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1 Religious Holidays and Calendars An Encyclopedic Handbook 3RD EDITION Edited by Karen Bellenir Foreword by Martin E. Marty 615 Griswold Street Detroit, MI 48226
2 Table of Contents Foreward... ix Preface... xi Part One: The History of Calendars Chapter 1 Basic Questions All Calendars Must Answer... 3 Calendars throughout History... 3 Origins of the Calendar... 3 How Long Is a Day?... 5 How Long Is a Month?... 6 How Long Is a Year?... 8 Chapter 2 The History of Lunar and Lunisolar Calendars The Chinese Calendar The Calendars of India The Babylonian Calendar The Jewish Calendar The Greek Calendars The Islamic Calendar British Traditions The Teutonic Calendars The Icelandic Calendar Chapter 3 The History of Solar Calendars The Mayan and Aztec Calendars The Egyptian Calendar The Roman Calendar and Julian Reform The Gregorian Reform Chapter 4 Calendar Reform Since the Mid-Eighteenth Century Moving toward a Secular Calendar The French Republican Calendar The Positivist Calendar Twentieth-Century Reform Proposals Calendars in a New Millenium v
3 Part Two: Calendars and Holidays for Religious Groups Chapter 5 Judaism Overview of Judaism The Jewish Calendar Jewish Holidays Chapter 6 Zoroastrianism Overview of Zoroastrianism The Zoroastrian Calendars Zoroastrian Holidays Chapter 7 Christianity: Roman Catholic and Protestant Expressions Overview of Roman Catholicism and the Protestant Reformation Christian Calendars Christian Holidays Chapter 8 Christianity: Orthodox Expressions Overview of Christian Orthodoxy Orthodox Calendars Orthodox Holidays Chapter 9 Christianity: Non-Trinitarian and Non-Traditional Expressions Overview of Other Christian Expressions Christian Science Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism) Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (Unification Church) Jehovah s Witnesses Swedenborgian Church (Church of the New Jerusalem) Unitarian Universalism United Church of God Chapter 10 Islam Overview of Islam The Islamic Calendar Islamic Holidays Chapter 11 The Bahá í Faith Overview of the Bahá í Faith The Bahá í Calendar Bahá í Holidays vi
4 Chapter 12 Hinduism Overview of Hinduism The Hindu Calendars Hindu Holidays Chapter 13 Jainism Overview of Jainism The Jain Calendar Jain Holidays Chapter 14 Sikhism Overview of Sikhism The Sikh Calendars Sikh Holidays Chapter 15 Buddhism Overview of Buddhism Buddhist Adaptations of Regional Calendars Buddhist Holidays Chapter 16 Taoism, Confucianism, and Chinese Folk Religions Overview of Chinese Religious Thought The Chinese Lunar Calendar Taoist, Confucian, and Other Chinese Religious Holidays Chapter 17 Shinto Overview of Shinto Japanese Lunar Calendar and Modern Reforms Shinto Holidays Chapter 18 Native American Religions Overview of Indigenous American Religions Seasonal Cycles Holidays Observed by Indigenous American People Chapter 19 Paganism Overview of Pagan and Neo-Pagan Religious Expression Pagan Calendars Pagan Holidays vii
5 Chapter 20 Western African Religions and Their New World Expressions Overview of Yoruba Religious Traditions Overview of Santeria (Lukumi) Overview of Candomblé Overview of Voodoo Seasonal Timekeeping and Roman Catholic Influences Holidays Related to Western African Religions Chapter 21 Ancient Wisdom, Metaphysical, and Other Faith Communities Church Universal and Triumphant Eckankar Pantheism Ramtha s School of Enlightenment Rosicrucianism Scientology Theosophical Society Part Three: Appendices and Indexes Appendices Appendix A: Sources for More Information Appendix B: Bibliography and Additional Reading Appendix C: Five-Year Chronological List of Holidays Indexes Holiday Index Calendar Index Master Index viii
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