{"product_id":"the-encyclopedia-of-christianity-volume-5-si-z","title":"The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 5 (Si-Z)","description":"\u003cb\u003eSeries: \u003c\/b\u003e The Encyclopedia of Christianity (EC) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume 5 of the \u003ci\u003eEC\u003c\/i\u003e contains 295 articles constituting the alphabetical entries Si-Z -- articles on significant topics ranging from sin, spiritual direction, Sufism, and terrorism to Vatican I and II, Vineyard Christian Fellowship, World Alliance of Reformed Churches, and Zionism. Like each volume in the complete \u003ci\u003eEC\u003c\/i\u003e, this book incorporates many enhancements of and additions to the third revised edition of the German \u003ci\u003eEvangelisches Kirchenlexikon: Internationale theologische Enzyklopädie\u003c\/i\u003e, on which the \u003ci\u003eEC\u003c\/i\u003e is based. Among the features of this English work are the following: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003earticles on all but the smallest countries of the world, including former communist states that have gained their independence since 1989;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe latest, best statistical information, compiled by David B. Barrett, on the religious affiliation and ecclesiastical breakdown of each country and continent;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe addition of over seventy biographical articles on prominent figures throughout church history;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emany expanded or entirely new articles that address topics of particular interest to English-speaking readers.Unparalleled in scholarship and breadth of content, the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e will long serve as the standard reference work for the study of Christianity in the past and the present -- and its trajectory into the future.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"EncyclopediaCenter.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47850897604833,"sku":"9780802880055","price":98.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/encyclopediacenter.com\/products\/the-encyclopedia-of-christianity-volume-5-si-z","provider":"EncyclopediaCenter.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}