'Recommended' - Choice 'The thrust of this reference work is to reflect and understanding continuity and transformation and it does this well' -- Reference Reviews 'There is food for thought here for the most emphatic of theists and atheists and the book is a useful addition to the thinking of anyone int he field, and to libraries serving their needs.' -- Reference Reviews 'a vademecum for students, scholars, and all those interested in 'institutional' and 'voluntary' religious orders, to borrow from Troeltsch, in their historical and contemporary archetypes.' -- Amidu Olalekan Sanni, Lagos State University

• Introduction, Contributors, Alphabetical list of entries, Entries A–Z, Index

'Recommended' - Choice 'The thrust of this reference work is to reflect and understanding continuity and transformation and it does this well' -- Reference Reviews 'There is food for thought here for the most emphatic of theists and atheists and the book is a useful addition to the thinking of anyone int he field, and to libraries serving their needs.' -- Reference Reviews 'a vademecum for students, scholars, and all those interested in 'institutional' and 'voluntary' religious orders, to borrow from Troeltsch, in their historical and contemporary archetypes.' -- Amidu Olalekan Sanni, Lagos State University

• Introduction, Contributors, Alphabetical list of entries, Entries A–Z, Index