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Historical Dictionaries of Religions,
Philosophies, and Movements
Jon Woronoff, Series Editor
Orthodox Church, by Michael Prokurat, Alexander Golitzin, and Michael D. Peterson, 1996
Civil Rights Movement, by Ralph E. Luker, 1997
Catholicism, by William J. Collinge, 1997
North American Environmentalism, by Edward R. Wells and Alan M. Schwartz, 1997
Taoism, by Julian F. Pas in cooperation with Man Kam Leung, 1998
Gay Liberation Movement, by Ronald J. Hunt, 1999
Islamic Fundamentalist Movements in the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey, by Ahmad S. Moussalli, 1999
Cooperative Movement, by Jack Shaffer, 1999
Kierkegaard’s Philosophy, by Julia Watkin, 2001
Prophets in Islam and Judaism, by Scott B. Noegel and Brannon M. Wheeler, 2002
Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage, by JoAnne Myers, 2003
Witchcraft, by Michael D. Bailey, 2003
Unitarian Universalism, by Mark W. Harris, 2004
New Age Movements, by Michael York, 2004
Organized Labor, Second Edition, by James C. Docherty, 2004
Feminism, Second Edition, by Janet K. Boles and Diane Long Hoeveler, 2004
Jainism, by Kristi L. Wiley, 2004
Wittgenstein’s Philosophy, by Duncan Richter, 2004
Schopenhauer’s Philosophy, by David E. Cartwright, 2005
Methodism, Second Edition, by Charles Yrigoyen Jr. and Susan E. Warrick, 2005
Kant and Kantianism, by Helmut Holzhey and Vilem Mudroch, 2005
Olympic Movement, Third Edition, by Bill Mallon with Ian Buchanan, 2006
Welfare State, Second Edition, by Bent Greve, 2006
Feminist Philosophy, by Catherine Villanueva Gardner, 2006
Logic, by Harry J. Gensler, 2006
Leibniz’s Philosophy, by Stuart Brown and Nicholas J. Fox, 2006
Non-Aligned Movement and Third World, by Guy Arnold, 2006
Salvation Army, by Major John G. Merritt, 2006
Epistemology, by Ralph Baergen, 2006
Bahá’í Faith, Second Edition, by Hugh C. Adamson, 2006
Aesthetics, by Dabney Townsend, 2006
Nietzscheanism, Second Edition, by Carol Diethe, 2007
Medieval Philosophy and Theology, by Stephen F. Brown and Juan Carlos Flores, 2007
Puritans, by Charles Pastoor and Galen K. Johnson, 2007
Green Movement, Second Edition, by Miranda Schreurs and Elim Papadakis, 2007
Husserl’s Philosophy, by John J. Drummond, 2008
Existentialism, by Stephen Michelman, 2008
Zionism, Second Edition, by Rafael Medoff and Chaim I. Waxman, 2008
Coptic Church, by Gawdat Gabra, 2008
Jehovah’s Witnesses, by George D. Chryssides, 2008
Hume’s Philosophy, by Kenneth R. Merrill, 2008
Native American Movements, by Todd Leahy and Raymond Wilson, 2008
Mormonism, Third Edition, by Davis Bitton and Thomas G. Alexander, 2008
Hegelian Philosophy, Second Edition, by John W. Burbidge, 2008
Ethics, by Harry J. Gensler and Earl W. Spurgin, 2008
Environmentalism, by Peter Dauvergne, 2009
Bertrand Russell’s Philosophy, by Rosalind Carey and John Ongley, 2009
Baptists, Second Edition, by William H. Brackney, 2009
Homosexuality, by Brent L. Pickett, 2009
Buddhism, by Carl Olson, 2009
Holiness Movement, Second Edition, edited by William Kostlevy, 2009
Reformed Churches, Second Edition, by Robert Benedetto and Donald K. McKim, 2010
The Reformation and Counter-Reformation, by Michael Mullett, 2010
Heidegger’s Philosophy, Second Edition, by Frank Schalow and Alfred Denker, 2010
Jesus, by Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., 2010
Metaphysics, by Gary Rosenkrantz and Joshua Hoffman, 2011
Shinto, Second Edition, by Stuart D. B. Picken, 2011
The Friends (Quakers), Second Edition, by Margery Post Abbott, Mary Ellen Chijioke, Pink Dandelion, and John William Oliver Jr., 2011
Hinduism, New Edition, by Jeffery D. Long, 2011
Calvinism, by Stuart D. B. Picken, 2012
Hobbes’s Philosophy, by Juhana Lemetti, 2012
Chinese Communist Party, by Lawrence R. Sullivan, 2012
New Religious Movements, Second Edition, by George D. Chryssides, 2012
Catholicism, Second Edition, by William J. Collinge, 2012
Radical Christianity, William H. Brackney, 2012
Organized Labor, Third Edition, by James C. Docherty and Sjaak van der Velden, 2012
Islamic Fundamentalism, by Mathieu Guidère, 2012
Witchcraft, Second Edition, by Jonathan Durrant and Michael D. Bailey, 2013
Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements, by JoAnne Myers, 2013
Nietzscheanism, Third Edition, by Carol Diethe, 2014
Human Rights, by Jacques Fomerand, 2014
Welfare State, Third Edition, by Bent Greve, 2014
Wittgenstein’s Philosophy, Second Edition, by Duncan Richter, 2014
Civil Rights Movement, Second Edition, by Christopher M. Richardson and Ralph E. Luker, 2014
Sikhism, Third Edition, by Louis E. Fenech and W. H. McLeod, 2014
Marxism, Second Edition, by Elliott Johnson, David Walker, and Daniel Gray, 2014
Slavery and Abolition, Second Edition, by Martin A. Klein, 2014
Seventh-Day Adventists, Second Edition, by Gary Land, 2015
Judaism, Third Edition, by Norman Solomon, 2015
Ancient Greek Philosophy, Second Edition, by Anthony Preus, 2015
Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy, Second Edition, by Roger Ariew, Dennis Des Chene, Douglas M. Jesseph, Tad M. Schmaltz, and Theo Verbeek, 2015
Anglicanism, Second Edition, by Colin Buchanan, 2015
Sufism, Second Edition, by John Renard, 2016
Shamanism, Second Edition, by Graham Harvey and Robert Wallis, 2016
Socialism, Third Edition, by Peter Lamb, 2016
Schopenhauer’s Philosophy, by David E. Cartwright, 2016
Native American Movements, Second Edition, by Todd Leahy and Nathan Wilson, 2016
Environmentalism, Second Edition, by Peter Dauvergne, 2016
Islam, Third Edition, by Ludwig W. Adamec, 2017
Shakers, Second Edition, by Stephen J. Paterwic, 2017
Utopianism, Second Edition, by Toby Widdicombe, James M. Morris, and Andrea L. Kross, 2017
Chan Buddhism, by Youru Wang, 2017
Historical Dictionary of
Chan Buddhism
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Lanham • Boulder • New York • London
