Religious Studies: A Global View

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List of contributors vii

List of abbreviations xi

Introduction 1

Gregory D. Alles

1 Western Europe 14

Michael Stausberg

2 Eastern Europe 50

Eugen Ciurtin

3 North Africa and West Asia 75

Patrice Brodeur

4 Sub-Saharan Africa 102

Ezra Chitando

5 South and Southeast Asia 126

Rowena Robinson and Vineeta Sinha

6 Continental East Asia 159

He Guanghu, Chung Chin-hong, and Lee Chang-yick

7 Japan 191

Satoko Fujiwara

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