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  <titleInfo>
    <title>World religions</title>
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    <title>World religions</title>
    <subTitle>The great faiths explored &amp; explained</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Bowker, John Westerdale</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1935-</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Bowker, David</namePart>
    <role>
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  <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Dorling Kindersley</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2003</dateIssued>
    <edition>Revised edition</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <physicalDescription>
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    <extent>216 pages :  illustrations  (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>The distinctive identities of different faiths are explored in World Religions by studying the main principles and thinking of each religion. The book's reproduction allows the symbolism and meaning in religious imagery and iconography to be revealed in great detail.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>What is religion?
Ancient religions
Hinduism
Jainism
Buddhism
Sikhism
Chinese &amp; Japanese religions
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Native religions
The golden rule
Religious timeline</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">John Bowker ; contributing consultants, David Bowker ... [et al.].</note>
  <note>Previous edition: 1997</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Religions</topic>
    <topic>Handbooks, manuals, etc</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Religion</topic>
    <topic>Handbooks, manuals, etc</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Religión</topic>
    <topic>Manuales</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Religiones</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Fe</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">BL 82 B786w 2003</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc">200</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">1405301953</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">9781405301954</identifier>
  <identifier type="lccn">2004268172</identifier>
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