Book of Religions, Rites and Beliefs Dictionary of Religions, Rites and Beliefs . Books of Religion . Esoteric Author: Mircea Eliade, Ion Cugliano Year of publication: 1997 Format: doc Issue. :M. : "Rudomino", SPb. : "University Book" Size: 0. 344 Language: Russian0 (votes: 0) Evaluating: Completing the work on the History of Religious Ideas and Beliefs, Mircea Eliades conceived the idea to create a small dictionary that would bring together the main provisions of his monumental work. This task, begun by the researcher, was subsequently entrusted to Ion Cugliano, a disciple of M. Eliade, now professor of religious history at the University of Chicago. The book was published after M.'s death. Eliade . With the permission of Ms. Kristinel Eliade I. Culliano sought help from G. C. Wiener, an employee of the Institute of Oriental Languages at the University of Chicago (she owns mainly bibliographic indexes).