This introduction provides a brief guide to the editorial conventions followed throughout the Encyclopedia of Christianity, as well as to the statistical information specially prepared for the EC by David Barrett.
Alphabetization
Articles are arranged alphabetically word by word (not letter by letter), with hyphens and apostrophes counted as continuing the single word; all commas are ignored. For example:
Antiochian Theology
Anti-Semitism, Anti-Judaism
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Augsburg Confession
Augsburg, Peace…