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American Religion
Covers the broad range of popular religious culture of the United
States at the close of the twentieth century. Beliefs, practices,
symbols, traditions, movements, organizations, and leaders from
the many traditions in the pluralistic American community are
represented. Also includes cults and phenomena that drew followers,
such as Heaven's Gate and UFOs.
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Among the many topics covered are African, Islamic, Jewish, Russian,
Chinese, and Buddhist philosophies; bioethics and biomedical ethics;
art and aesthetics; epistemology; metaphysics; peace and war;
social and political philosophy; the Holocaust; feminist thought;
and much more. It features 1,000 biographical entries on major
figures in philosophical thought throughout history.
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