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MACAULAY, Thomas Babington (1800-1859):

MACAULAY, Zachary (1768-1838):

MACCABEES, BOOK OF:

MACHEN, John Gresham (1881-1937):

MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo (1469-1527):

MACKINTOSH, Hugh Ross (1870-1936):

MACLAINE, Shirley (1935-):

MADHVA (1197-1276):

MAHBODHI SOCIETY:

MAHKYAPA THERA (6th century B.C.?):

MAHSATIPATTHANA SUTTA:

MAHVRA (550-420 B.C.?):

MAHINDA (3rd century B.C.):

MAIMONIDES, Moses (1135-1204):

MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw Kaspar (1884-1942):

MALTHUS, Thomas Robert (1766-1834):

MANI (216-277):

MAJUR:

MANNHEIM, Karl (1893-1947):

MARCEL, Gabriel (1889-1973):

MARCION (85-160):

MARCUS Aurelius (121-180):

MARITAIN, Jacques (1882-1973):

MARTIN, David (1939-):

MARX, Karl (1818-1883):

MARY, (1st century):

MATHER, Cotton (1663-1728):

MATTHEW, GOSPEL:

MAURICE, Fredrick Denison (1805-1872):

MAWLID al-NABI:

MAYA (6th century B.C.):

MEAD, Margaret (1901-1978):

MELANCHTON, Phillip (1497-1560):

MENCIUS (371-289 B.C.):

MENDELSSOHN, Moses (1729-1786):

MERLEAU-PONTY, Maurice (1908-1961):

MERTON, Thomas (1915-1968):

METEMAPSYCHOSIS:

MEYKANDA (13th century):

MEYNELL, Hugo Anthony (1936-):

MICHELANGELO (1475-1564):

MILL, John Stuart (1806-1873):

MILLENARIAN MOVEMENTS:

MILLER, William (1795-1883):

MILTON, John (1608-1674):

MODERNITY, MODERNISM, AND RELATED DEFINITIONS:

MOFFAT, Robert (1795-1883):

MOLTMANN, Jürgen (1926-):

MOODY, Dwight Lyman (1837-1899):

MOON, Sun Myung (1920-):

MOORE, George Edward (1873-1958)

MOORE, Hannah (1745-1833):

MORE, Thomas (1478-1535):

MORGAN, Lewis (1818-1881):

MORRIS, William (1834-1896):

MOSCA, Gaetano (1858-1955):

MOSES (12th-13th century B.C.):

MOTT, John Raleigh (1865-1955):

MO-TZU (5th century B.C.):

MUHAMMAD (571-632):

MUHAMMAD 'ABDUH (1849-1905):

MÜLLER, Friedrich Maximilian (1823-1900):

MÜLLER, George (1805-1898):

MÜNZER, Thomas (1490-1525):

MURRAY, Andrew Jr. (1828-1917):

MYSTERY RELIGIONS:

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MAJUR:

the BODHISATTVA who personifies WISDOM in MAHYNA BUDDHISM. One of the two most important Bodhisattvas in this TRADITION. The other BEING Avalokitevara who personifies compassion. There is no mention of him in the PALI CANON or early SANSKRIT works but he is the principle figure in the LOTUS SUTRA where the Bodhisattva Maitreya seeks instruction from him. He is very important in Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, Javan and Nepalese BUDDHISM where wise rulers are regarded as his INCARNATION.