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RELIGION

NEW Great Events Religion and

Food, Feasts, and Faith in Religion Politics in America
An Encyclopedia of Pivotal An Encyclopedia of Church
An Encyclopedia of Food
Culture in World Religions Events in Religious History and State in American Life
3 VOLUMES | FLORIN CURTA AND 2 VOLUMES | FRANK J. SMITH,
2 VOLUMES | PAUL FIELDHOUSE ANDREW HOLT, EDITORS EDITOR

ABC-CLIO ABC-CLIO ABC-CLIO
April 2017, 672pp, 7x10 November 2016, 1,047pp, 8 1/2x11 July 2016, 899pp, 7x10
Print: 978-1-61069-411-7 Print: 978-1-61069-565-7 Print: 978-1-59884-435-1
$189.00, £146.00, €172.00 $310.00, £239.00, €282.00 $189.00, £146.00, €172.00
eBook: 978-1-61069-412-4 eBook: 978-1-61069-566-4 eBook: 978-1-59884-436-8

An indispensable resource for exploring This three-volume set presents “ It is a valuable resource for
food and faith, this two-volume set fundamental information about the public and private libraries
offers information on food-related most important events in world religious and homeschoolers, as well as
religious beliefs, customs, and practices history as well as substantive discussions churches and other houses of
from around the world. of their significance and impact. worship for their libraries. ”
—ProtoView, August 31, 2016
FEATURES FEATURES
• Provides up-to-date factual • Presents readers with essential “ This user-friendly compendium
information, introduces concepts information about the chief events in covers a wide array of topics. . . .
of food as being more than religious history that will help them [T]he work is an approachable
just nutrients, and enables an better understand world history and useful means to enrich
understanding of diverse religious and promote a greater respect for one’s understanding of the
traditions and the importance of food culturally diverse religious traditions relationship between religion
in people’s lives • Provides cross-references and and politics. Recommended.
• Includes coverage of less well-known sidebars that cite print and electronic ”
rituals and religions that are often resources for further reading with —Choice, January 4, 2017
skipped in world religion texts each entry
There has always been an intricate
• Presents material in a way that relationship between religion and
is accessible to readers without FLORIN CURTA is professor of politics. This encyclopedia provides
previous exposure to, or command medieval history and archaeology at
of, sociological or anthropological the University of Florida, Gainesville. a comprehensive overview of the
language and concepts interrelation of religion and politics from
ANDREW HOLT is associate professor colonial days to the present.
of history at Florida State College
PAUL FIELDHOUSE, PhD, is adjunct at Jacksonville. His previous books
professor in human nutritional include Competing Voices from the FRANK J. SMITH, PhD, DD, is
sciences at the University of Manitoba, Crusades: Fighting Words. president of Tyndale International
Winnipeg, MB. University, Los Angeles, CA, and
assistant professor at Georgia Gwinnett
College, Lawrenceville, GA.
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