宗教と世界文明:社会をつくった信仰の古代から現在まで(全3巻)
Religion and World Civilizations : How Faith Shaped Societies from Antiquity to the Present
Anthology Editor: Andrew Holt, Professor of History at Florida State College at Jacksonville
2023:08 3 vols. 1,056 p. 149 illus. set ISBN 978-1-4408-7423-9 (Bloomsbury Academic) -GB-
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概要
キリスト教、イスラーム教、ユダヤ教などの宗教は、文明の中心核の一つであり、長い人類の歴史の中で社会や文化に様々な影響を与えてきました。
150名以上の専門家を結集した本書は、世界中の宗教と文明の歴史をたどります。時代別の全3巻(古代・中近世・近現代)は、地域別のセクションに分かれ、古代から現代まで、信仰がいかに社会を形成してきたかを描き出します。約500項目にて、古代のローマや中国から、中世のヨーロッパやアラブ、近現代の北米や東アジア、アフリカまで多様な地域を取り上げ、日本関連項目は「天皇人間宣言」「神道と日本の第二次世界大戦参戦」「徳川幕府の反キリスト教政策」を含みます。
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各巻構成
Volume 1: Ancient and Early Medieval Worlds
Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations
Ancient China and India
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Early Medieval Europe (500–1000)
Volume 2: Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
Medieval Europe (1000–1450)
Medieval Arab Civilization
Medieval Spain (300–1500)
Crusader States (1098–1291)
Medieval Asian Civilizations
Medieval Africa (300–1500)
Medieval Central and Eastern Europe
Medieval Central and Eastern Europe
Seljuk and Ottoman Civilizations
Major Pre-Columbian Civilizations
Volume 3: Early Modern and Modern Worlds
Early Modern Europe (1450–1750)
Early North America (to 1865)
Modern North America (since 1865)
Early Modern and Modern Africa
Modern Europe
Early Modern and Modern Middle East
Early Modern and Modern East Asia
Early Modern and Modern India
Latin America
収録明細
- General Introduction: Religion and Its Influence on Human Societies
- Chronology
Volume 1: Ancient and Early Medieval Worlds
Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations
- Akhenaten’s Rejection of Polytheism
- Babylonian Astronomy and Astrology
- Bar Kokhba Revolt
- Building of the Anu Ziggurat in Uruk
- Building of the Egyptian Pyramids
- Building of the First Temple on Mount Moriah-Solomon’s Temple
- Building of the Second Temple in Jerusalem
- Canaanite Gods and Goddesses
- Canaanite Temples
- Council of Jamnia
- Development of Synagogues as Centers of Jewish Religious Life
- Development of the Hebrew Palestinian Canon
- EgyptianBook of the Dead
- Elevation of the Persian Language
- Epic of Gilgamesh and Mesopotamian Religion
- Establishment and Influence of the Essenes
- Establishment of the Avesta
- Establishment of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
- Great Jewish Revolt
- Hammurabi’s Code
- Hebrew Bible and Slavery
- Influence of Zoroastrianism
- Mani and the Foundation of Manichaeism
- Mesopotamian Creation Story
- Mesopotamian Flood Narratives
- Mesopotamian Magic and Witchcraft
- Mesopotamian Religious Influences on the Hebrews
- Origins of Zoroastrianism
- Possible Zoroastrian Influences on Judaism and Christianity
- Reign of King David
- Reign of Sargon of Akkad
- Religion and Warfare in the Ancient Near East
- Religious Significance of Ur
- Revolt of the Maccabees
- Sassanian Religious Literature
- Saul as the First King of Israel
- Temple Complexes at Uruk
- Ziggurats and Temples
- Zoroastrian Dualism and Monotheism
Ancient China and India
- Ajanta Caves
- Ancient Chinese Oracle Bones
- Ashoka and the Spread of Buddhism
- Chandragupta II and the Rise of Vaishnavism
- Chinese Creation Myths
- Compilation of the Bhagavad Gita
- Compilation of the Upanishads
- Confucianism as the State Religion
- Creation of Taoism
- Emergence of Buddhism in China during the Han Dynasty
- Founding of Buddhism by Siddhartha GautamaFourth Buddhist Council
- Great Bath and the College of Priests
- Great Buddhist University at Nalanda
- Influence of the Rigveda
- Kinnar in Ancient Indian Religious Texts
- Life and Influence of Confucius
- Mahavira and the Foundations of Jainism
- Mandate of Heaven
- Mythic Origins of the Caste System
- Qin Dynasty and the Banning of Religion
- Sacred Cows in Hinduism
- Theravada Buddhism
- Third Buddhist Council
- Tomb of the First Emperor of the Qin
- Vedic Creation Myths
- Vedic Gods
- Vedic Priesthood
Ancient Greece
- Closure and Destruction of Ancient Greek Temples by Christian Authorities
- Compilation of the Septuagint
- Cult of Alexander the Great
- Cult of Asklepios in Epidauros
- Cults of Foreign Gods in Ancient Greece
- Funerary Customs and Festivals in Honor of the Dead
- Greek Language and the New Testament
- Greek Mythology
- Hellenic and Hellenistic Mystery Religions
- Iliad and Odyssey
- Origin and Influence of the Oracle of Delphi
- Platonic Influences on Christianity
- Religion in the Hellenistic World
- Religious Purposes and Functions of Greek Temples
- Religious Significance and Purpose of the Parthenon
- Religious Significance of Panhellenic Athletic Festivals
- Religious Significance of Wine
- Sacred Wars
- Trial of Socrates
- Twelve Olympians
- Warfare and the Intervention of the Gods
- Worship of Minoan and Mycenaean Gods and Goddesses
Ancient Rome
- Augustus, Octavian, and the Establishment of the Cult of the Emperor
- Bacchanalia
- Christian Persecution
- Conversion of Constantine
- Council of Nicaea
- Deification of Roman Emperors
- Edict of Milan
- Establishment of the Coptic Church
- Establishment of the New Testament Canon
- First Use of the Titledominus et deus, Master and God, by the Emperor Domitian
- Haruspices
- Influence of the Bishop of Rome
- Jerome’s Translation and Publication of the Vulgate
- Jesus, the Apostles, and the Origins of Christianity
- Julius Caesar Declared parens patriaeand Subsequently Deified
- Mithraism in the Roman Empire and Its Possible Influences on Early Christianity
- Mystery Religions in Ancient Rome
- Nicene Christianity Declared the State Religion of the Roman Empire
- Numa Pompilius Establishes the Religious Institutions of Rome
- Paganism in Ancient Rome
- Pantheon of Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Plebeians in Rome Eligible for Priesthood: Lex Ogulnia
- Religion and the Roman Household
- Religious Nature of Stoicism
- Religious Role of the Vestal Virgins
- Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity
- Sol Invictus
- Thracian Religion in the Roman World
- Byzantium
- Battle of Manzikert
- Byzantine Conflicts with Islam
- Byzantine Understandings of the Arab Conquests
- Byzantium and the First Crusade
- Caesaropapism and Papocaesarism
- Conquest of Jerusalem by the Sassanians
- Constantine I and the Founding of Constantinople
- Council of Chalcedon (451)
- Council of Constantinople (381)
- Council of Ephesus (431)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Founding of Mount Athos
- Hagia Irene
- Hagia Sophia
- Iconoclasm
- John of Damascus and the Defense of Icon Veneration
- Massacre of Latin Christians in Constantinople
- Origins of the Cult of the Virgin Mary
- Patriarch of Constantinople
- Pentarchy
- Photian Schism, 219
- Religious Concerns over Byzantine Games, 220
- Repairing the Schism between the Churches of Constantinople and Rome
- Sack of Constantinople
- Sassanian Conflict with the Byzantine Empire Schism of 1054
- Third Samaritan Revolt
- Three Chapters Controversy
- Veneration and Production of Icons
Early Medieval Europe (500–1000)
- Battle of Tours
- Benedict of Nursia
- Carolingians and the Papacy
- Charlemagne and the Conversion of the Saxons
- Christian Holy War before the Crusades
- Christian Pilgrimage to 1000
- Conversion of Clovis to Christianity
- Conversion of the Lombards to Christianity
- Donation of Constantine
- Founding of the Holy Roman Empire
- Gregorian Chant
- Medieval Cathedral Architecture (300–1100)
- Medieval Papacy (500–1000)
- Merovingians
- Monasticism
- Music in Christian Thought and Practice (300–1000)
- Papacy of Gregory the Great
- Significance of Relics
- Viking Religion
Volume 2: Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
Medieval Europe (1000–1450)
- Albigensian Crusade
- Christianity and the Founding of Medieval Universities
- Christian Pilgrimage from 1000 to 1500
- Christian Theology and the Jews
- Christian Views on Prostitution
- Crusading and Religious Conversion
- Cult of the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages
- Development of Canon Law
- English Participation in the Crusades
- Expulsion of the Jews from England
- Founding and Influence of the Cluny Monastery
- Founding and Influence of the Mendicant Orders
- Fourth Lateran Council
- Gregorian Reform
- Impact of the Baltic Crusades
- Investiture Controversy
- Italian Crusades
- Joan of Arc’s Impact on the Hundred Years’ War
- Judaism in Medieval Europe
- Latin Translations of the Qur’an
- Medieval Cathedral Architecture (1100–1500)
- Medieval Papacy (1000–1500)
- Muslims in Medieval Europe
- Origins of the Crusading Movement
- Peace and Truce of God Movements
- Pilgrimage in the Eleventh Century and the Origins of the Crusading Movement
- Prester John of the Indies
- Punishment of Heresy
- Religious Music in the Middle Ages (1000–1500)
- Symbolism of Medieval Liturgy
- Theological Impact of the Writings of Thomas Aquinas
- Theology of Thomas Aquinas
- Unam SanctamProclaims Papal Supremacy
Medieval Arab Civilization
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Arab Conquest of the Sassanian Empire
- Arab Conquests and the Spread of Islam
- Arabic Language and the Qur’an
- Compilation of the Qur’an
- Concepts of Dar al-Harb and Dar al-Islam
- Construction of the Dome of the Rock
- Dhimmi Status
- Fall of Baghdad and the End of the Caliphate Hadith
- Islam and Arab Dietary Laws
- Mecca-Medina War
- Methodologies ofTazkiyat al-Nafs in Sufism
- Muhammad and the Foundations of Islamic Religion
- Muhammad and the Foundations of the Islamic State
- Muhammad and the Unification of the Arab Tribes
- Origins and Impact of Zakat on Early Islamic Society
- Origins and Influence of Sufism
- Origins of Jihad
- Rashidun Caliphate
- Religious Significance of the Holy Land to Muslims
- Sex and Medieval Islamic Law
- Shariah
- Survival of Zoroastrianism after the Arab Conquest
- Umayyad Caliphate
Medieval Spain (300–1500)
- Camino de Santiago
- Conquest of Granada
- Convivencia
- Crusading Indulgences in Medieval Iberia
- Expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal
- Founding of the Spanish Military Orders
- Great Mosque of Córdoba
- Ignatius Loyola and the Founding of the Jesuits
- Islamic Conquest of Spain (711)
- Life and Influence of Moses Maimonides
- Life for Jews in Medieval Spain
- Reconquista
- Santiago Matamoros (the Moor Slayer)
- Spain and the Discovery of the New World
- Spanish Inquisition
- Toledo School of Translators
Crusader States (1098–1291)
- Apocalypticism and the Crusader States
- Banking and the Templars
- Byzantine–Crusader Split at the Siege of Antioch (1098)
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Conquest of Jerusalem (1099)
- Conversion of the Hospitallers to a Military Order
- Ecclesiastical Councils and the Crusades
- Fall of Acre (1291)
- Fall of Edessa (1144)
- Fall of Jerusalem (1187)
- Founding of the Knights Templar
- Hospital of Jerusalem
- Law in the Crusader States
- Life for Jews in the Crusader States
- Life for Muslims in the Crusader States
- Missionary Efforts
- Muslim and Christian Friendship
- Pilgrimage and Pilgrimage Sites
- Relations with Non-Latin Christians, Muslims, and
- Jews
- Relations with the Byzantine Empire
- Religious Architecture in the Crusader States
- Religious Art in the Crusader States
- Religious Significance of the Holy Land to Latin Christians
Medieval Asian Civilizations
- Application of Shariah in India
- Arrival and Spread of Sufism in Medieval India
- Arrival of Buddhism in China
- Buddhism and the Development of Printing in China
- Chinese Buddhist Pilgrims to India
- Ellora Caves at Maharashtra
- Establishment of the Sultanate of Delhi
- Genghis Khan and Religious Toleration
- Genghis Khan’s Religious Beliefs
- Guru Nanak and the Foundation of Sikhism
- Impact of Indian Religion on Mainland Southeast Asia
- Impact of Indian Religion on the Island Societies of Southeast Asia
- Imperial Repression of Buddhism in China
- Islam in Sri Lanka
- Jainism in Medieval India
- Medieval Religious Temples in India
- Mongol Impact on Dar al-Islam
- Muslim Views of Medieval Hindu Religious Practices
- Nestorian Influences on the Mongols
- Nestorianism in Medieval India
- Origin and Early Influence of the Bhakti Movement
- Religious Significance of the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang
- Religious Toleration in the Gupta Empire
- Sati in Medieval India
- Spread of Islam in Indonesia
- Sufi Influences on Music in Medieval India
- Tarmashirin Khan’s Conversion to Islam
- Uzbek Khan’s Conversion to Islam
- Women and Medieval Hinduism
- Women and Religion in Medieval East Asia
- Zoroastrianism in Medieval Central Asia
Medieval Africa (300–1500)
- African Traditional Religion
- Cathedral of Maryam Seyon and the Ark of the Covenant
- Coptic Christianity in the Middle Ages
- Crusading in North Africa, 219
- Ethiopian Orthodoxy’s “Judaic Rites,”
- Ezana of Axum’s Conversion to Christianity
- Frumentius and the Conversion of Ethiopia
- Garima Gospels
- Hypatia’s Murder in Alexandria
- Ibn Tumart Establishes the Almohad Movement and Dynasty
- Impact of Christianity on African Art
- Islam and the Ghana Empire
- Islam in Medieval Ethiopia
- Kebra Nagast
- Missionary Efforts of the Nine Saints
- Myth of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
- Rock-Cut Churches of Ethiopia
- Sabbatarian Controversy
- Spread of Christianity in North Africa
Medieval Central and Eastern Europe
- Bogomil Heresy First Appears in Bulgaria
- Boris of Bulgaria Converts to Christianity
- Danish Crusades against Pagan Estonia
- Foundation of the Rila Monastery
- Foundation of the Sázava Abbey
- Gniezno Summit
- Impact of the Baltic Crusades on North European Paganism
- Jogaila and the Conversion of Lithuania to Christianity
- King Stephen and the Conversion of Hungary
- Mieszko I and the Conversion of Poland to Christianity
- Mission of Cyril and Methodius to Moravia
- Moscow as the Third Rome
- Slavic Paganism in Medieval Eastern Europe
- Survival of Thracian Religion in Southeast Europe
- Synod of Split
- Vladimir the Great’s Christianization of the Kievan Rus’
Seljuk and Ottoman Civilizations
- Abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate
- Armenian Genocide
- Collapse of the Ottoman Empire
- Conquests of Alp Arslan
- Defeat of the Ottomans at the Second Siege of Vienna (1683)
- Establishment and Influence of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
- Establishment of the Ottoman Caliphate
- Establishment of the Secular Republic of Turkey
- Founding and Influence of the National Vision
- Movement on Modern Turkey
- Ghazis
- Janissaries
- Jews under Ottoman Rule
- Jihad, World War I, and the Ottoman Empire
- Millet System
- Ottoman Conquest of the Byzantine Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Religious Architecture
- Pre-Islamic Turkish Religion
- Seljuk Conflict with Shiite Fatimid Egypt
- Seljuk Empire
- Seljuk Invasion of Asia Minor (Eleventh Century)
- Sultan Ahmed Mosque
- Turkification and Islamization of Asia Minor
Major Pre-Columbian Civilizations
- Aztec Cult of Huitzilopochtli and the Foundation of Tenochtitlán
- Aztec Pantheon of Gods
- Conquest of the Aztec Empire
- Death of Huayna Capac and the Largest Known Number of Inka Human Sacrifices
- Doña Marina’s Conversion to Christianity and theConquest of the Aztecs
- Flower Wars
- Inka Mummification
- Inka Pantheon of Gods
- Maya Bloodletting Rituals
- Maya Pantheon of Gods
- Religion and Warfare in Pre-Columbian Societies
- Scale of Aztec Human Sacrifice
- Spiritual Reasons for Aztec Human Sacrifice
- Women and the Inka Religion
- Women and the Maya Religion
Volume 3: Early Modern and Modern Worlds
Early Modern Europe (1450–1750)
- Anabaptist Promotion of the Separation of Church and State
- Augsburg Confession
- Catholic and Counter Reformations
- Christian Inspirations of the Great Composers
- Copernicus’s Publication of De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
- Council of Trent
- Criticism of Religion during the Enlightenment
- Divine Right of Kings
- Edict of Nantes
- European Witch Craze
- Expulsion of the Moriscos
- French Wars of Religion
- Galileo Forced to Recant His Theories
- Henry VIII and the Founding of the Church of England
- Impact of the Printing Press on the Protestant Reformation
- John Calvin and the Spread of Calvinism
- Martin Luther and the Origins of the Reformation
- Martin Luther on Holy War against the Turks
- Peace of Westphalia
- Resettlement of the Jews in England
- Thirty Years’ War
- Vincent de Paul and His Charitable Legacy
- Women and the Protestant Reformation
Early North America (to 1865)
- American Jewish Views of Slavery and Abolition
- Barbary Pirates War and U.S. Views of Islam
- Charles G. Finney and the Revivalism Movement
- Christian Abolitionists
- Christianity and the Founding Fathers
- Early Missionary Efforts to Convert Native Americans
- First Amendment
- Founding of Maryland
- Founding of Mormonism
- Founding of Pennsylvania
- French Protestant Settlements in Sixteenth-Century Florida
- Great Awakening
- Great Disappointment
- Jesuit Missionaries in Canada
- John Brown’s Holy War against Slavery
- Native American Religion
- Protestant Work Ethic
- Quakers and Abolition
- Quakers and the Role of Women in the Church
- Religion and the American Civil War
- Religious Origins of Manifest Destiny
- Religious Vision of Tenskwatawa
- Rise of African American Churches
- Second Great Awakening
- Slave Religion
- Temperance Movement
- Transcendentalism
Modern North America (since 1865)
- Anti-Abortion Movement
- Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan
- Billy Graham Crusades
- Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Crisis
- Charles Parham and the Beginnings of Pentecostalism
- Christianity and Prohibition
- Decline in Church Affiliation
- Father Damien of Molokai’s Care of Lepers
- Founding of the Jehovah’s Witnesses
- Founding of the Nation of Islam
- Ghost Dancing and the Wounded Knee Massacre
- Health and Prosperity Gospel
- Impact of Religious Universities in the United States
- Islam in the United States
- Madalyn Murray O’Hair Files Suit to End Prayer and
- Biblical Readings in Public Schools
- Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
- Methodism and Race
- Methodist Ordination of Women
- Native American Religions in Modern North America
- Publication of The Fundamentals
- Religion’s Impact on Criminal Victimization in the United States
- Religious Impact of Immigration to the United States
- Scopes Monkey Trial
- Scott Hahn’s Conversion to Catholicism
- S. Lutherans Apologize for Anti-Semitism
- William J. Seymour and the Azusa Street Revival
Early Modern and Modern Africa
- Afrikaner Religious Beliefs and the Colonization of South Africa
- Animism in Modern Africa
- Arrival of Christianity in the Kingdom of Congo
- Christian Missionary Schools in Colonial Africa
- Communist Persecution of Religion in Africa
- Conflict between Christians and Muslims in Modern Africa
- Divination in Modern Africa
- Establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate in Western Africa
- Ethiopia’s Catholic Interlude
- European Christian Missionaries and the Scramble for Africa
- Expansion of Islam in West Africa
- Gays, Lesbians, and Religion in Modern Africa
- Islamization under Idris Alawma
- Maji Maji Rebellion
- Prophecy and Legacy of Simon Kimbangu
- Protestant Missions in Africa
- Religion and Female Genital Mutilation in Modern Africa
Modern Europe
- Abdication of Pope Benedict XVI
- Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust
- Catholic and Protestant Conflict in Ireland
- Charles Darwin’s Publication of On the Origin of the Species
- Communist Persecution of Religion in Eastern Europe
- Communist Persecution of Religion in the Soviet Union
- Dreyfus Affair
- Festival of Reason and De-Christianization in France
- First Vatican Council
- Florence Nightingale’s Influence on Modern Nursing
- Founding of the Red Cross
- Founding of the Salvation Army
- Impact of the Holocaust
- Lambeth Conference and Birth Control
- Oxford Movement
- Pogroms in Russia
- Publication of Evangelium Vitae
- Religion and the Spanish Civil War
- Second Vatican Council
- Syllabus of Errors
- William Wilberforce and the Abolition Movement in Britain
Early Modern and Modern Middle East
- Apostasy Laws in the Modern Middle East
- Blasphemy Laws in the Modern Middle East
- Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Effects of the Six-Day War on Zionism
- Founding of Modern Israel
- Founding of Saudi Arabia
- Founding of the Baha’i Faith
- Founding of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
- Hamas and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Ibn Abd al-Wahhab and the Beginning of Salafism
- Impact of Zakat in the Modern Middle East
- Islamic Modernism
- Islamic Revolution in Iran
- Jewish Messianic Movements
- Origins of Wahhabism
- Persecution of Yazidis
- Relations of the Modern Coptic Church with the Egyptian Government
- Rise of the Islamic State
- Saudi Arabian Efforts to Spread Wahhabism
- Sayyid Qutb’s Influence on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
- Six-Day War
- Yom Kippur War
- Zionism
Early Modern and Modern East Asia
- Buddhism in Asia since 1945
- Buddhist Violence and the Fall of Tibet
- Chinese Rites Controversy
- Chinese Suppression of the Uighurs
- Christian Missionary Efforts in China
- Communist Persecution of Religion in China
- Communist Persecution of Religion in Indochina
- Creation of the Underground Catholic Church in China
- Development of the Cao Dai Religion in Vietnam
- Francis Xavier’s Mission to Japan
- Islam in Maritime Southeast Asia (Nusantara)
- Japan’s Emperor Renounces His Divinity
- Religion and the State in Communist China
- Shintoism and Japanese Involvement in World War II
- Taiping Rebellion
- Tokugawa Shogunate’s Anti-Christian Policies
Early Modern and Modern India
- Akbar I and Religious Toleration in the Mughal Empire
- Aligarh Movement
- Anti-Sikh Riots and the Assassination of Indira Gandhi
- Ayodhya Debates and Mumbai Riots
- Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the Dalit Buddhist Movement
- Building of the Jama Masjid in Delhi
- Christian Missionary Efforts in India
- Faraizi Movement
- Founding of Pakistan
- Hindu-Muslim Conflict and the Partition of India
- Hindu Reformers in the Nineteenth Century
- Indian Councils Act of 1909
- Indian Law Abolishes the “Untouchables” Class
- Influence of Sikh Gurus
- Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian Independence
- Movement
- Mother Teresa Founds the Missionaries of Charity
- Muslim Separatism in India
- Myth of Thuggee
- Ram Mohun Roy’s Criticism of Traditional Indian Marriage Practices
- Swaminarayan and the Establishment of the Swaminarayan Sampraday
- William Carey and British Imperial Efforts to Abolish Sati in Modern India
Latin America
- Abolition Movement and Christianity
- Bartolomé de las Casas as “Protector of the Indians”
- Christianization of Latin America
- Communist Persecution of Religion in Latin America
- Cristero War
- European Expansion in the Americas and Crusading Ideology
- Growth of Protestantism in Latin America
- Impact of the New Laws of 1542
- Liberation Theology
- Mexican Revolution and the Catholic Church
- Muslims in Latin America
- Order of Santiago in Mexico
- Practice of Voodoo
- Religion and Divorce in Latin America
- Religion of Maria Lionza in Venezuela
- Santeria, Candomblé, and Catholicism in the
- Americas
- Spiritism in Brazil
- About the Editor and Contributors
- Index
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