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Concise Dictionary of Religion


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A PRIORI:
 
AARON:
 
ABBÉ:
 
ABBOT:
 
'ABD AL-BAHĀ, 'Abbas Effendi (1844-1821):
 
ABEL:
 
ABELARD, Peter (1079-1142):
 
ABHAYA-HASTA:
 
ABLUTION:
 
ABORTION:
 
ABRAMIC RELIGIONS:
 
ABSOLUTE:
 
ABSOLUTE IDEALISM:
 
ABSTINENCE:
 
ABSTRACT:
 
ABSTRACTION:
 
ABSURD:
 
ABŪ BAKR, (d. 634):
 
ABU DAWUD, Al Sijistani (817-889):
 
ABU HANIFA (699-767):
 
ABŪ HURAIRA (d. 678):
 
ACADEMY:
 
ĀCĀRYA:
 
ACCIDENT:
 
ACQUISITION:
 
ACTON, Lord (Dalberg-Acton, John 1834-1902):
 
ACUPUNCTURE:
 
AD HOC HYPOTHESIS:
 
AD HOMINEM:
 
AD INFINITUM:
 
ADAM:
 
ADAMSKI, George (1891-1965):
 
ADHĀN:
 
ADHARMA:
 
ĀDI-BUDDHA:
 
ADLER, Alfred (1870-1937):
 
ADONAI:
 
ADOPTION:
 
ADOPTIONISM:
 
ADVENT:
 
ADVENTISM:
 
AELFRIC (955-1020):
 
AESTHETICS:
 
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CHURCH:
 
AFRICAN RELIGIONS:
 
AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS:
 
AGA KHAN:
 
ĀGAMA:
 
AGAPĒ:
 
AGE OF AQUARIUS:
 
AGNI:
 
AGNOSTICISM:
 
AHIMSĀ:
 
AHMED, Al-Badawi (1199-1200):
 
AHMED, ibn Hanbal, (780-855):
 
AHMADIYA:
 
AHMED, Khan (1817-1898):
 
AHMED, Mirz Ghulam (1855-1908):
 
AHRIMAN:
 
AHURA MAZDĀH:
 
AKHENATEN, [Amenhotep IV] 1372-1354 B.C.):
 
AKIVA, (AQIBA) ben Joseph (50-135):
 
AL-GHAZALI, (1058-1111):
 
ALBERTUS, Magnus (1200-1280):
 
ALBIGENSES:
 
ALCHEMY:
 
ALCUIN, (735-804):
 
ALDURA, THE CHURCH OF THE LORD:
 
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE:
 
ALEXANDRIAN THEOLOGY:
 
'ALĪ 'Abd al-Rāziq (1888-1935):
 
ALIENATION:
 
ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION:
 
ALLEGORY:
 
ALTAR:
 
ALTRUISM:
 
AMA-NAZARETHA:
 
AMALEKITES:
 
AMBROSE (339-397 A.D.):
 
AMISH:
 
AMORC:
 
AMULETS:
 
ANABAPTISTS:
 
ANALOGY:
 
ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY:
 
ANALYTIC-SYNTHETIC DISTINCTION:
 
ĀNANDA, (?):
 
ĀNANDA COMMUNITY:
 
ANARCHISM:
 
ANATHEMA:
 
ANAXAGORAS (499-422 B.C.):
 
ANAXIMANDER (610-547 B.C.):
 
ANAXIMENES (588-524 B.C.):
 
ANDERSON, Rufus (1796-1880):
 
ANDROGYNY:
 
ANGELS:
 
ANGLO-CATHOLICISM:
 
ANICCA:
 
ANIMISM:
 
ANKH:
 
ANSELM, (1033-1109):
 
ANTECEDENT:
 
ANTHONY, SAINT (251?-356):
 
ANTHROPOCENTRISM:
 
ANTHROPOLOGY:
 
ANTHROPOMORPHISM:
 
ANTI-CHRIST:
 
ANTI-CULT MOVEMENT:
 
ANTI-SEMITISM:
 
ANTINOMIANISM:
 
ANTINOMY:
 
ANTIOCH THEOLOGY:
 
ANTI-THESIS:
 
ANUSSATI:
 
APOCALYPSE:
 
APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE:
 
APOCALYPTISM:
 
APOCRYPHA:
 
APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT:
 
APOLLONIAN:
 
APOLOGETICS:
 
APOSTASY:
 
APOSTLE:
 
APOSTLE'S CREED:
 
APOSTOLIC FATHERS:
 
APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION:
 
APOTHEOSIS:
 
APPEARANCE:
 
APPOLO:
 
AQUINAS, Thomas (1224/27-1274):
 
ARAHANT:
 
ARCANE SCHOOL:
 
ARCHETYPE:
 
ARCHIMEDES (287-212 B.C.):
 
ARIANISM:
 
ARISTOBULUS OF PANEAS (3rd-2nd Century B.C.):
 
ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.):
 
ARIUS, (250-336):
 
ARJUN, (?):
 
ARMAGEDDON:
 
ARMENIANS:
 
ARMINIANISM:
 
ARMINIUS, Jacob (1560-1609):
 
ARMSTRONG, Garner Ted (1930-):
 
ARMSTRONG, Herbert W. (1909-):
 
ARNOLD, Matthew (1822-1888):
 
ARNOLD, Thomas (1795-1842):
 
ARYANS:
 
ĀSANA:
 
ASANGA:
 
ĀSAVA:
 
ASBURY, Francis (1745-1816):
 
ASCENDED MASTERS:
 
ASCENSION OF CHRIST:
 
ASCETICISM:
 
ASH'ARĪ, Ali b. Ismail (873-935 A.D.):
 
ĀSHRAM:
 
AŚOKA (3rd century B.C.):
 
ĀŚRAMAS:
 
ASSASSINS:
 
ASSUMPTION:
 
ASSUMPTION OF MARY:
 
ĀSTIKA:
 
ASTROLOGY:
 
AŚVAGHOSA (1st-2nd century A.D.):
 
ATHANASIUS [1], (296-373):
 
ATHANASIUS [2], (10th century):
 
ATHANASIAN CREED:
 
ATHEISM:
 
ATHOS:
 
ATLANTIS:
 
ĀTMAN:
 
ATOMISM:
 
ATONEMENT:
 
ATTRIBUTE:
 
ATTRIBUTES OF GOD:
 
AUGSBURG CONFESSION:
 
AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY (died 604):
 
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354-430):
 
AUGUSTINE, RULE OF:
 
AUROBINDO, Sri (1872-1950):
 
AUROVILLE:
 
AUTHENTICITY:
 
AUTHORITY:
 
AVATĀR:
 
AVERROES, (1126-1198 A.D.):
 
AVICENNA (930-1037):
 
AVIDYĀ:
 
AXIOM:
 
AYER, Sir Alfred Jules (1910-1989):
 
AYUR-VEDA:
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the modern idea that MUSLIMS should unite to counter Western domination and NATIONALISM.

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