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This blog is an assignment for Intro to Reference Sources (LIBT 140 Winter 2011) through the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

E-Books

1. Cults in America: A Reference Handbook by James R. Lewis

Published by ABC-CLIO, 1998

This E-book discusses the origins of cults and the debates they can cause in society today.

2. The Jewish Religion: A Companion by Louis Jacobs

Published by Oxford University Press, 1995

Jewish beliefs and practices are given in dictionary form and includes a section on further reading.

3. The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti by Leslie Gerald Desmangles

Published by University of North Carolina Press, 1992

This E-Book looks at how two seemingly very different religions co-exist on the tiny nation island of Haiti.

4. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by John Draper

Published by Project Gutenberg, (no date given)

Draper discusses the history of both religion and science and how they conflict on such ideas as the nature of the world, the age of Earth, and how the both relate to modern civilization.

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