Contents

The Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction to The Penguin Handbook
of the World’s Living Religions
JOHN R. HINNELLS

Introduction to the New Handbook
JOHN R. HINNELLS

Introduction to the First Edition
JOHN R. HINNELLS

Part I	The Religions
1	Judaism
	ALAN UNTERMAN
2	Christianity
	ANDREW WALLS
3	Islam
	ALFORD T. WELCH
4	Zoroastrianism
	MARY BOYCE
5	Hinduism
	SIMON WEIGHTMAN
6	Sikhism
	W. OWEN COLE
7	Jainism
	KENDALL W. FOLKERT, revised and expanded by JOHN E.CORT
8	Buddhism
	L. S. COUSINS
9	Chinese Religions
	MICHAEL SASO
10	Japanese Religions
	DAVID REID
11	Native North American Religions
	ARMIN W. GEERTZ
12	Religions of the Pacific
	BRIAN COLLESS AND PETER DONOVAN
13	African Religions
	AYLWARD SHORTER
14	New Religious Movements in Primal Societies
	HAROLD W. TURNER
15	Modern Alternative Religions in the West
	J. GORDON MELTON
16	Baha’ism
	DENIS MACEOIN

Part II	Cross-Cultural Issues
17	Religion and Gender
	URSULA KING
18	Spirituality
	URSULA KING
19	The Study of Diaspora Religion
	JOHN R. HINNELLS
20	Afirican Diaspora Religion
	OSSIE STUART
21	The Australian South Asian Diaspora
	PURUSHOTTAMA BILIMORIA
22	The Religions of South Asian Communities in Britain
	KIM KNOTT
23	The Religions of the South Asian Diaspora in Canada
	HAROLD COWARD
24	South Asian Religions in the United States
	RAYMOND BRADY WILLIAMS
25	Comparative Reflections on South Asian Religion in International Migration
	JOHN R. HINNELLS

Part III	Religions in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US in the Twenty-First Century
26	Religions in Australia in the Twenty-First Century
	GARY D. BOUMA
27	Religions in Canada in the Twenty-First Century
	HAROLD COWARD
28	Religions in the UK in the Twenty-First Century
	PAUL WELLER
29	Religions in the US in the Twenty-First Century
	RAYMOND BRADY WILLIAMS

General Bibliography

Index