- Mario Ignacio Aguilar, St. Andrews University:
- Chart
and explanatory essay on Sub-Saharan African religions; entries on Aladura
(Nigeria), Bemba religion (Zambia), Chamba religion (Cameroon), Chewa
religion (Malawi, Zambia), Kaguru religion (Tanzania), Kongo religion
(Congo, Zaire), Legio Maria movement (Kenya), Oromo religion (Ethiopia and
Kenya), Maasai religion (Tanzania and Kenya), Mende religion (Sierra
Leone), Merina religion (Madagascar), Nuer religion (Sudan), Oromo
religion (Ethiopia, Kenya), Tswana religion (Botswana), Yoruba religion
(Nigeria).
- Balbinder Bhogal, Derby University:
- Chart and explanatory
essay on Sikhism; Akalis/Nihangs, Arkhand Kirtani Jatha, Bandai Sikhs,
Evolution of the Sikh Panth, Foundation of the Sikh Panth, Healthy, Happy,
Holy Organisation, Khalsa Singhs (Tat Khalsa), Minas, Masands, Dhir
Malias, Ram Raiyas, Namdharis, Nanaksar Movement, Nirankaris, Nirmalas,
Sanatan Singh Sabha, Tat Khalsa Singh Sabha, Transformation of the Sikh
Panth, Udasis.
- Brian Bocking, School of Oriental and African Studies:
- Chart
and explanatory essay on Japanese religious traditions (exluding Shinto);
Chart and explanatory essay on Shinto; entries on Agonshu, Aum Shinrikyo,
Emperor system (State Shinto), Indigenous Japanese Traditions, Jinja
Shinto, Kokugaku, Konkokyo, Kurozumikyo, Mahikari, Nara Buddhism, Nichiren
Buddhism, Non-Japanese sources of Shinto, Pure Land Buddhism, Rissho Kosei
Kai, Ryobu Shinto, Sanno-Ichijitsu Shinto, Shinbutsu Bunri, Shingon and
Tendai Buddhism, Shinto, Shinto sects, Shinto shrines, Shinto Taikyo,
Suika Shinto, Soka Gakkai, Taikyo, Tenrikyo, Watarai Shinto, Yui-itsu
Shinto Zen Buddhism.
- Douglas Brear, Leicester:
- Entries on Samkhya schools,
Samkara, Swami Narayans, Vallabhas.
- Jen Cairns, University of Wales, Lampeter:
- Chart and
Explanatory Essay on Taoism; entries on Peng-Lai, Tien Shih Tao (The Way
of the Heavenly Master), Wu-tou-Mi-Tao (Five Pecks of Rice).
- Catherine Cantwell, University of Wales, Lampeter:
- Chart and
explanatory essay on Tibetan Buddhism; entries on Bka'-Brgyud-Pa, Bon-Po,
Bri-Gung Bka'-Brgyud-Pa, Ris-Med, Rnying-Ma-Pa, Sa-Skya-Pa, Tibetan
Buddhism.
- John H. Chamberlayne, Croydon:
- Chart and explanatory essay
on China (with Elliott Shaw)
- Philip Clart: University of Missouri-Columbia:
- Divine
Teaching of the Confucian Tradition, Way of Former Heaven (Hsien-Tien Tao)
sects, Three in One Religion (San-i Chao), Compassion Society.
- Diane Collier, Lancaster University:
- Chart and explanatory
essay on Zoroastrianism; entries Ilm-I Kshnoom, Lovers of Meher Baba,
Mazdaznan movement, Orthodox Zoroastrianism, Parsi Theosophy, Parsi
Reformists, Zoroastrianism, Zurvanism.
- Lance Cousins, Manchester:
- Chart and explanatory essay on
Buddhism in Ancient India; Chart and explanatory essay on Early Buddhism;
Chart and explanatory essay on early Mahayana Buddhism; Chart and
explanatory essay on Southern Buddhism in Ceylon; Chart and explanatory
essay on Southern Buddhism in South-East Asia; entries on Buddhism of the
Burmese, Buddhism of the Khmer, Buddhism of the Mon, Buddhism of the Pyu,
Buddhism of the Tai peoples.
- Alan Edmunds, Lancaster University:
- Chart and explanatory
essay on Chinese Buddhism; entries on Ch'an, Ching-t'u, Chen-yen, Chu-she,
Chuang-Tzu, Fa-hsiang, Hsuan Hsueh, Hua-yen, Lao Tzu, Lu, San-chieh,
San-Lun, T'ien-t'ai.
- Bronwyn Elsmore, Massey University:
- Chart and explanatory
essay on Polynesian religions; entries on Cook Islands religion, Hawaiian
islands religion, Marquesas Islands religion, new religions in New
Zealand, New Zealand Maori religion, New P olynesian religious movements,
Samoan Islands religion, Society Islands religion, Tongan Islands
religion.
- Ian Favell, Lancaster:
- Cherokee Religion, Code of Handsome
Lake, Navaho religion, Sioux religion.
- Gavin Flood, University of Wales, Lampeter:
- Entries on
Aghoris, Kashmir Shaivism, Lingayats, Shaiva Siddhantins, Shaivas,
Shaktas, Shri Vidya, Tantrism.
- Maria Otavia de Freitas, Rio de Janeiro:
- Chart and
explanatory essay on Latin America; entries on Aztec religion, Inca
religion, Kadiweu, Male cult, Maya religion, Quechua religion,
Rastafarianism, Spiritism/Kardecism, Santo Daime, Umbanda, Universal
Church of the Reign of God, Voodoo.
- Gwylim Games, Lancaster University:
- Entries on African
Methodist Episcopal Church, American Baptists, Anglicanism,
Congregationalism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Methodism, National Baptist
Convention, Pentecostalism, Protestant Episcopal Church, Salvation Army,
Seventh Day Adventists, Society of Friends, Southern Baptist Convention,
United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church.
- Antoon Geels, Lund University:
- Entry on Subud.
- Helen James, University of Canberra:
- Chart on South-East
Asia and entry on animism.
- Chris Jochim, San Jose State University:
- Entry on Heavenly
Thearch Religion.
- Charles Jones, Catholic University of America:
- Entries on Fo
Kuan Shan and Tzu Chi.
- Livia Kohn, Boston University:
- Entry on Northern Heavenly
Masters.
- Annie McCarron, University of Wales, Lampeter:
- Entries on
Five Elements, Five Pecks of Rice, Lieh Tzu, Tai Ping Tao/Yellow Turbans,
Yin Yang.
- Jim McGrath, University of Cumbria:
- Web design and coding, Navigation Guide(with Elliott Shaw).
- Jo Pearson, Open University:
- Chart and explanatory essay on
European religions; entries on Baltic religion, Finnish Pagan religion,
Freemasonry, Germanic religion, Goddess Spirituality, Greco-Roman
religion, Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn , Mithraism, Neo-Celtic
religion, New Age, Paganism, Neo-Shamanism, Theosophy, Witchcraft/Wicca.
- Liz Puttick, Centre for New Religious Movements, King's College,
London:
- entries on Ananda Marga, Brahma Kumaris, Elan Vital,
ISKCON, Krishnamurti Foundation, Osho movement, Rajneesh movement, Sahaja
Yoga, Siddha Yoga.
- Michael Pye, Marburg University:
- Introduction.
- Isabelle Robinet, Universite de Provence
Aix-Marseilles:
- Entry on Shang Ching Mao Shan sect.
- John Sawyer, Lancaster University:
- Chart and explanatory
essay on Judaism; entries on Ancient Israelite religion, Ancient Judaism,
Babylonian Judaism, Bene Israel, Cochin Jews, Conservative Judaism,
Essenes, Falashas, Hasidism, Kabbalah, Karaites, Orthodox Judaism,
Pharisees, Reform Judaism, Sadducees, Samaritans, Shabbateans, Talmudical
Judaism.
- Bulend Shanay, Lancaster University:
- Chart and explanatory
essay on Islam, chart and explanatory essay on Shi'a, chart and
explanatory essay on Sunni mystical orders, chart and explanatory essay on
Sunni Theological and Jurisprudential schools; entries on Ahmadiyyah,
Ash'ariyyah, Badawiyyah, Bayramiyyah, Bektashiyyah, Hanafiyyah,
Hanbaliyyah, Islam, Imamiyyah, Isma'iliyyah, Jalwatiyyah, Khalwatiyyah,
Kharijiyyah, Malikiyyah, Maturidiyyah, Mawlawiyyah, Messianic Judaism,
Mu'tazilah, Naqshbandiyyah, Nusayriyyah, Qadiriyyah, Qarmatiyyah,
Rifaiyyah, Shafi'iyyah, Shi'a, Sunni, Wahhabiyyah, Yasawiyyah, Yazidiyyah,
Zaydiyyah.
- Elliott Shaw, University of Cumbria:
- Chart and
explanatory essay on Buddhism, chart and explanatory essay on China (with
John Chamberlayne), chart and explanatory essay on Christianity, chart and
explanatory essay on Early Christianity, chart and explanatory essay on
Eastern Christianity, chart and explanatory essay on Western Christianity,
chart and explanatory essay on English-Speaking Protestantism, chart and
explanatory essay on Continental European Protestantism, chart and
explanat ory essay on North American religions, chart and explanatory
essay on Western Oceania; entries on Amish, Arianism, Australian
Aboriginal religion, Baluan Native United Christian Church, Christian
Fellowship Church of New Georgia, Babylonian Judaism, Baptists,
Benedictines, Blackfeet religion, Cao Dai, Carmelites, Carthusians,
Cheng-i, Chen-Ta-Tao, Cheyenne religion, Chishtiyyah, Choctaw religion,
Christadelphians, Christian Science, Chuan-Chen, Church of Armenia, Church
of Scotland, Cistercians, Coptic Orthodox Church, Dominicans, Donatism,
Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America, Eskimo-Aleut religion, Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Fang-Shih,
Franciscans, German Evangelical Church, Gnosticism, Hoa Hao, Holy Or
thodox Church of Japan, Hopi religion, Hutterites, Jansenists, Jesuits,
Jon Frum movement, Kaifung Jews, Legalism, Ling-Pao, Lutheran Church of
Denmark, Lutheran Church of Finland, Lutheran Church of Iceland, Lutheran
Church of Norway, Mahanikay, Mambu mo vement, Marcionite movement,
Maronite Church, Melanesian religions, Melkite Church, Mennonites,
Micronesian religions, Missouri Synod, Mohism, Monarchianism, Mormonism,
Native American Church, Old Believers, Old Catholic Churches, Orthodox
Church of Alban ia, Orthodox Church of America, Orthodox Church of
Bulgaria, Orthodox Church of China, Orthodox Church of Czech and Slovak
Lands, Orthodox Church of Finland, Orthodox Church of Georgia, Orthodox
Church of Greece, Orthodox Church of Russia, Orthodox Churc h of
Serbia,Patriarchate of Alexandria, Patriarchate of Antioch, Patriarchate
of Constantinople, Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Peli Association, Popular
religion in China, Pre-classcal Chinese religion, Protestantism, Reformed
Church in America, Reformed Church of Franc e, Reformed Church of the
Netherlands, Roman Catholicism, Sanusiyyah, Shadhaliyyah, Shwegyin Nikaya,
Southern Heavenly Master, Syrian Orthodox Church, Tidjaniyyah,
Suhrawardiyyah, Tai-i, Thammayutika Nikaya, Thuddamma Nikaya, Tuka
movement, Ukrainian Uniate Church, Waldenses, Yali movement, Vailala
madness, Navigation Guide(with Jim McGrath)
- Richard Shaw, Lancaster University:
- Chart and
explanatory essay on Indonesian religions; Entries on Acehnese religion,
Ajivikas, Arya Samaj, Aurobindo Ashram, Balinese religion, Batak religion,
Bisapanthis, Bornean religions, Brahmo Sam aj, Bugis religon, Dadapanthis,
Dasanamis, Devotion to Durga, Devotion to Kali, Devotion to Mal, Devotion
to Maria Man, Devotion to Muru Kan, Dharma Shastra, Digambaras,
Ganapatyas, Gandhi Ahimsa, Gaudiya Math, Gaudiya Vaishnavas, Goraknathis,
Haridasis, Jainism, Kabirpanthis, Kanji Swami Panthi, Kavi Panth, Kharana
Gaccha, Kharatara Gaccha, Makrananda, Mimamsa, Murti-Pujaka, Nav
Terapanth, Nimavats, Prarthana Samaj, Radasoamis, Ramakrishna Mission,
Ramana Maharshi, Ramavats, Said-Vaishnavas, Shivananda Ashram, Shri
Vaishnavas, Shvetambaras, Smaller Gacchas, Social Castes, Sthanakavasis,
Svacandra Bhairavas, Sva-Dharma, Tapa Gaccha, Taranpanthis, Terapanthis,
Tenkalai, Terapanthi, Tirthankaras, Transcendental Meditation, Tribal
cults in India, Trikashaivism, Vaikhanasas,Vaishnavites, Vatakalai,
Vedanta, Vitthallas, Virashaivism, Yoga Schools
- John Shepherd, University of Cumbria:
- Entries on Nahadatul,
Muhammadiyyah.
- Nick Sutton, Edge Hill College:
- Chart and explanatory essay
on Hindu devotional groups, chart and explanatory essay on Hindu
Ritual-Ascetic groups, chart and explanatory essay on Jainism, chart and
explanatory essay on the religions of India.
- Tony Turner, Lancaster:
- Entries on Churches of Christ,
Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian Church, Unitarians.
- Helen Waterhouse, Bath College of Higher Education:
- Entries
on Dharmaguptakas, Early Mahayana, Madhyamaka, Mahasanghikas,
Mahaviharavasins, Mulasarvastavadins, Pudgalavadins, Sarvastivadins,
Sautrantikas, Tathagatagarbha, Theravadins, Vaibhashikas, Vajrayanas,
Vibhajjyavadins, Yogacara.
- Ratna Wijetunge, Sri Lanka:
- Abhayagirivasins, Amarapura
fraternity, Ramanna fraternity, Jetavaniya, Siam Nikaya.
- Xinzhong Yao, University of Wales, Lampeter:
- Chart and
explanatory essay on Confucianism; entries on Early Confucianism,
Idealistic School, Neo-Idealist Confucians, Neo-Rationalist Confucians,
New Text School, Old Text School, Rationalistic School, School of Hsun
Tzu, School of Mencius.
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