Author: James Chambers
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 0780819624
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Understanding Islam and Muslim Traditions, 2nd Edition provides important information about the faith in an easy-to-navigate format. This is a resource guide that introduces readers to Islam through an examination of its religious observances, customs, holidays, calendar system, and folk beliefs, describing how people around the world express their Muslim identity. This 2nd edition includes an important section on Islamophobia in America, providing readers with both the historic backdrop and current environment.
Understanding Islam and Muslim Traditions, 2nd Ed.
Author: James Chambers
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 0780819624
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Understanding Islam and Muslim Traditions, 2nd Edition provides important information about the faith in an easy-to-navigate format. This is a resource guide that introduces readers to Islam through an examination of its religious observances, customs, holidays, calendar system, and folk beliefs, describing how people around the world express their Muslim identity. This 2nd edition includes an important section on Islamophobia in America, providing readers with both the historic backdrop and current environment.
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 0780819624
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Understanding Islam and Muslim Traditions, 2nd Edition provides important information about the faith in an easy-to-navigate format. This is a resource guide that introduces readers to Islam through an examination of its religious observances, customs, holidays, calendar system, and folk beliefs, describing how people around the world express their Muslim identity. This 2nd edition includes an important section on Islamophobia in America, providing readers with both the historic backdrop and current environment.
Hinduism And Brotherhood
Author: Dr Srinivasan Gandhi
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1643248340
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Congratulations and all the best Dr Srinivasan Gandhi for your wonderful book "Hinduism and Brotherhood" - Dr Sashi Tharoor The feelings, beliefs and customs of brotherhood among the Hindus represents a unique system of its own, the principles of which are not found in the same measure in any other social system of the world. Hinduism involves expressive and symbolic performances, religious utterances and theological gestures about brotherhood. The feelings of brotherhood represent the basic ideals of the Hindu religion and their beliefs, though they may vary from region to region, and are aimed to secure all religious people and the developments of the security feeling of the recipient. This illustrated book familiarizes with cooperation and collaboration of all social systems of people such as the way of life, education, economic system, relation to the daily way of common life, from creation to cremation, and will be of great knowledge for the readers of all religions for mutual understanding about the brotherhood.
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1643248340
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Congratulations and all the best Dr Srinivasan Gandhi for your wonderful book "Hinduism and Brotherhood" - Dr Sashi Tharoor The feelings, beliefs and customs of brotherhood among the Hindus represents a unique system of its own, the principles of which are not found in the same measure in any other social system of the world. Hinduism involves expressive and symbolic performances, religious utterances and theological gestures about brotherhood. The feelings of brotherhood represent the basic ideals of the Hindu religion and their beliefs, though they may vary from region to region, and are aimed to secure all religious people and the developments of the security feeling of the recipient. This illustrated book familiarizes with cooperation and collaboration of all social systems of people such as the way of life, education, economic system, relation to the daily way of common life, from creation to cremation, and will be of great knowledge for the readers of all religions for mutual understanding about the brotherhood.
Dealing with Death
Author: Michael Green
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1846425123
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Dealing with Death is a comprehensive and authoritative source of information for professionals on the procedures, laws and cultural customs that should be observed when someone dies. This completely updated and expanded second edition takes into account the recent changes in UK law and the impact of the Harold Shipman and Alder Hey enquiries. Clear guidance is provided on all the legal, technical and forensic procedures surrounding death, including: * medical certification of cause of death * coroner's enquiries * autopsy * organ and tissue donation * burial and cremation * exhumation. The authors give insights into a wide range of sensitive areas, such as dignified care for the dying and considerations for the bereaved, the particular issues that arise when a baby dies, and the appropriate handling of death from AIDS. Part 3 provides an overview of a wide range of cultural and religious death rites and the implications of religious beliefs on blood transfusions, terminal care and euthanasia. This professional handbook is a key text for coroners, lawyers, police, funeral directors and clergy, as well as healthcare professionals, palliative care workers, social care professionals and students.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1846425123
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Dealing with Death is a comprehensive and authoritative source of information for professionals on the procedures, laws and cultural customs that should be observed when someone dies. This completely updated and expanded second edition takes into account the recent changes in UK law and the impact of the Harold Shipman and Alder Hey enquiries. Clear guidance is provided on all the legal, technical and forensic procedures surrounding death, including: * medical certification of cause of death * coroner's enquiries * autopsy * organ and tissue donation * burial and cremation * exhumation. The authors give insights into a wide range of sensitive areas, such as dignified care for the dying and considerations for the bereaved, the particular issues that arise when a baby dies, and the appropriate handling of death from AIDS. Part 3 provides an overview of a wide range of cultural and religious death rites and the implications of religious beliefs on blood transfusions, terminal care and euthanasia. This professional handbook is a key text for coroners, lawyers, police, funeral directors and clergy, as well as healthcare professionals, palliative care workers, social care professionals and students.
Understanding Islam and Muslim Traditions
Author: Tanya Gulevich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
An introduction to the religious practices, celebrations, festivals, observances, beliefs, folklore, customs, and calendar system of the world's muslim communities, including an overview of islamic history and geography.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
An introduction to the religious practices, celebrations, festivals, observances, beliefs, folklore, customs, and calendar system of the world's muslim communities, including an overview of islamic history and geography.
Kaapse bibliotekaris
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Issues for Nov. 1957- include section: Accessions. Aanwinste, Sept. 1957-
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Issues for Nov. 1957- include section: Accessions. Aanwinste, Sept. 1957-
The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
Celebrating Women
Author: Paola Gianturco
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In Celebrating Women, photographer Paola Gianturco trains her eye on the world's most vibrant festivals that honor women. These moving celebrations, idiosyncratic to their indigenous roots, take the form of parades, parties, competitions, and religious ceremonies. Gianturco spent five years photographing seventeen festivals in fifteen countries across five continents. Collected for the first time ever in a single edition, Gianturco provides insightful text describing the specific occasions and detailing their historic and cultural significance.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In Celebrating Women, photographer Paola Gianturco trains her eye on the world's most vibrant festivals that honor women. These moving celebrations, idiosyncratic to their indigenous roots, take the form of parades, parties, competitions, and religious ceremonies. Gianturco spent five years photographing seventeen festivals in fifteen countries across five continents. Collected for the first time ever in a single edition, Gianturco provides insightful text describing the specific occasions and detailing their historic and cultural significance.
Senior High Core Collection
Author: Raymond W. Barber
Publisher: H. W. Wilson
ISBN: 9780824210861
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1496
Book Description
Features annotations for more than 6,200 works in the main volume (2007), and more than 2,400 new titles in three annual supplements published 2008 through 2010. New coverage of biographies, art, sports, Islam, the Middle East, cultural diversity, and other contemporary topics keeps your library's collection as current as today's headlines.
Publisher: H. W. Wilson
ISBN: 9780824210861
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1496
Book Description
Features annotations for more than 6,200 works in the main volume (2007), and more than 2,400 new titles in three annual supplements published 2008 through 2010. New coverage of biographies, art, sports, Islam, the Middle East, cultural diversity, and other contemporary topics keeps your library's collection as current as today's headlines.
Egyptian Cultural Identity in the Architecture of Roman Egypt (30 BC-AD 325)
Author: Youssri Ezzat Hussein Abdelwahed
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784910651
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This volume considers the relationship between architectural form and different layers of identity assertion in Roman Egypt. It stresses the sophistication of the concept of identity, and the complex yet close association between architecture and identity.
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784910651
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This volume considers the relationship between architectural form and different layers of identity assertion in Roman Egypt. It stresses the sophistication of the concept of identity, and the complex yet close association between architecture and identity.
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Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
Book Description