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World Religions: Christianity

This guide aims to provide some information on major world religions. The religions covered on this guide includes Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, among others.

Introduction

Christianity is said to be one of the world religions with most followers with a membership of almost one-third of the world population. The organized church is headed by a priest, a bishop, and a number of ‘patriarchs’ (highest office of leadership) ("Christianity", 2005). They practice some doctrines including Doctrine of Trinity as well as some feasts and festivals that surrounds the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

This guide will highlight some available materials on Christianity such as books, journals, websites, and other relevant links. 

What's on the shelves?

The Social Life of Prayer

This book brings the theme of prayer into anthropological discussion. Across diverse significant ethnographic case studies, five anthropologists attend to prayers and how they are performed and seen to intervene in the social world. 

Useful Links

Journals

Ebooks

Databases

Reference

Feldtkeller, A. (2005). Christianity. In K. Von Stuckrad (Ed.), The Brill Dictionary of Religion (2nd ed.). Brill. Credo Reference: http://p2048-ezproxy.library.nu.edu.kz.ezproxy.nu.edu.kz/login?url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/brilldr/christianity/0?institutionId=7630

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