatimid Egypt\u003cbr\u003eSeljuk Empire\u003cbr\u003eSeljuk Invasion of Asia Minor (Eleventh Century)\u003cbr\u003eSultan Ahmed Mosque\u003cbr\u003eTurkification and Islamization of Asia Minor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMajor Pre-Columbian Civilizations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAztec Cult of Huitzilopochtli and the Foundation of Tenochtitlán\u003cbr\u003eAztec Pantheon of Gods\u003cbr\u003eConquest of the Aztec Empire\u003cbr\u003eDeath of Huayna Capac and the Largest Known Number of Inka Human Sacrifices\u003cbr\u003eDoña Marina's Conversion to Christianity and the Conquest of the Aztecs\u003cbr\u003eFlower Wars\u003cbr\u003eInka Mummification\u003cbr\u003eInka Pantheon of Gods\u003cbr\u003eMaya Bloodletting Rituals\u003cbr\u003eMaya Pantheon of Gods\u003cbr\u003eReligion and Warfare in Pre-Columbian Societies\u003cbr\u003eScale of Aztec Human Sacrifice\u003cbr\u003eSpiritual Reasons for Aztec Human Sacrifice\u003cbr\u003eWomen and the Inka Religion\u003cbr\u003eWomen and the Maya Religion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 3: Early Modern and Modern Worlds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly Modern Europe (1450-1750)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnabaptist Promotion of the Separation of Church and State\u003cbr\u003eAugsburg Confession\u003cbr\u003eCatholic and Counter Reformations\u003cbr\u003eChristian Inspirations of the Great Composers\u003cbr\u003eCopernicus's Publication of \u003ci\u003eDe revolutionibus orbium coelestium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCouncil of Trent\u003cbr\u003eCriticism of Religion during the Enlightenment\u003cbr\u003eDivine Right of Kings\u003cbr\u003eEdict of Nantes\u003cbr\u003eEuropean Witch Craze\u003cbr\u003eExpulsion of the Moriscos\u003cbr\u003eFrench Wars of Religion\u003cbr\u003eGalileo Forced to Recant His Theories\u003cbr\u003eHenry VIII and the Founding of the Church of England\u003cbr\u003eImpact of the Printing Press on the Protestant Reformation\u003cbr\u003eJohn Calvin and the Spread of Calvinism\u003cbr\u003eMartin Luther and the Origins of the Reformation\u003cbr\u003eMartin Luther on Holy War against the Turks\u003cbr\u003ePeace of Westphalia\u003cbr\u003eResettlement of the Jews in England\u003cbr\u003eThirty Years' War\u003cbr\u003eVincent de Paul and His Charitable Legacy\u003cbr\u003eWomen and the Protestant Reformation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly North America (to 1865)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Jewish Views of Slavery and Abolition\u003cbr\u003eBarbary Pirates War and U.S. Views of Islam\u003cbr\u003eCharles G. Finney and the Revivalism Movement\u003cbr\u003eChristian Abolitionists\u003cbr\u003eChristianity and the Founding Fathers\u003cbr\u003eEarly Missionary Efforts to Convert Native Americans\u003cbr\u003eFirst Amendment\u003cbr\u003eFounding of Maryland\u003cbr\u003eFounding of Mormonism\u003cbr\u003eFounding of Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003eFrench Protestant Settlements in Sixteenth-Century Florida\u003cbr\u003eGreat Awakening\u003cbr\u003eGreat Disappointment\u003cbr\u003eJesuit Missionaries in Canada\u003cbr\u003eJohn Brown's Holy War against Slavery\u003cbr\u003eNative American Religion\u003cbr\u003eProtestant Work Ethic\u003cbr\u003eQuakers and Abolition\u003cbr\u003eQuakers and the Role of Women in the Church\u003cbr\u003eReligion and the American Civil War\u003cbr\u003eReligious Origins of Manifest Destiny\u003cbr\u003eReligious Vision of Tenskwatawa\u003cbr\u003eRise of African American Churches\u003cbr\u003eSecond Great Awakening\u003cbr\u003eSlave Religion\u003cbr\u003eTemperance Movement\u003cbr\u003eTranscendentalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eModern North America (since 1865)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnti-Abortion Movement\u003cbr\u003eAnton LaVey and the Church of Satan\u003cbr\u003eBilly Graham Crusades\u003cbr\u003eCatholic Church Sexual Abuse Crisis\u003cbr\u003eCharles Parham and the Beginnings of Pentecostalism\u003cbr\u003eChristianity and Prohibition\u003cbr\u003eDecline in Church Affiliation\u003cbr\u003eFather Damien of Molokai's Care of Lepers\u003cbr\u003eFounding of the Jehovah's Witnesses\u003cbr\u003eFounding of the Nation of Islam\u003cbr\u003eGhost Dancing and the Wounded Knee Massacre\u003cbr\u003eHealth and Prosperity Gospel\u003cbr\u003eImpact of Religious Universities in the United States\u003cbr\u003eIslam in the United States\u003cbr\u003eMadalyn Murray O'Hair Files Suit to End Prayer and Biblical Readings in Public Schools\u003cbr\u003eMartin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement\u003cbr\u003eMethodism and Race\u003cbr\u003eMethodist Ordination of Women\u003cbr\u003eNative American Religions in Modern North America\u003cbr\u003ePublication of \u003ci\u003eThe Fundamentals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligion's Impact on Criminal Victimization in the United States\u003cbr\u003eReligious Impact of Immigration to the United States\u003cbr\u003eScopes Monkey Trial\u003cbr\u003eScott Hahn's Conversion to Catholicism\u003cbr\u003eU.S. Lutherans Apologize for Anti-Semitism\u003cbr\u003eWilliam J. Seymour and the Azusa Street Revival\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly Modern and Modern Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfrikaner Religious Beliefs and the Colonization of South Africa\u003cbr\u003eAnimism in Modern Africa\u003cbr\u003eArrival of Christianity in the Kingdom of Congo\u003cbr\u003eChristian Missionary Schools in Colonial Africa\u003cbr\u003eCommunist Persecution of Religion in Africa\u003cbr\u003eConflict between Christians and Muslims in Modern Africa\u003cbr\u003eDivination in Modern Africa\u003cbr\u003eEstablishment of the Sokoto Caliphate in Western Africa\u003cbr\u003eEthiopia's Catholic Interlude\u003cbr\u003eEuropean Christian Missionaries and the Scramble for Africa\u003cbr\u003eExpansion of Islam in West Africa\u003cbr\u003eGays, Lesbians, and Religion in Modern Africa\u003cbr\u003eIslamization under Idris Alawma\u003cbr\u003eMaji Maji Rebellion\u003cbr\u003eProphecy and Legacy of Simon Kimbangu\u003cbr\u003eProtestant Missions in Africa\u003cbr\u003eReligion and Female Genital Mutilation in Modern Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eModern Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbdication of Pope Benedict XVI\u003cbr\u003eAnti-Semitism and the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003eCatholic and Protestant Conflict in Ireland\u003cbr\u003eCharles Darwin's Publication of \u003ci\u003eOn the Origin of the Species\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommunist Persecution of Religion in Eastern Europe\u003cbr\u003eCommunist Persecution of Religion in the Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003eDreyfus Affair\u003cbr\u003eFestival of Reason and De-Christianization in France\u003cbr\u003eFirst Vatican Council\u003cbr\u003eFlorence Nightingale's Influence on Modern Nursing\u003cbr\u003eFounding of the Red Cross\u003cbr\u003eFounding of the Salvation Army\u003cbr\u003eImpact of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003eLambeth Conference and Birth Control\u003cbr\u003eOxford Movement\u003cbr\u003ePogroms in Russia\u003cbr\u003ePublication of \u003ci\u003eEvangelium Vitae\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligion and the Spanish Civil War\u003cbr\u003eSecond Vatican Council\u003cbr\u003eSyllabus of Errors\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Wilberforce and the Abolition Movement in Britain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly Modern and Modern Middle East\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApostasy Laws in the Modern Middle East\u003cbr\u003eBlasphemy Laws in the Modern Middle East\u003cbr\u003eDiscovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls\u003cbr\u003eEffects of the Six-Day War on Zionism\u003cbr\u003eFounding of Modern Israel\u003cbr\u003eFounding of Saudi Arabia\u003cbr\u003eFounding of the Baha'i Faith\u003cbr\u003eFounding of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood\u003cbr\u003eHamas and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict\u003cbr\u003eIbn Abd al-Wahhab and the Beginning of Salafism\u003cbr\u003eImpact of Zakat in the Modern Middle East\u003cbr\u003eIslamic Modernism\u003cbr\u003eIslamic Revolution in Iran\u003cbr\u003eJewish Messianic Movements\u003cbr\u003eOrigins of Wahhabism\u003cbr\u003ePersecution of Yazidis\u003cbr\u003eRelations of the Modern Coptic Church with the Egyptian Government\u003cbr\u003eRise of the Islamic State\u003cbr\u003eSaudi Arabian Efforts to Spread Wahhabism\u003cbr\u003eSayyid Qutb's Influence on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood\u003cbr\u003eSix-Day War\u003cbr\u003eYom Kippur War\u003cbr\u003eZionism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly Modern and Modern East Asia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuddhism in Asia since 1945\u003cbr\u003eBuddhist Violence and the Fall of Tibet\u003cbr\u003eChinese Rites Controversy\u003cbr\u003eChinese Suppression of the Uighurs\u003cbr\u003eChristian Missionary Efforts in China\u003cbr\u003eCommunist Persecution of Religion in China\u003cbr\u003eCommunist Persecution of Religion in Indochina\u003cbr\u003eCreation of the Underground Catholic Church in China\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment of the Cao Dai Religion in Vietnam\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Xavier's Mission to Japan\u003cbr\u003eIslam in Maritime Southeast Asia (Nusantara)\u003cbr\u003eJapan's Emperor Renounces His Divinity\u003cbr\u003eReligion and the State in Communist China\u003cbr\u003eShintoism and Japanese Involvement in World War II\u003cbr\u003eTaiping Rebellion\u003cbr\u003eTokugawa Shogunate's Anti-Christian Policies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly Modern and Modern India\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAkbar I and Religious Toleration in the Mughal Empire\u003cbr\u003eAligarh Movement\u003cbr\u003eAnti-Sikh Riots and the Assassination of Indira Gandhi\u003cbr\u003eAyodhya Debates and Mumbai Riots\u003cbr\u003eBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the Dalit Buddhist Movement\u003cbr\u003eBuilding of the Jama Masjid in Delhi\u003cbr\u003eChristian Missionary Efforts in India\u003cbr\u003eFaraizi Movement\u003cbr\u003eFounding of Pakistan\u003cbr\u003eHindu-Muslim Conflict and the Partition of India\u003cbr\u003eHindu Reformers in the Nineteenth Century\u003cbr\u003eIndian Councils Act of 1909\u003cbr\u003eIndian Law Abolishes the \"Untouchables\" Class\u003cbr\u003eInfluence of Sikh Gurus\u003cbr\u003eMahatma Gandhi and the Indian Independence Movement\u003cbr\u003eMother Teresa Founds the Missionaries of Charity\u003cbr\u003eMuslim Separatism in India\u003cbr\u003eMyth of Thuggee\u003cbr\u003eRam Mohun Roy's Criticism of Traditional Indian Marriage Practices\u003cbr\u003eSwaminarayan and the Establishment of the Swaminarayan Sampraday\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Carey and British Imperial Efforts to Abolish Sati in Modern India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLatin America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbolition Movement and Christianity\u003cbr\u003eBartolomé de las Casas as \"Protector of the Indians\"\u003cbr\u003eChristianization of Latin America\u003cbr\u003eCommunist Persecution of Religion in Latin America\u003cbr\u003eCristero War\u003cbr\u003eEuropean Expansion in the Americas and Crusading Ideology\u003cbr\u003eGrowth of Protestantism in Latin America\u003cbr\u003eImpact of the New Laws of 1542\u003cbr\u003eLiberation Theology\u003cbr\u003eMexican Revolution and the Catholic Church\u003cbr\u003eMuslims in Latin America\u003cbr\u003eOrder of Santiago in Mexico\u003cbr\u003ePractice of Voodoo\u003cbr\u003eReligion and Divorce in Latin America\u003cbr\u003eReligion of Maria Lionza in Venezuela\u003cbr\u003eSanteria, Candomblé, and Catholicism in the Americas\u003cbr\u003eSpiritism in Brazil\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Editor and Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooks at how religious belief has influenced 24 distinct societies and cultures spanning from the ancient world to the present day.\u003cbr\u003eThis work provides a three-volume overview of the ways in which religious faith has shaped societies from the ancient world until the present. Each volume focuses on a different era of world history, ranging through the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds, and includes essays that focus on religious themes from different geographical regions. For example, volume one offers a section with essays considering religion in ancient Rome, while volume three offers a section with essays considering religion in modern Africa. Such a layout makes it simple for a reader to find information about a particular religion in a particular era and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAltogether, this work gathers more than 500 essays from more than 150 scholars offering scholarly introductions to religious people, places, and events that have influenced the development of societies over the course of recorded human history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContains focused sections considering the impact of religion on 24 distinct cultures around the world spanning the course of recorded human history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers three volumes divided by eras (ancient, medieval, and modern) and civilizations (e.g. Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, Medieval Arab Civilization, Medieval Africa, Pre-Columbian Societies, Modern North America, etc.), allowing for easy navigation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach of the 24 sections contains essays offering scholarly introductions to important religious figures, beliefs, people, places, and events and their impact on the societies in which they exist.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach essay also provides a Further Reading section to guide the reader to worthwhile research resources on the subject in question.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAndrew P. Holt \u003c\/b\u003eteaches history at Florida State College at Jacksonville and Norwich University, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn indispensable resource for readers investigating how religion has influenced societies and cultures, this three-volume encyclopedia assesses and synthesizes the many ways in which religious faith has shaped societies from the ancient world to today. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach volume of the set focuses on a different era of world history, ranging through the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds. Every volume is filled with essays that focus on religious themes from different geographical regions. For example, volume one includes essays considering religion in ancient Rome, while volume three features essays focused on religion in modern Africa. This accessible layout makes it easy for readers to learn more about the ways that religion and society have intersected over the centuries, as well as specific religious trends, events, and milestones in a particular era and place in world history. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaken as a a whole, this ambitious and wide-ranging work gathers more than 500 essays from more than 150 scholars who share their expertise and knowledge about religious faiths, tenets, people, places, and events that have influenced the development of civilization over the course of recorded human history. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eChoice\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/01\/2024 (EAN 9781440874239, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eHolt, Andrew\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAndrew Holt \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History at Florida State College at Jacksonville. 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