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The world's greatest religious leaders : how religious figures helped shape world history / Scott E. Hendrix and Uchenna Okeja, Editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9781440841385
  • 1440841381
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  • BL72 .W67 2018
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Contents:
V. 1. Abelard, Peter (1079-1142) -- Abraham (ca. 2000 BCE) -- Ahmad, Hamza Ibn Ali Ibn- (985-after 1021) -- A'isha, Wife of Muhammad (A'isha Bint Abu Bakar, ca. 612-678) -- Akhenaten (ca. 1352-1336 BCE) -- Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus) (ca. 1200-1280) -- Ammann, Jakob (1644-ca. 1730) -- Arius (ca. 250-336) -- Arminius, Jacobus (Jacob Harmenszoon) (1559/1560-1609) -- Athanasius (295-373 CE) -- Augustine of Hippo (354-430) -- Babalola, Joseph Ayodele (1904-1959) -- Baha'u'llah (1817-1892) -- Bai, Mira (1498-1548) -- Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) -- Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna (1831-1891) -- Bodhidharma (ca. Fifth or Sixth Century CE) -- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906-1945) -- Boniface (ca. 675-754) -- Buddha. See Gotama Siddhattha, the Buddha -- Bunyan, John (1628-1688) -- Calvin, John (1509-1564) -- Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) -- Chilembwe, John (ca. 1860-1915) -- Clare of Assisi (1194-1253) -- Colenso, John William (ca. 1814-1883) -- Confucius (551 BCE-479 BCE) -- Crowley, Aleister (1875-1947) -- Crowther, Samuel (Adjai) Ajayi (ca. 1809-1891) -- Dalai Lama. See Gyatso, Tenzin -- Day, Dorothy (1897-1980) -- Dev, Guru Nanak (1469-1539) -- Dhammananda, Bhikkhuni (1944- ) -- Dogen, Eihei (1200-1253) -- Dominic de Guzman (1170-1221) -- Eddy, Mary Baker (1821-1910) -- Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758) -- Esther (fl. ca. 500 BCE) -- Ezra (Mid-Fifth Century BCE) -- Fard, Wallace D. (1877-d. Unknown) -- Fatima, Daughter of Muhammad (Fatima Bint Muhammad, fl. 630s) -- Fodio, Usman Dan (ca. 1754-1817) -- Fox, George (1624-1691) -- Francis of Assisi (1181/1182-1226) -- Gardner, Gerald (1884-1964) -- Garvey, Marcus (1887-1940) -- Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad -- Ibn Muhammad Al- (ca . 1055/1056-1111) -- Gotama Siddhattha, the Buddha (ca. Sixth to Fourth Century BCE) -- Graham, Billy (1918- ) -- Grebel, Conrad (ca. 1498-1526) -- Gregory I, Pope (the Great) (540-604) -- Gyatso, Tenzin (ca. 1935- ) -- Han Yu (ca. 768-824) -- Handsome Lake (1735-1815) -- Hildegard of Bingen (ca. 1098-1179) -- Holmes, Ernest Shurtleff (ca. 1887-1960) -- Hubbard, Lafayette Ronald (L. Ron) (1911-1986) -- Huineng (ca. 638-713) -- Hus, Jan (1372/3-1415) -- Hutter, Jakob (ca. 1500-1536) -- Innocent III (1160/1161-1216) -- Isaiah (fl. 750 BCE) -- Jain, Chandra Mohan (1931-1990) -- Jerome (ca. 331-420) -- Jesus (ca. 4 BCE-30 CE) -- Joan of Arc (ca. 1412-1431) -- John the Baptist (ca. 4 BCE-ca. 30-36 CE) -- Jordan, Clarence (1912-1969) -- Julian of Norwich (1342-1416) -- Kaplan, Mordecai (1881-1983) -- Khadija, Wife of Muhammad (Khadija Bint Khuwaylid, 595-619 CE) -- Kimbangu, Simon (ca. 1887-1951) -- King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) -- Knox, John (1514-1572) -- Kung, Hans (1928- ) -- Labdron, Machig (ca. 1055-1153) -- Lao-Tze (Sixth or Fifth Century BCE) -- LaVey, Anton (1930-1997) -- Lee, Ann (1736-1784) -- Lee, Jarena (1783-ca. 1864) -- Li Hongzhi (1951/1952- ) -- Liele, George (1750-1820) -- Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
V. 2.Mahapajapati Gotami (Sixth Century BCE) -- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918-2008) -- Mahavira (599-527 BCE) -- Malcolm X (1925-1965) -- Mani (216-277 CE) -- Martinez, Ernesto Cardenal (1925- ) -- Mary, Mother of Jesus (ca. 18 BCE-40 CE) -- McPherson, Aimee Semple (1890-1944) -- Meister Eckhart (ca. 1260-1328) -- Mencius (ca. 371-289 BCE) -- Moon, Sun Myung (1920-2012) -- More, Sir Thomas (1478-1535) -- Moses (ca. 1393-1273 BCE) -- Mother Teresa (1910-1997) -- Muhammad (570-632) -- Muller, George (1805-1898) -- Ndongmo, Albert (1926-1992) -- Oluwole, Isaac (1852-1932) -- Origen of Alexandria (184/185-253/254 CE) -- Oshitelu, Josiah Olunowo (1902-1966) -- Oshoffa, Samuel Bilehou Joseph (1909-1985) -- Oyedepo, David (1954- ) -- Palamas, Gregory (1296-1359) -- Parham, Charles Fox (1873-1929) -- Parker, Quanah (1848-1911) -- Parshvanath (ca. 872-772 BCE) -- Paul (ca. 4/5-65/66 CE) -- Paul, Pope John, II (1920-2005) -- Perpetua (d. 202-203) -- Peter (d. mid-60s CE) -- Phillips, Charles (1893-1906) -- Pompilius, Numa (753-673 BCE) -- Price, George McCready (1870-1963) -- Qubaysi, Munira Al- (ca. 1933- ) -- Roberts, Oral (1918-2009) -- Romero, Oscar Arnulfo (ca. 1917-1980) -- Russell, Charles Taze (1852-1916) -- Saraswati, Dayanand (1824-1883) -- Savonarola, Fra Girolamo (1452-1498) -- Schweitzer, Albert (1875-1965) -- Segale, Blandina (1850-1941) -- Seymour, William J. (1870-1922) -- Shanahan, Joseph (1871-1943) -- Shankara, Adi (ca. 780-820) -- Shembe, Isaiah (ca. 1870-1935) -- Shunryu Suzuki (ca. 1904-1971) -- Simons, Menno (1496-1561) -- Sithole, Ndabaningi (1920-2000) -- Slessor, Mary (1848-1915) -- Slocum, John (1838-1897) -- Smith, Joseph (1805-1844) -- Smohalla (1815-1895) -- Smyth, John (1570-1612) -- Stone, Moses Ladejo (1850-1913) -- Swedenborg, Emanuel (1688-1772) -- Tansi, Cyprian Michael Iwene (1903-1964) -- Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) -- Tertullian (Septimius Tertullianus) -- (ca. 155-240) -- Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225-1274) -- Tijani Al-Hassani, Ahmad BinMuhammad Al- (1737-1815) -- Tov, Baal Shem (ca. 1700-1760) -- Trungpa, Chogyam (1939-1987) -- Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) -- TunOlase, Moses Orimolade (ca. 1879-1933) -- Tutu, Desmond Mpilo (1931- ) -- Umar (ca. 583-644) -- Valdes, Peter (ca. 1140-1205) -- Wahhab, Muhammad Ibn Abd Al- (1703-1792) -- Wang Zhe (1113-1170) -- Wesley, John (1703-1791) -- White, Ellen Gould Harmon (1827-1915) -- White, James Springer (1821-1881) -- Wycliffe, John (ca. 1328-1384) -- Young, Brigham (1801-1877) -- Zhuangzi (ca. Late 300s BCE) -- Zoroaster (ca. 1000 BCE) -- Zwingli, Huldrych (1484-1531).
Summary: This book provides information about important world religious leaders, who have shaped the course of history and deeply affected the lives of many individuals. It covers some 160 religious leaders from around the world and across time, chosen for their impact and importance and to maximize inclusiveness of faiths from around the world.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Volume 1: A-L, Volume 2: M-Z.

V. 1. Abelard, Peter (1079-1142) -- Abraham (ca. 2000 BCE) -- Ahmad, Hamza Ibn Ali Ibn- (985-after 1021) -- A'isha, Wife of Muhammad (A'isha Bint Abu Bakar, ca. 612-678) -- Akhenaten (ca. 1352-1336 BCE) -- Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus) (ca. 1200-1280) -- Ammann, Jakob (1644-ca. 1730) -- Arius (ca. 250-336) -- Arminius, Jacobus (Jacob Harmenszoon) (1559/1560-1609) -- Athanasius (295-373 CE) -- Augustine of Hippo (354-430) -- Babalola, Joseph Ayodele (1904-1959) -- Baha'u'llah (1817-1892) -- Bai, Mira (1498-1548) -- Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) -- Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna (1831-1891) -- Bodhidharma (ca. Fifth or Sixth Century CE) -- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906-1945) -- Boniface (ca. 675-754) -- Buddha. See Gotama Siddhattha, the Buddha -- Bunyan, John (1628-1688) -- Calvin, John (1509-1564) -- Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) -- Chilembwe, John (ca. 1860-1915) -- Clare of Assisi (1194-1253) -- Colenso, John William (ca. 1814-1883) -- Confucius (551 BCE-479 BCE) -- Crowley, Aleister (1875-1947) -- Crowther, Samuel (Adjai) Ajayi (ca. 1809-1891) -- Dalai Lama. See Gyatso, Tenzin -- Day, Dorothy (1897-1980) -- Dev, Guru Nanak (1469-1539) -- Dhammananda, Bhikkhuni (1944- ) -- Dogen, Eihei (1200-1253) -- Dominic de Guzman (1170-1221) -- Eddy, Mary Baker (1821-1910) -- Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758) -- Esther (fl. ca. 500 BCE) -- Ezra (Mid-Fifth Century BCE) -- Fard, Wallace D. (1877-d. Unknown) -- Fatima, Daughter of Muhammad (Fatima Bint Muhammad, fl. 630s) -- Fodio, Usman Dan (ca. 1754-1817) -- Fox, George (1624-1691) -- Francis of Assisi (1181/1182-1226) -- Gardner, Gerald (1884-1964) -- Garvey, Marcus (1887-1940) -- Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad -- Ibn Muhammad Al- (ca . 1055/1056-1111) -- Gotama Siddhattha, the Buddha (ca. Sixth to Fourth Century BCE) -- Graham, Billy (1918- ) -- Grebel, Conrad (ca. 1498-1526) -- Gregory I, Pope (the Great) (540-604) -- Gyatso, Tenzin (ca. 1935- ) -- Han Yu (ca. 768-824) -- Handsome Lake (1735-1815) -- Hildegard of Bingen (ca. 1098-1179) -- Holmes, Ernest Shurtleff (ca. 1887-1960) -- Hubbard, Lafayette Ronald (L. Ron) (1911-1986) -- Huineng (ca. 638-713) -- Hus, Jan (1372/3-1415) -- Hutter, Jakob (ca. 1500-1536) -- Innocent III (1160/1161-1216) -- Isaiah (fl. 750 BCE) -- Jain, Chandra Mohan (1931-1990) -- Jerome (ca. 331-420) -- Jesus (ca. 4 BCE-30 CE) -- Joan of Arc (ca. 1412-1431) -- John the Baptist (ca. 4 BCE-ca. 30-36 CE) -- Jordan, Clarence (1912-1969) -- Julian of Norwich (1342-1416) -- Kaplan, Mordecai (1881-1983) -- Khadija, Wife of Muhammad (Khadija Bint Khuwaylid, 595-619 CE) -- Kimbangu, Simon (ca. 1887-1951) -- King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) -- Knox, John (1514-1572) -- Kung, Hans (1928- ) -- Labdron, Machig (ca. 1055-1153) -- Lao-Tze (Sixth or Fifth Century BCE) -- LaVey, Anton (1930-1997) -- Lee, Ann (1736-1784) -- Lee, Jarena (1783-ca. 1864) -- Li Hongzhi (1951/1952- ) -- Liele, George (1750-1820) -- Luther, Martin (1483-1546)

V. 2.Mahapajapati Gotami (Sixth Century BCE) -- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918-2008) -- Mahavira (599-527 BCE) -- Malcolm X (1925-1965) -- Mani (216-277 CE) -- Martinez, Ernesto Cardenal (1925- ) -- Mary, Mother of Jesus (ca. 18 BCE-40 CE) -- McPherson, Aimee Semple (1890-1944) -- Meister Eckhart (ca. 1260-1328) -- Mencius (ca. 371-289 BCE) -- Moon, Sun Myung (1920-2012) -- More, Sir Thomas (1478-1535) -- Moses (ca. 1393-1273 BCE) -- Mother Teresa (1910-1997) -- Muhammad (570-632) -- Muller, George (1805-1898) -- Ndongmo, Albert (1926-1992) -- Oluwole, Isaac (1852-1932) -- Origen of Alexandria (184/185-253/254 CE) -- Oshitelu, Josiah Olunowo (1902-1966) -- Oshoffa, Samuel Bilehou Joseph (1909-1985) -- Oyedepo, David (1954- ) -- Palamas, Gregory (1296-1359) -- Parham, Charles Fox (1873-1929) -- Parker, Quanah (1848-1911) -- Parshvanath (ca. 872-772 BCE) -- Paul (ca. 4/5-65/66 CE) -- Paul, Pope John, II (1920-2005) -- Perpetua (d. 202-203) -- Peter (d. mid-60s CE) -- Phillips, Charles (1893-1906) -- Pompilius, Numa (753-673 BCE) -- Price, George McCready (1870-1963) -- Qubaysi, Munira Al- (ca. 1933- ) -- Roberts, Oral (1918-2009) -- Romero, Oscar Arnulfo (ca. 1917-1980) -- Russell, Charles Taze (1852-1916) -- Saraswati, Dayanand (1824-1883) -- Savonarola, Fra Girolamo (1452-1498) -- Schweitzer, Albert (1875-1965) -- Segale, Blandina (1850-1941) -- Seymour, William J. (1870-1922) -- Shanahan, Joseph (1871-1943) -- Shankara, Adi (ca. 780-820) -- Shembe, Isaiah (ca. 1870-1935) -- Shunryu Suzuki (ca. 1904-1971) -- Simons, Menno (1496-1561) -- Sithole, Ndabaningi (1920-2000) -- Slessor, Mary (1848-1915) -- Slocum, John (1838-1897) -- Smith, Joseph (1805-1844) -- Smohalla (1815-1895) -- Smyth, John (1570-1612) -- Stone, Moses Ladejo (1850-1913) -- Swedenborg, Emanuel (1688-1772) -- Tansi, Cyprian Michael Iwene (1903-1964) -- Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) -- Tertullian (Septimius Tertullianus) -- (ca. 155-240) -- Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225-1274) -- Tijani Al-Hassani, Ahmad BinMuhammad Al- (1737-1815) -- Tov, Baal Shem (ca. 1700-1760) -- Trungpa, Chogyam (1939-1987) -- Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) -- TunOlase, Moses Orimolade (ca. 1879-1933) -- Tutu, Desmond Mpilo (1931- ) -- Umar (ca. 583-644) -- Valdes, Peter (ca. 1140-1205) -- Wahhab, Muhammad Ibn Abd Al- (1703-1792) -- Wang Zhe (1113-1170) -- Wesley, John (1703-1791) -- White, Ellen Gould Harmon (1827-1915) -- White, James Springer (1821-1881) -- Wycliffe, John (ca. 1328-1384) -- Young, Brigham (1801-1877) -- Zhuangzi (ca. Late 300s BCE) -- Zoroaster (ca. 1000 BCE) -- Zwingli, Huldrych (1484-1531).

This book provides information about important world religious leaders, who have shaped the course of history and deeply affected the lives of many individuals. It covers some 160 religious leaders from around the world and across time, chosen for their impact and importance and to maximize inclusiveness of faiths from around the world.