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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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GALBRAITH, John Kenneth (1908-):

GALEN Claudius (130-200):

GALILEO, Galilei (1564-1642):

GANDHABBAS (Pali) GANDHARVAS (Sanskrit):

GANDHI, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948):

GARDNER, Gerald Brousseau (1884-1964):

GARDNERIAN WITCHCRAFT:

GEERTZ, Clifford (1926-):

GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN:

GENKU (12th century):

GENSHIN (942-1017):

GENUS AND SPECIES:

GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794):

GILGAMESH, EPIC OF:

GILSON, Etienne Henry (1884-1978):

GIOTTO di Bondone (1267-1337):

GLADSTONE, William, Ewart (1809-1898):

GLOCK, Charles Y. (1924-):

GOBIND SINGH (1666-1708):

GOBINEAU, Joseph Arthur, Comte de (1816-1882):

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832):

GORE, Charles (1853-1932):

GRAHAM, William, Franklin, "Billy" (1918-):

GRAIL, THE HOLY:

GRAMSCI, Antonio (1891-1937):

GREAT AWAKENING:

GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD:

GREBEL, Conrad (1498-1526):

GREEN, T. H. (1836-1882):

GREGORIAN CHANTS:

GREGORY OF NYSSA (330-395):

GREGORY OF TOURS, (538-594):

GREGORY THE GREAT (540-604):

GREGORY VII (1021-1085):

GROEN VAN PRINSTERER, Guillaume (1801-1876):

GROTIUS, Hugo (1583-1645):

GROUP-GRID ANALYSIS:

GUYARD, Marie (1599-1672):

GUYON, Madame [Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Mothe] (1648-1717):

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LOGOS:

a term used by HERACLITUS (4th century B.C.) to speak about the rational law or principle which governs the universe. It was developed in STOICISM and PLATONISM eventually finding its way into CHRISTIANITY where it is used at the beginning of the Gospel of John and enabled CHRISTIAN APOLOGISTS to accommodate their religion to Greek PHILOSOPHY.