''The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions'' is a reference work edited by John Bowker and published by

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...

in the year 1997. It contains over 8,200 entries by leading authorities in the field of

religious studies Religious studies, also known as religiology or the study of religion, is the study of religion from a historical or scientific perspective. There is no consensus on what qualifies as ''religion'' and definition of religion, its definition is h ...

containing a topic index of 13,000 headings. There are over 80 contributors from 13 countries. ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions'' is an abbreviated version of the work which appeared in the year 2000.

References

* John Bowker, editor. ''Oxford Dictionary of World Religions''.

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