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A
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:
B
BA AND KA:
BAAL:
BABEL, TOWER OF:
BABYLON:
BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY:
BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750):
BACON, Francis (1561-1626):
BACON, Roger (1214-1292):
BAHĀ'Ī FAITH:
BAILEY, Alice (1880-1949):
BAKER-EDDY, Mary (1821-1910):
BALA:
BALANCE:
BALLARD, Edna Anne Wheeler (1886-1971):
BALLARD, Guy (1878-1939):
BALTHASAR, Hans Urs von (1905-):
BANARAS:
BAPTISM:
BAPTISTS:
BARLAAM AND JOASAPH:
BARMEN DECLARATION:
BARTH, Karl (1886-1968):
BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY MASSACRE:
BARZAKH:
BASIL, RULE OF:
BASMALA:
BATHING:
BATSON, Gregory (1904-1980):
BAUER, Bruno (1809-1882):
BAUR, Ferdinand Christian (1792-1860):
BAVINCK, Herman (1854-1921):
BAVINCK, J. H. (1895-1964):
BAXTER, Richard (1615-1691):
BAYLE, Pierre (1647-1706):
BEATIFIC VISION:
BEATIFICATION:
BECKET, Thomas à(1118-1170):
BECOMING:
BEDE, the Venerable (673-735):
BEHAVIORISM:
BEING:
BELGIC CONFESSION:
BELIEF:
BELLARMINE, Robert (1542-1621):
BENDA, Julien (1867-1956):
BENEDICT OF NURSIA (480-547):
BENEDICT, RULE OF:
BENEDICTINE ORDER:
BENEDICTION:
BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832):
BERDYAEV, Nikolai (1874-1948):
BERG, David, "Moses" (1919):
BERGER, Peter L. (1934-):
BERGSON, Henri Louis (1859-1941):
BERKELEY, George (1685-1753):
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX (1090-1153):
BERNARDETTE OF LOURDES (1844-1879):
BESANT, Annie (1847-1933):
BETHEL:
BETHLEHEM:
BEZA, Theodore (1519-1605):
BHAGAVAD-GĪTA:
BHAKTI:
BHATTA:
BHUTAS:
BIBLE:
BIBLICAL CRITICISM:
BIORYTHEMS:
BISHOP:
BLACK FRIARS:
BLACK MASS:
BLACK MUSLIMS:
BLAKE, William (1757-1827):
BLASPHEMY:
BLAVATSKY, Helena Petrovna (1831-1891):
BLIK:
BLOCH, Ernst (1880-1959):
BOAS, Franz (1858-1942):
BODHI:
BODHI-TREE:
BODHISATTVA:
BODIN, Jean (1530-1596):
BODYWORK:
BOEHME, Jacob (1575-1624):
BOETHIUS, Ancius Maniatus Severinus (480-524 A.D.):
BONAVENTURE (1217-1274):
BONHOEFFER, Dietrich (1906-1946):
BONIFACE (680-754):
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER:
BOOK OF LIFE:
BOOK OF THE DEAD:
BOOTH, William (1829-1912):
BORN AGAIN:
BOURGEOIS:
BRACKETING:
BRADLAUGH, Charles (1833-1891):
BRADLEY, Francis Herbert (1846-1924):
BRAHE, Tycho (1546-1601):
BRAHMĀ:
BRAHMAN:
BRHMAAS:
BRAHMACRIN:
BRAHMA-SŪTRA:
BRAHMINS:
BRĀHMO SAMĀJ:
BRAINWASHING:
BRANHAM, William Marion, "Bill" (1909-1966):
BREATHING CONTROL:
BRETHREN OF THE COMMON LIFE:
BRITISH ISRAELITES:
BRUNNER, Emil (1889-1966):
BRUNO (1032-1101):
BRUNO, Giordano (1548-1600):
BUBER, Martin (1878-1965):
BUCER, Martin (1491-1551):
BUCHMANN, Frank (1878-1961):
BUDDHA:
BUDDHAGHOSA (4th-5th century A.D.):
BUDDHISM:
BUDDHIST SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT:
BULTMANN, Rudolf (1884-1976):
BUNYAN, John (1628-1688):
BUREAUCRACY:
BURIAL:
BURKE, Edmund (1729-1797):
BURNS, Robert (1759-1796):
BUSHIDO:
BUSHNELL, Horace (1802-1876):
BUTLER, Joseph (1692-1752):
BYZANTIUM:
C
CABBALA [Kabbalah and Qabbalah]:
CADDY, Elaine (1917-):
CADDY, Peter (1917-):
CALENDAR:
CALIPH:
CALIPHATE:
CALLAWAY, Henry (1817-1890):
CALVIN, John (1509-1564):
CALVINISM:
CALVINIST:
CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS:
CAMPBELL, Joseph (1904-1987):
CAMUS, Albert (1913-1960):
CANAAN:
CANAANITES:
CANON:
CANON LAW:
CANON OF SCRIPTURE:
CANONIZATION:
CANTERBURY:
CAPITALISM:
CAPPADOCIAN FATHERS:
CAPRA, Fritjof (1931-):
CARDINAL:
CAREY, William (1761-1834):
CARGO CULTS:
CARLYLE, Thomas (1795-1881):
CARNELL, Edward John (1919-1967):
CAROLINGINAN REVIVAL:
CRVKA:
CASTANEDA, Carlos (1935-):
CASTE:
CASTE SYSTEM:
CASUISTRY:
CATACOMBS:
CATECHISM:
CATECHUMENS:
CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE:
CATEGORIES:
CATEGORY MISTAKE:
CATHARSIS:
CATHEDRAL:
CATHERINE OF GENOA (1447-1510):
CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CHURCH:
CATHOLIC:
CAUSATION:
CAUSE:
CAYCE, Edgar (1877-1945):
CELIBACY:
CHALCEDON, COUNCIL OF:
CHALCEDON, DEFINITION OF:
CHALICE:
CHALMERS, Thomas (1780-1847):
CHANCE:
CHANDAS:
CHAOS:
CHAPTER AND VERSE:
CHARISMA:
CHARISMATIC:
CHARISMATIC CHRISTIANITY:
CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT:
CHARLEMAGNE, (742-814):
CHARMS:
CHASTITY:
CHESTERTON, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936):
CHIH-I (538-597):
CHILDREN OF GOD:
CHILIASM:
CHINESE RELIGIONS:
CHRISTADELPHIANS:
CHRISTIAN:
CHRISTIANITY:
CHRISTIAN MINISTRY:
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE:
CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM:
CHRISTMAS:
CHRISTOLOGY:
CHRYSTOSTOM, John (344/345-407):
CHU HSI [Chu Tzu or Chu Yuan Hui Shushi] (1130-1200 A.D.):
CHUANG-TZU [Chuang Chou] (369-286 B.C.):
CHURCH:
CHURCH FATHERS:
CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST:
CH'AN:
CH'ING MING:
CH'UN-CH'IU:
CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.):
CIRCUMCISION:
CISTERCIAN ORDER:
CITTA:
CIVIL RELIGION:
CIVILIZATION:
CLAPHAM SECT:
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA (150-215 A.D.):
CLEMENT OF ROME (1st century A.D.):
CLOVIS (466-511):
CLUNIAC ORDER:
COBBETT, William (1763-1835):
CODEX ALEXANDRIUS:
CODEX AMIATINUS:
CODEX SINAITICUS:
CODEX VATICANUS:
COGITO ERGO SUM:
COHERENCE THEORY OF TRUTH:
COHERENT:
COLENSO, John William (1814-1883):
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834):
COLET, John (1467-1519):
COLLINGWOOD, Robin George (1889-1943):
COLOR, LITURGICAL:
COMENIUS, Johann Amos (1592-1670):
COMMUNION OF SAINTS:
COMMUNION TABLE:
COMMUNITY OF THE RESURRECTION:
COMPARATIVE RELIGION:
COMTE, Auguste (1798-1857):
CONCEPT:
CONCLAVE:
CONCORDANCE:
CONCORDAT:
CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY:
CONFESSION:
CONFIRMATION:
CONFUCIUS [Kung Fu Tzu] (551-479 B.C.):
CONGREGATION:
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH:
CONGREGATIONALISM:
CONSERVATIVE:
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT (288-337 A.D.):
CONTINGENT:
CONTRADICTION, LAW OF:
CONVERSION:
CONZE, Edward (1904-?):
COPERNICUS, Nicholas (1473-1543):
COPTIC CHURCH:
CORRELATIVE:
CORRESPONDENCE THEORY OF TRUTH:
COSMIC:
COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT:
COSMOLOGY:
COUNCIL, BUDDHIST:
COUNCIL, CHURCH:
COUNTER CULTURE:
COUNTER REFORMATION:
COVENANT:
COVENANTERS:
COVERDALE, Miles (1488-1568):
COW:
COWPER, William (1731-1800):
CRANMER, Thomas (1489-1556):
CRAVING:
CREATIO EX NIHILO:
CREATION:
CREATIONISM:
CREDO QUIA ABSURDIUM:
CREED:
CREMATION:
CRISIS THEOLOGY:
CROCE, Benedetto (1866-1952):
CROMWELL, Oliver (1599-1658):
CROWLEY, Alister (1875-1947):
CROWTHER, Samuel Ajayi (1806-1891):
CRUCIFIX:
CRUSADES:
CRUSIUS, Christian August (1712-1775):
CRYPTO:
CULDEES:
CULLAVAMSA:
CULT:
CULTURE:
CUNEIFORM:
CUSTOM:
CUTHBERT (7th century A.D.):
CYNICISM:
CYPRIAN (3rd century A.D.):
CYRIL (826-869):
D
DADHIKR:
DADUPANTHIS:
DAITYAS:
DKIN:
DALAI LAMA:
DAMASCUS:
DANIEL:
DARK AGES:
DARANAS:
DATUM:
DE FACTO:
DEACON:
DEAD SEA SCROLLS:
DEAN:
DEATH OF GOD THEOLOGY:
DECALOGUE:
DEDUCTION:
DEFINITION:
DEIFICATION:
DEISM:
DELPHIC ORACLE:
DEMIURGE:
DEMOCRACY:
DEMONS:
DEMYTHOLOGIZATION:
DEONTOLOGY:
DERVISH:
DETERMINISM:
DEUTERO-ISAIAH:
DEVA:
DEVA-DTA:
DEVADSS:
DEVIL:
DHARMA:
DHAMMAPADA:
DIALECTIC:
DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM:
DIALECTICAL THEOLOGY:
DIAMOND STRA:
DIANETICS:
DIASPORA:
DIGGERS:
DING AN SICH:
DIOCESE:
DIONYSUS:
DPAKARA:
DIPAVAA:
DISPENSATIONALISM:
DIVINATION:
DIVINE KINGSHIP:
DIVINE LIGHT MISSION:
DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS:
DIVORCE:
DOCETISM:
DOGMA:
DOME OF THE ROCK:
DONATION OF CONSTANTINE:
DONATISM:
DORT, SYNOD OF:
DOUBLE EFFECT:
DOUBLE PROCESSION:
DOUBLE TRUTH:
DOUBT:
DOUKHOBORS:
DRVIDIANS:
DREYFUS CASE:
DRUZE:
DUALISM:
DUKKHA (Pali) or DUHKHA (Sanskrit):
DURG:
E
EARLY CHURCH:
EASTER:
EBIONITES:
ECCLESIASTES:
ECCLESIASTICAL:
ECCLESIASTICUS:
ECKENKAR:
ECLECTIC:
ECSTASY:
ECUMENICAL:
ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT:
EDDINGTON, Sir Arthur Stanley (1882-1944):
EDDY, Mary Baker (1821-1910):
EDEN:
EDERSHEIM, Alfred (1825-1889):
EDHAS:
EDWARD VI OF ENGLAND (1537-1553):
EDWARDS, Jonathan (1703-1758):
EFFABLE:
EGOTISM:
EIGHTFOLD PATH:
EINHEITLICHE WELTANSCHAUUNG:
EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955):
ELDERS:
ELECTION:
ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES:
ELIADE, Mircea (1907-1988):
ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965):
ELOHIST:
EMANATIONISM:
EMERGENT EVOLUTION:
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882):
EMPIRICISM:
ENCYCLOPEDISTS:
ENGELS, Friedrich (1820-1895):
ENGLAND, CHURCH OF:
ENLIGHTENMENT [1]:
ENLIGHTENMENT [2]:
ENTHUSIASM:
EPHESUS:
EPHESUS, COUNCIL OF:
EPICTETUS (60-138 B.C.):
EPICUREANISM:
EPICURUS (341-270 B.C.):
EPIPHANY:
EPIPHENOMENALISM:
EPISTEMOLOGY:
EQUALITY:
EQUIVOCATION:
ERASMUS, Desiderius (1469-1536):
ERHARD SEMINAR TRAINING:
ERHARD, Werner (1935-):
ERIGENA, Johannes Scotus (815?-877):
ESCHATOLOGY:
ESOTERIC:
ESP:
ESSENCE:
ESSENES:
EST:
ETERNAL LIFE:
ETERNAL PROGRESSION:
ETERNAL RECURRENCE:
ETERNITY:
ETHICS:
ETHIOPIAN CHURCH:
EUCHARIST:
EUCLID (300 B.C.):
EUHEMERISM:
EUNUCH:
EUPHRATES:
EVANGEL:
EVANGELICAL:
EVANGELIST:
EVANGELIZATION:
EVANS-PRITCHARD, Edward Evan (1902-1973):
EVIL:
EVIL EYE:
EVOLUTION:
EX CATHEDRA:
EX NIHILO:
EX OPERE OPERATO:
EXCLUDED MIDDLE:
EXCOMMUNICATE:
EXEGESIS:
EXISTENCE:
EXISTENTIAL:
EXISTENTIALISM:
EXODUS:
EXORCISM:
EXPLANATION:
EXTINCTION OF OUTFLOWS:
EZEKIEL (6th century B.C.):
EZRA (5th to 4th century B.C.):
F
FA HSIEN (late 4th or early 5th century):
FABIANS:
FACT:
FAITH:
FALL OF MAN:
FALLACY:
FALSIFIABILITY:
FALWELL, Jerry (1934):
FAMILY OF LOVE:
FANON, Franz (1925-1961):
FARABI, Abu Nasr Muhammad (d. 950 aged about 80):
FAREL, Guillaume (1489-1565):
FARRER, Austin Marsden (1904-1969):
FARRER, Frederick William (1831-1903):
FATE:
FATHERHOOD OF GOD:
FTIHAH:
FATIMA (7th century):
FATWA:
FERGUSON, Marilyn Grasso (1938-):
FESTIVALS:
FETISH:
FEUERBACH, Ludwig Andreas (1804-1872):
FICHTE, Johann Gottlieb (1762-1814):
FIDEISM:
FILIAL PIETY:
FILIOQUE CLAUSE:
FINAL CAUSE:
FINITE:
FINNEY, Charles Grandison (1792-1875):
FIQH:
FISH:
FITNAH:
FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM:
FLAGELLATION:
FLEW, Anthony (1923-):
FLOOD:
FLORENCE, COUNCIL OF:
FLUX:
FOLK RELIGION:
FOOD:
FORD, Henry (1863-1947):
FOREKNOWLEDGE:
FORM:
FORM CRITICISM:
FORM-MATTER GROUNDMOTIVE:
FORMAL:
FORMGESCHICHTE:
FORMLESS:
FOSDICK, Harry, Emerson (1878-1969):
FOUCAULT, Michel (1926-1988):
FOUR HOLY TRUTHS:
FOUR NOBEL TRUTHS:
FOX, George (1624-1691):
FOX, Matthew (1940-):
FOXE, John (1516-1587):
FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1181?-1226):
FRANCIS OF SALES (1567-1622):
FRANCISCANS:
FRAZER, Sir James George (1854-1941):
FREE THINKERS:
FREEDOM:
FREEMASONRY:
FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1940):
FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF:
FROEBEL, Friedrick Wilhelm August (1782-1852):
FROMM, Eric (1900-1980):
FRY, Elizabeth (1780-1845):
FUNDAMENTALISM:
FUNDAMENTALIST:
FURQN:
G
GABRIEL:
GAIA:
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth (1908-):
GALEN Claudius (130-200):
GALILEO, Galilei (1564-1642):
GALLICANISM:
GANDHABBAS (Pali) GANDHARVAS (Sanskrit):
GANDHI, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948):
GANEA:
GARBHAGHA:
GARDNER, Gerald Brousseau (1884-1964):
GARDNERIAN WITCHCRAFT:
GTHS:
GYA:
GEERTZ, Clifford (1926-):
GEHENNA:
GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN:
GENESIS:
GENEVA:
GENEVA BIBLE:
GENKU (12th century):
GENSHIN (942-1017):
GENTILE:
GENUFLECTION:
GENUS:
GENUS AND SPECIES:
GHETTO:
GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794):
GILGAMESH, EPIC OF:
GILSON, Etienne Henry (1884-1978):
GIOTTO di Bondone (1267-1337):
GLADSTONE, William, Ewart (1809-1898):
GLASTONBURY:
GLOCK, Charles Y. (1924-):
GLOSSOLALIA:
GNOSTICISM:
GOBIND SINGH (1666-1708):
GOBINEAU, Joseph Arthur, Comte de (1816-1882):
GOD:
GOD PARENTS:
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832):
GOG AND MAGOG:
GOLDEN AGE:
GOLDEN CALF:
GOLDEN RULE:
GOOD:
GOOD FRIDAY:
GORE, Charles (1853-1932):
GRACE:
GRAHAM, William, Franklin, "Billy" (1918-):
GRAIL, THE HOLY:
GRAMSCI, Antonio (1891-1937):
GREAT AWAKENING:
GREAT MOTHER:
GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD:
GREBEL, Conrad (1498-1526):
GREEK:
GREEN, T. H. (1836-1882):
GREENPEACE:
GREGORIAN CHANTS:
GREGORY OF NYSSA (330-395):
GREGORY OF TOURS, (538-594):
GREGORY THE GREAT (540-604):
GREGORY VII (1021-1085):
GHA SUTRA:
GRID:
GROEN VAN PRINSTERER, Guillaume (1801-1876):
GROTIUS, Hugo (1583-1645):
GROUND MOTIVE:
GROUP:
GROUP-GRID ANALYSIS:
GURDWARA:
GURU:
GUYARD, Marie (1599-1672):
GUYON, Madame [Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Mothe] (1648-1717):
H
HACHIMAN:
HADES:
HADITH:
HAGGADAH:
HAGIN, Kenneth (1934-):
HAJJ:
HAKUIN (1685-1768):
HALDANE, Robert (1764-1842):
HALAKHAH:
HALAL:
HALEVY, Elie (1870-1937):
HALO:
HAMANN, Johann George (1730-1788):
HAMMURABI, CODE OF:
HANDEL, George Frederick (1685-1759):
ANF:
HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928):
HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT:
HARMONIC CONVERGENCE:
HARNACK, Adolph von (1851-1930):
HARRINGTON, Michael (1928-1989):
HASAN, Ali (died 669):
HASAN al-BASR (died 728):
HASIDIC JEWS:
HASIDISM:
HATHA YOGA:
HEART:
HEAVEN:
HEBREW:
HEBREW BIBLE:
HEBREWS:
HEDONISM:
HEGEL, George Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831):
HEIDEGGER, Martin (1884-1976):
HEIDELBERG CATECHISM:
HEILSGESCHICHTE:
HEISENBERG, Werner (1901-1976):
HELL:
HENOTHEISM:
HENRY VIII (1491-1547):
HERACLITUS, of Ephesus (540-475 B.C.):
HERBERT, Edward, Lord of Cherbury (1583-1648):
HERBERT, George (1593-1633):
HERDER, Johann Gottfried von (1744-1803):
HERESY:
HERMAS (2nd century):
HERMENEUTICS:
HERMETIC LITERATURE (Hermes Trismegistus):
HERMIT:
HEROD ANTIPAS (died 39):
HESIOD (8th century):
HESSE, Herman (1877-1962):
HIERARCHY:
HIFZ AL-QUR'N:
HIGH CHURCH:
HIGH GODS:
HIGHER CRITICISM:
HIJRAH:
HILLEL (1st century):
HNYNA:
HINDRANCES:
HINDUISM:
HIPPOCRATES (460?-370? B.C.):
HIPPOLYTUS (165-236):
HISTORY:
HITTITES:
HO YEN (3rd century):
HOBBES, Thomas (1588-1679):
HODGE, Charles (1797-1878):
HOLBACH, Paul Henri Thirty, baron d' (1723-1789):
HOLINESS:
HOLINESS MOVEMENT:
HOLISM:
HOLMES, John Haynes (1879-1959):
HOLY:
HOLY PLACES:
HOLY SPIRIT:
HOLY, THE SACRED:
HOMER (sometime before 700 B.C.):
HNEN (1133-1212):
HOOKER, Richard (1554-1600):
HORT, Fenton John Anthony (1828-1892):
HORTON, Robin (1832-?):
HSAN-HSEH:
HSAN T'SANT (596-664):
HUA YEN:
HUANG-LAS CHN:
HUBBARD, Ron L. (1911-1976):
HUBRIS:
HÜGEL, Frederick, Baron von (1852-1925):
HUGUENOTS:
HUI-NENG (628-713):
HUI-YÜAN (334-417):
HUMAN SACRIFICE:
HUMANISM:
HUME, David (1711-1776):
HUNG HSIU-CH'AN (1812-1864):
HUNTINGDON, Selina, Countess [of] (1707-1791):
HUSAYN, Ibn 'Ali (626-680):
HUSS, John (1372-1415):
HUSSERL, Edmund Gustav Alberta (1859-1938):
HUTTERITES:
HUXLEY, Aldous Leonard, (1894-1963):
HUXLEY, Julian Sorell (1887-1975):
HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825-1895):
HYMN:
HYPOTHESIS:
I
I CHING:
II'JZ:
I-THOU:
IAMBLICUS (250-330):
IBN al-'ARABI (1165-1240):
IBN AZM (993-1064):
IBN ISHQ (704-768):
IBN MJA, Muhammad (824-886):
IBN MAS'D (died 652/3):
IBN TMART, Muhammad (died 1130):
ICON [IKON]:
ICONOCLASTIC CONTROVERSY:
IDEAL TYPES:
IDEALISM:
IDEOLOGY:
IDOLATRY:
IGNATIUS (356-107):
IHSN:
IJM:
IJTIHD:
ILHM:
ILM al-KALAM:
IMAGE OF GOD:
IMAM:
IMN:
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION:
IMMANENCE:
IMMANENT:
IMMORTALITY:
IMPERIALISM:
IMPLICIT:
INARI:
INCA RELIGION:
INCARNATION:
INCARNATION OF CHRIST:
INCENSE:
INDEMNITY:
INDIVIDUAL:
INDIVIDUALISM:
INDRA:
INDUCE:
INDUCTION:
INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION:
INEFFABLE:
INFINITE:
INGE, William Ralph, "Dean" (1860-1954):
INQUISITION:
INSPIRATION:
INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE:
INTELLECTUAL:
IPSE DIXIT:
IQBAL, Muhammad (1873-1938):
IRANIAN RELIGION:
IRENAEUS (130-200):
IRRATIONAL:
IRRATIONALISM:
IRVING, Edward (1792-1834):
ISAAC:
ISAIAH (8th century):
ISHMAEL:
ISHO'DAD OF MERV (9th century):
ISIDORE (560-636):
ISIS:
ISLAM:
ISMAILIS:
ISND:
ISRAEL:
ISRAEL ben Eliezer Ba'al Shem Tov (1700-1760):
IS'VARA:
J
JACOB (18th century B.C.?):
JAINISM:
JALL, al-Dn Rm (1207-1273):
JAMES (1st century):
JAMES, William (1842-1910):
JANSEN, Cornelius Otto (1585-1638):
JANSENISM:
JANUS:
JASPERS, Karl (1883-1973):
JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826):
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES:
JEN:
JEREMIAH (7th century B.C.):
JEROME, SAINT (342-420):
JERUSALEM:
JESUITS:
JESUS OF NAZARETH (5 B.C.?-30 A.D.?):
JEWISH CHRISTIANITY:
JEWISH CHRISTIANS:
JEWS FOR JESUS:
JIHD:
JINN:
JVANMUKTA:
JVANMUKTI:
JNA:
JOACHIM OF FIORE (1132-1202):
JOACHIMISM:
JOAN OF ARC (1412-1431):
JOB (?):
JOD:
JOHN (1st century):
JOHN BAPTIST of LA SALLE (1651-1719):
JOHN CLIMACUS (570-649):
JOHN OF DAMASCUS (675-749):
JOHN OF SALISBURY (1115-1180):
JOHN OF THE CROSS, SAINT (1542-1591):
JOHN THE BAPTIST (1st. century):
JOHN XXIII (1881-1963):
JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784):
JJITSU:
JONES, Bob (1883-1968):
JONES, Jim (1931-1978):
JOSEPHUS, Flavius (37-100):
JOSEPH [1] (17th century B.C.?):
JOSEPH [2] (1st century B.C.?):
JOWETT, Benjamin (1817-1893):
JUDAISM, ANCIENT:
JUDAISM, MODERN:
JUDAISM, RABBINIC:
JUDAIZERS:
JUDAS ISCARIOT (11th century?):
JUDGMENT:
JULIAN (332-363):
JULIAN OF NORWICH (1342?-1413?):
JUNAYAD, Ab Al-Qsim al (died 910):
JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875-1961):
JUNO:
JUPITER:
JUSTIFICATION:
JUSTIN MARTYR (100-165):
JUSTINIAN (483-565):
JUWAYN, al-MA'L Abd al-Malik (1028-1085):
K
KA:
KA'BA:
KABR, Kabir (1440-1518):
KAGAWA, Toyohiko (1888-1960):
KAHN, Herman (1922-1983):
KAIROS:
KAIROS DOCUMENT:
KALI:
KALIYUGA:
KALPA (Sanskrit) KAPPA (Pali):
KMA:
KAMI:
KAMI-DANA:
KAN-NUSHI:
KANNON:
KANT, Immanuel (1724-1804):
KAPILAVATTHU:
KARAITES:
KARMA:
KEBLE, John (1792-1866):
KEGON SCHOOL:
KEMPE, Margery (1373-1433):
KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630):
KERYGMA:
KESWICK CONVENTION:
KEYNES, John Maynard (1883-1946):
KHADJA (died 619):
KHLID al-WALD (died 641/2):
KHANDHA (Pali) SKANDHA (Sanskrit):
KHTM al-NUBUWWA:
KHAZARS:
KHNUM:
KHOJAS:
KHOMEINI, Ruhullah Al-Musavi (1902-1989):
KHOMIAKOV, Aleksei Stepanovitch (1804-1860):
KHONSU:
KHUDDAKA-NIKAYA:
KIERKEGAARD, Soren Asby (1813-1855):
KIMBANGU, Simon (19-?-1951:
KINDI, Abu Yusuf Ya'qub bin Ishaq (813-873):
KING, DIVINE:
KING, Martin Luther Jr. (1929-1968):
KINGDOM OF GOD:
KINGSLEY, Charles (1819-1875):
KINTU:
KNIGHT, J. C. (1946-):
KNOX, John (1513-1572):
KLUCKHORN, Clyde (1905-1960):
KOAN:
KOBO DAISHI (774-835):
KOESTLER, Arthur (1905-):
KO HUNG (3rd-4th CENTURY):
KONKO KYO:
KORAN:
KORE:
KRÄMER, Hendrik (1888-1955):
KRISHNA (Krsna -Sanskrit):
KRISHNAMURTI, Jiddu (1895-1986):
KRONOS:
KATRIYAS:
KUAN-TI:
KUBLAI KHAN (1216-1294):
KUEI:
KUHN, Thomas Samuel (1922-):
KULTURKAMPF:
KUMRAJVA (344-413):
KUNDALINI:
KÜNG, Hans (1928-):
KUR-NU-GI-A:
KUYPER, Abraham (1837-1920):
KYRIE ELEISON:
KYRIOS:
L
LALITAVISTARA:
LANKVATARA STRA:
LAO TZU (6th century B.C.):
LARES:
LAUD, William (1573-1645):
LAW, William (1686-1761):
LAWRENCE, Brother (1605-1691):
LAYMAN:
LEACH, Ronald Edmund (1910-1987):
LEE, Ann (1736-1784):
LEE, Witness (?):
LEGENDS:
LEIBNIZ, Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von (1646-1716):
LENIN, Vladimir Ilyich (1870-1924):
LESSING, Gotthold Ephraim (1729-1781):
LEVELLERS:
LÉVI-BRUHL, Lucien (1857-1939):
LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude (1908-):
LEVIATHAN:
LEVIRATE MARRIAGE:
LEVITES:
LEWIS, Clive Staples (1898-1963):
LI:
LI CHI:
LIBATIONS:
LIBERAL:
LIBERAL PROTESTANTISM:
LIBERATION:
LIEH-TZU (4th century B.C.):
LINGAM:
LINGYATS:
LIMBO:
LITURGY:
LIVINGSTONE, David (1813-1873):
LLOYD-JONES, David Martyn (1899-1981):
LOCKE, John (1632-1704):
LOGICAL POSITIVISM:
LOGOS:
LO-HAN:
LOLLARDS:
LONERGAN, Bernard (1904-1984):
LOSSKY, Nikolai (1870-1965):
LOSSKY, Vladimir (1903-1958):
LOTUS SUTRA:
LOU, Tseng-Tsiang (1871-1949):
LOVE:
LOVEJOY, Arthur Oncken (1873-1962):
LOYOLA, Ignatius (1495-1556):
LUCIFER:
LUKE (1st century):
LUMBINI:
LUTHER, Martin (1483-1546):
LUTHERANISM:
M
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):
MDHYAMIKA:
MAGI:
MAGIC:
MAHBHRATA:
MAHBODHI SOCIETY:
MAHKYAPA THERA (6th century B.C.?):
MAHSATIPATTHANA SUTTA:
MAHVASA:
MAHVASTU:
MAHVRA (550-420 B.C.?):
MAHYNA:
MAHDI:
MAHINDA (3rd century B.C.):
MAIMONIDES, Moses (1135-1204):
MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw Kaspar (1884-1942):
MALTHUS, Thomas Robert (1766-1834):
MANDALA:
MANI (216-277):
MANICHAEISM:
MAJUR:
MANNHEIM, Karl (1893-1947):
MANTRA:
MANU:
MARA:
MARCEL, Gabriel (1889-1973):
MARCION (85-160):
MARCUS Aurelius (121-180):
MARITAIN, Jacques (1882-1973):
MARTIN, David (1939-):
MARTYR:
MARX, Karl (1818-1883):
MARY, (1st century):
MASS:
MATERIALISM:
MATHER, Cotton (1663-1728):
MATTER:
MATTHEW, GOSPEL:
MAURICE, Fredrick Denison (1805-1872):
MAWLID al-NABI:
MAYA (6th century B.C.):
MAYA:
MEAD, Margaret (1901-1978):
MEAN:
MEANING:
MECCA:
MEDINA:
MEDITATION:
MEEKNESS:
MELANCHTON, Phillip (1497-1560):
MENCIUS (371-289 B.C.):
MENDELSSOHN, Moses (1729-1786):
MENNONITES:
MERCURY:
MERCY:
MERIT:
MERLEAU-PONTY, Maurice (1908-1961):
MERTON, Thomas (1915-1968):
MESSIAH:
METAPHYSICS:
METEMAPSYCHOSIS:
METHODISM:
MEYKANDA (13th century):
MEYNELL, Hugo Anthony (1936-):
MICHELANGELO (1475-1564):
MILL, John Stuart (1806-1873):
MILLENARIAN MOVEMENTS:
MILLENNIALISM:
MILLER, William (1795-1883):
MILLERITES:
MILTON, John (1608-1674):
MIRACLE:
MISSION:
MISSIONARY:
MITHRA:
MITHRAISM:
MODERNIST:
MODERNITY, MODERNISM, AND RELATED DEFINITIONS:
MOFFAT, Robert (1795-1883):
MOLTMANN, Jürgen (1926-):
MONASTICISM:
MONISM:
MONOPHYSITISM:
MONOTHEISM:
MONTANISM:
MOODY, Dwight Lyman (1837-1899):
MOON, Sun Myung (1920-):
MOORE, George Edward (1873-1958)
MOORE, Hannah (1745-1833):
MORAVIANS:
MORE, Thomas (1478-1535):
MORGAN, Lewis (1818-1881):
MORMONS:
MORRIS, William (1834-1896):
MOSCA, Gaetano (1858-1955):
MOSQUE:
MOSES (12th-13th century B.C.):
MOTT, John Raleigh (1865-1955):
MO-TZU (5th century B.C.):
MOURNING:
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):
MUSLIM:
MYSTERY RELIGIONS:
MYSTIC:
MYSTICISM:
MYTH:
N
NAG HAMMADI:
NAGANUMA, Mrs. Myoko (1899-1957):
NAGARJUNA (2nd century):
NAGASENA (?):
NAKATOMI:
NANAK (1469-1504):
NASA'I, Ab 'Abd al-Rahman Ahmad B. Shu'aib (830-915):
NATION:
NATIONALISM:
NATURAL LAW:
NATURAL THEOLOGY:
NATURAL REVELATION:
NATURALISM:
NATURE:
NATURE-FREEDOM:
NATURE-GRACE:
NAZARENE, THE CHURCH OF:
NEANDER, Johann August Wilhelm (1789-1850):
NECROMANCY:
NEE, Watchman (1903-1972):
NEEDLEMAN, Jacob (1934-):
NEO-CALVINISM:
NEO-ORTHODOXY:
NEO-REFORMED THEOLOGY:
NESTORIANISM:
NEVIUS, John L. (1829-1893):
NEW AGE MOVEMENT:
NEW CHURCH:
NEW HARMONY:
NEWMAN, John Henry (1801-1890):
NEWTON, Isaac (1642-1727):
NEWTON, John (1725-1807):
NICHIREN BUDDHISM:
NICHIREN, Shsh (1222-1282):
NIEBUHR, Helmut Richard (1893-1971):
NIEBUHR, Reinhold (1893-197l):
NIEMÖLLER, Martin (1892-1984):
NIETZSCHE, Friedrich Wilhelm (1844-1900):
NIHIL EST INTELLECTU NISI PRIUS FUERIT IN SENSU:
NIHONGI:
NIKON (1605-1681):
NIMBRKA (14th century ?):
NINIAN (360-432):
NIRVNA:
NIWANO, Nikkyo (1906-):
NOAH:
NOMINALISM:
NON-BEING:
NON SEQUITUR:
NORITO:
NORM:
NOYES, John Humphrey (1811-1886):
NUNS:
NUSAYR, Muhammad bin (9th century):
NUT:
NYYA:
O
OBJECTIVE:
OBJECTIVISM:
OBJECTIVITY:
OBSCURANTISM:
OCCULTISM:
OCKHAM, William of (1285-1349):
OLD BELIEVERS:
OLD CATHOLICS:
OLD TESTAMENT:
OLDHAM, Joseph Houldsworth (1874-1969):
OLDLINE CHURCHES:
OMNIPOTENCE:
OMNIPRESENCE:
OMNISCIENCE:
ONEIDA:
ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT:
ONTOLOGY:
ORACLES:
ORAL TRADITION:
ORDINATION:
ORIGEN (185-254):
ORIGINAL SIN:
ORPHISM:
ORR, James (1844-1913):
ORTEGA, Y. Gassett Jose (1883-1955):
ORTHODOX CHURCH:
ORTHODOXY:
ORWELL, George (1903-1950):
OTHER-DIRECTED:
OTTO, Rudolph, D. G. (1869-1937):
OWEN, John (1616-1683):
OWEN, Robert (1771-1858):
OXFORD MOVEMENT:
P
PA KAU:
PACCEKA-BUDDHA:
PAGAN:
PAGODA:
PAHLAVI LITERATURE:
PAINE, Thomas (1737-1809):
PALESTINE:
PALEY, William (1743-1805):
PALI:
PANENTHEISM:
PANDORA:
PAN-ISLAM:
PANJ PYARES:
PANNENBERG, Wolfhart (1928-):
PANTA REI:
PANTHEISM:
PAPACY:
PAPIAS (60-130):
PAPYRUS:
PARABLE:
PARACELSUS (1493-1541):
PARACLETE:
PARADIGM:
PARADISE:
PARETO, Vilfredo (1848-1923):
PARITTA:
PARMENIDES (513-448 B.C.):
PAROUSIA:
PARSEE [Parsis]:
PARSONS, Talcot (1902-1979):
PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662):
PASSION:
PASSOVER:
PASTOR:
PATAÑJALI (2nd century B.C.):
PAICCA-SAMUPPATION:
PATRIARCH:
PATRICK (390-460):
PAUL, THE APOSTLE (1st century):
PAVLOV, Ivan Petrovich (1849-1936):
PEALE, Norman Vincent (1928-1986):
PEASANT'S REVOLT:
PELAGIANISM:
PELAGIUS (360-420):
PENANCE:
PENN, William (1644-1718):
PENTATEUCH:
PENTECOST:
PENTECOSTAL:
PEOPLE'S TEMPLE:
PERCEPT:
PERFECTIONISM:
PERICOPE:
PERSON:
PERSONALISM:
PERSPECTIVISM:
PERSPICUITY OF SCRIPTURE:
PETER (1st century):
PETER Lombard (1100-1160):
PETER THE HERMIT (1050-1115):
PETITIO PRINCIPII:
PEYOTE CULT:
PHALLUS CULTS:
PHARISEES:
PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION:
PHENOMENOLOGY:
PHENOMENON:
PHI:
PHILIPP OF HESSE (1504-1567):
PHILISTINES:
PHILO (30 B.C.-50 A.D.):
PHILOKALIA:
PHILOSOPHY:
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION:
PHOTIUS (810-895):
PIAGET, Jean (1896-1981):
PIETISM:
PIETY:
PI-HSIA YUAN-CHUN:
PILGRIMAGE:
PILTDOWN MAN:
PIOUS IX (1792-1878):
PISACA:
PLAINSONG:
PLANCK, Max (1858-1947):
PLANTINGA, Alvin (1938-):
PLATO (427?-347 BC):
PLATO'S ACADEMY:
PLATT, Parley P. (1805-1859):
PLOTINUS (205-270 A.D.):
PLURALISM:
PLUTARCH (46-120 A.D.):
PLYMOUTH BRETHREN:
PNEUMA:
POGROM:
POLANYI, Michael (1891-1976):
POLYCARP (1st century):
POLYGAMY:
POLYTHEISM:
PONTIUS PILATE (1st Century):
POOR CLARES:
POPE:
POPPER, Sir Karl (1902-):
PORPHYRY (232-303 A.D.):
POSITIVE THINKING:
POSITIVISM:
POSITIVIST:
POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC:
POSTULATE:
PRABHUPADA, A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Swami (1896-1977):
PRAGMATIC:
PRAGMATISM:
PRAKTI:
PRANAYAMA:
PRAYER:
PRAYER MAT:
PRAYER MEETING:
PRAYER WHEEL:
PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD:
PREDESTINATION:
PRESBYTERIANISM:
PRIDE:
PRIEST:
PRIESTHOOD:
PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS:
PROBLEM OF EVIL:
PROCESS THEOLOGY:
PRODHON, Pierre Joseph (1809-1865):
PROGRESS:
PROMETHEUS:
PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD:
PROPHECY:
PROPHET, Elizabeth Clair (1940-):
PROPHET:
PROPHETESS:
PROPITIATION:
PROPOSITION:
PROSELYTE:
PROSELYTIZE:
PROTAGORAS (490-410 B.C.):
PROTESTANT PRINCIPLE:
PROVERBS, BOOK OF:
PROVIDENCE:
PSALMS:
PSEUDEPIGRAPHA:
PSEUDO-SCIENCE:
PSYCHOLOGY:
PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION:
PTOLEMY (2nd century):
PUJA:
PUNDIT:
PURAS:
PURDAH:
PURE LAND:
PURE LAND BUDDHISM:
PURGATORY:
PURITANS:
PYRAMIDS:
PYRAMID TEXTS:
PYRAMIDOLOGY:
PYTHAGORAS (6th century B.C.):
Q
Q:
QUAKERS:
QUANTUM THEORY:
QUE:
QUIETISM:
QUIMBY, Phineas Parkhurst (1802-1866):
QUINE, Willard van Orman (1908-):
QUMRAN:
QURA'N:
R
RA:
RABBI:
RABINIC JUDAISM:
RABI'AH al-ADAWYYA (717-801):
RAD, Gerhard von (1901-1971):
RADCLIFFE-BROWN, Alfred Reginald (1881-1955):
RADHA SOAMI MOVEMENT:
RADHAKRISHNAN, Sarvepalli (1888-1975):
RAHIT:
RAHNER, Karl (1904-1984):
RAHULABHADRA [Rhula] (6th century B.C.):
RAIKES, Robert (1735-1811):
RAJAGHA:
RAMA:
RAMADAN:
RAMAKRISHNA, (1836-1886):
RAMANANDA (13th century):
RAMANUJA (1017-1130?):
RAMANA, Maharshi (1879-1951):
RAMYANA:
RAMTHA:
RAND, Ayn (1903-1981):
RAPTURE:
RASTAFARIAN:
RATIONAL:
RATIONALISM:
RATIONALIZATION:
RAUSCHENBUSCH, Walter (1861-1918):
REACTIONARY:
REALISM:
REALITY:
REASON:
REBIRTH:
REDEMPTION:
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM:
REDUCTIONISM:
REFORM:
REFORMATION:
REFORMED CHURCH:
REFORMED JUDAISM:
REFORMED:
REFORMER:
REGENERATION:
REID, Thomas (1710-1796):
REIFICATION:
REIFY:
REIMARUS, Herman Samuel (1694-1768):
REINCARNATION:
RELATIONAL:
RELATIVISM:
RELATIVITY:
RELIGION AND MODERNITY:
RELIGION, TYPOLOGIES OF REACTION TO MODERNITY:
RELIGION:
RELIGIONSGESCHICHTED:
RENAISSANCE:
RENAN, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892):
REQUIEM:
RERUM NOVARUM:
RESURRECTION:
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST:
RETALIATION:
REVELATION:
REVITALIZATION MOVEMENTS:
REVIVALISM:
REVOLUTION:
RG VEDA:
RHETORIC:
RICCI, Matteo (1552-1610):
RIG VEDA:
RIGHTEOUSNESS:
RINZAI:
RITSCHL, Albrecht (1822-1889):
RITUAL:
ROBINSON, John A. T. (1919-1983):
ROMAN CATHOLICISM:
ROMANTICISM:
ROSARIES:
ROSICRUCIANS:
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778):
ROY, RAM MOHAN (1774-1833):
RTA:
RUSHDOONY, Rousas John (1916-):
RUSKIN, John (1819-1900):
RUSSELL, Bertrand Arthur William Earl (1872-1970):
RUSSELL, Charles Taze (1852-1916):
RUTHERFORD, Joseph Franklin, "Judge" (1869-1941):
RUTHERFORD, Samuel (1600-1661):
RYLE, Gilbert (1900-1976):
RYLE, John Charles, "J. C." (1816-1900):
RYOBU-SHINTO:
S
SABBATARIAN:
SABBATH:
SABELLIANISM:
SACH-KHAND:
SACRAMENT:
SACRED:
SACRIFICE:
SADDUCEES:
SAINT:
SAINT-SIMON, Claude-Henri (1760-1828):
SAIVISM:
SAKTI:
SAKTISM:
SKYAS:
SALISBURY, John of (1115-1180):
SALMAN (7th century):
SALVATION ARMY:
SALVATION:
SAMADHI:
SAMARITANS:
SAMAVEDA:
SAMKHYA:
SAMSARA:
SAMURAI:
SAN CH'ING:
SANCTIFICATION:
SANGHA:
SANKARA (788-838):
SANKEY, Ira David (1840-1908):
SANNYASIN:
SANSKRIT:
SANTAYANA, George (1863-1952):
SAOSHYANTS:
SARGENT, William (1918-):
SARIPUTRA [sriputta] (6th century B.C.):
SARTRE, Jean-Paul (1905-1980):
SASANA:
SATAN, CHURCH OF:
SATAN:
SATANISM:
SATI [Suttee]:
SATORI:
SATURN:
SAUTRANTIKA:
SAVONAROLA, Girolamo (1452-1498):
SAYYID:
SCAPEGOAT:
SCARAB:
SCENARIO:
SCHAEFFER, Francis August (1912-1983):
SCHELER, Max (1874-1928):
SCHELLING, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph, (1775-1854):
SCHISM:
SCHLEIERMACHER, Friedrich Daniel Ernst (1768-1834):
SCHLICK, Moritz (1882-1936):
SCHOLASTIC:
SCHOLASTICISM:
SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur (1788-1860):
SCHWEITZER, Albert (1875-1965):
SCIENCE:
SCIENTIFIC METHOD:
SCIENTISM:
SCIENTOLOGY:
SCOFIELD, Cyrus Ingerson (1843-1921):
SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832):
SCRIPTURE:
SECT:
SECULAR:
SECULARIZATION THESIS:
SECULARIZATION:
SELF:
SENECA, Lucius Anneus (5-65 B.C.):
SENSE DATA:
SEPTUAGINT:
SERMON:
SERMON ON THE MOUNT:
SEVEN DEADLY SINS:
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISM:
SHAFI'I', Muhammad ibn Idrs (767-820):
SHAFTESBURY, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord (1801-1885):
SHAHRASTANI, Muhammad bin Abd al-Karim (1076-1153):
SHAKERS:
SHAMAN:
SHAMANISM:
SHANG-TI:
SHAR'AH:
SHARIF:
SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950):
SHEKHINAH:
SHEMBE, Amos (1907-1996):
SHEMBE, Isaia [Isaiah] (1867-1935):
SHEMBE, Johannes Galilee (1904-1975):
SHEMBE, Londa iNsiKayakho (1944-1989):
SHEN:
SHEOL:
SHI''ISM:
SHINGON:
SHINRAN (1173-1262):
SHINSHUKYO:
SHINTAI:
SHINTO:
SHOLOKOHV, Mikhail Alekandrovich (1905-1982):
SHRINE:
SHU'AYB (?):
SHU CHING:
SHUSHI SCHOOL:
SIBYLLINE ORACLES:
SIGN:
SIKHISM:
SIMON STYLITES (390-459):
SIMONS, Menno (1496-1561):
SIN:
SIN ORIGINAL:
SINAI:
SINE QUA NON:
SKEPTICISM:
SKEPTICS:
SKINNER, Burrhus Frederic (1904-):
SMART, Ninian (1927-):
SMITH, Adam (1723-1790):
SMITH, Joseph (1805-1844):
SMITH, Wilfred Cantwell (1916-):
SMITH, William Robertson (1846-1894):
SMUTS, Jan Christian (1870-1950):
SNAKE HANDLERS:
SOCIAL GOSPEL:
SOCIAL JUSTICE:
SOCIALISM:
SOCIALIST:
SOCIALIZATION:
SOCIETY:
SOCINIANISM:
SOCIOLOGIST:
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION:
SOCIOLOGY:
SOCRATES (470-400 B.C.):
SOCRATIC METHOD:
SODOM AND GOMORRAH:
SOKA GAKKAI:
SOLIPSISM:
SOLOVIEV, Vladimir (1853-1900):
SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr Isayevich (1918-):
SOMA:
SON OF GOD:
SON OF MAN:
SOPHISTS:
SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.C.):
SORCERY:
SOREL, Georges (1847-1922):
SOROKIN, Pitrim Alexandrovitch (1889-1968):
SOTAPANNA:
SOTERIOLOGY:
SOTO:
SOUL:
SOUTHCOTT, Joanna (1750-1814):
SPENCER, Herbert (1820-1903):
SPENGLER, Oswald (1880-1936):
SPINOZA, Baruch [or Benedict] (1632-1677):
SPIRITISM:
SPIRITS:
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES:
SPIRITUAL HEALING:
SPIRITUALISM:
SPURGEON, Charles Haddon (1834-1892):
STALIN, Joseph (1879-1953):
STANLEY, Henry Morton, Sir (1841-1904):
STARK, Rodney (1940-):
STIGMATA:
STOIC:
STOICISM:
STOKER, Hendrik Gerhardus (1899-):
STONEHENGE:
STRAUSS, David Friedrich (1808-1874):
STRUCTURALISM:
STUPA:
SUBJECTIVE:
SUBJECTIVISM:
SUBSTANCE:
SUDRAS:
SUFFERING, THE PROBLEM OF:
SUFISM:
SUICIDE:
SUMMA:
SUMMUM BONUM:
SUNDAR SINGH (1889-1929):
SUNDAY, William Ashley, "Billy" (1862-1935):
SUNDAY SCHOOL MOVEMENT:
SUNNA:
SUNNI:
SUNYATA:
SUPEREROGATION:
SURA:
SUTRA:
SUTRAS:
SUTTA-PITAKA:
SUZUKI, David (1942-):
SUZUKI, Daisetsu Teitaro (1870-1966):
SVETAMBARA:
SWAMI:
SWASTIKA:
SWEDENBORG, Emanuel (1688-1772):
SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745):
SYLLABUS OF ERRORS:
SYLLOGISM:
SYMBOL:
SYNAGOGUE:
SYNCRETISM:
SYNOPTIC GOSPELS:
SYNOPTIC PROBLEM:
T
T'AI-CHI:
T'AI-I:
T'AI SHAN:
TA HSÜEH:
TABERNACLE:
TABU:
TABULA RASA:
TAGORE, Rabindranath (1861-1941):
TAMMUZ:
TANTRA:
TANTRIC BUDDHISM:
TAO:
TAOISM:
TAO TE CHING:
TAO TSANG:
TAT TVAN ASI:
TATAGATA:
TAWHID:
TAYLOR, James Hudson (1832-1905):
TAYLOR, Jeremy (1613-1667):
TE:
TE DEUM:
TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, Pierre (1881-1955):
TELEOLOGY:
TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT:
TELEOLOGICAL:
TEMPLARS:
TEMPLE:
TEMPLE, William (1881-1944):
TENDAI BUDDHISM:
TENGALAI:
TENRI-KYO:
TERESA OF ÁVILA (1515-1582):
TERMINUS A QUO:
TERMINUS AD QUEM:
TERTIUM QUID:
TERTULLIAN, Quintus Septimius Florens (160-225):
THALES OF MILETUS (640-546 B.C.):
THEISM:
THEODICY:
THEOLOGY:
THEOPHANY:
THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY:
THEOSOPHY:
THERAVADA BUDDHISM:
THETAN:
THOMAS á KEMPIS (1380-1471):
THOMAS, GOSPEL OF:
THOMAS, M. M. (?):
THOMPSON, Francis (1859-1907):
THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862):
THUCYDIDES (450-400 B.C.?):
TIBETAN BUDDHISM:
T'IEN-T'AI:
TILLICH, Paul (1886-1965):
TIPIAKA [TRIPIAKA -Sanskrit]:
TIRTHANKARAS:
TOCQUEVILLE, Alex de (1805-1859):
TOLAND, John (1670-1722):
TOLEDOTH YESHU:
TOLSTOY, Leo, (1828-1910):
TORII:
TORQUEMADA, Tomás de (1420-1498):
TOTAL DEPRAVITY:
TOTEMISM:
TOYNBEE, Arnold Joseph (1889-1975):
TRACTARIANISM:
TRACTS FOR THE TIMES:
TRADITION:
TRADITION DIRECTION:
TRADITIONAL:
TRADITIONAL RELIGION:
TRADITIONALIST:
TRANSCENDENCE:
TRANSCENDENT:
TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION [TM]:
TRANSCENDENTALISM:
TRANSMIGRATION:
TRANSUBSTANTIATION:
TRENT, COUNCIL OF:
TRI-RATNA:
TRINITY:
TROELTSCH, Ernst (1865-1923):
TROTSKYITE:
TRUTH:
TURNER, Witter Victor (1920-1986):
TWICE BORN:
TYCHE:
TYLOR, Edward Burnett, Sir (1832-1917):
TYNDALE, William (1494-1536):
TYRRELL, George (1861-1909):
U
UGARIT:
ULAMA:
ULTRAMONTANISM:
UMAYYADS:
UNCONSCIOUS:
UNDERHILL, Evelyn (1875-1941):
UNIFICATION CHURCH:
UNITARIANISM:
UNIVERSALS:
UNIVERSALISM:
UNIVERSALITY:
UNIVERSE:
UNIVOCAL:
UNKNOWING, CLOUD OF:
UNMOVED MOVER:
UNTOUCHABLES:
UPANISHAD:
URBAN, II (1042-1099):
URIM AND THUMMIN:
URSULINE ORDER:
USSHER, James (1581-1656):
USURY:
UTILITARIAN:
UTOPIA:
V
VADGALAI:
VAISESIKA:
VAISNAVISM:
VAISYA:
VAJRAYNA:
VALENTINE (3rd century):
VALENTINUS (2nd century):
VALHALLA:
VALID:
VALLABHA, (1480-1535 ?):
VALUE:
VARANSI:
VARANSI:
VARUNA :
VASUBANDHU (4th century):
VATICAN:
VATICAN COUNCIL:
VATSIPUTRIYA:
VAYU:
VEDA:
VEDANTA:
VEDI:
VEDIC RELIGION:
VEGAN:
VEGETARIANISM:
VERIFICATION:
VERIFICATION PRINCIPLE:
VIA MEDIA:
VIA NEGATIVA:
VICAR:
VICIOUS CIRCLE:
VICO, Giovannia Battista (1668-1744):
VIENNA CIRCLE:
VIGIL:
VIHARA:
VINAYA-PITAKA:
VIRGIL (70-19 B.C.):
VIRGIN BIRTH:
VISHNU [Visnu -Sanskrit):
VLADAMIR (956-1015):
VOLTAIRE, [François Marie-Arouet] (1694-1778):
W
WAHHBIS:
WALDENSIANS:
WANG YANG-MING (1472-1529):
WARFIELD, Benjamin Breckinridge (1851-1921):
WATTS, Isaac (1674-1748):
WEBER, Max (1864-1920):
WEIL, Simone (1909-1943):
WELLHAUSEN, Julius (1844-1918):
WELTANSCHAUUNG:
WEN SHU:
WESLEY, Charles (1707-1788):
WESLEY, John (1703-179l):
WESTCOTT, Brooke Foss (1825-1901):
WESTPHALIA, THE PEACE OF:
WHIG:
WHITE FATHERS:
WHITEHEAD, Alfred North (1861-1947):
WHITFIELD, George (1714-1770):
WICCA:
WILBERFORCE, William (1759-1833):
WILL TO BELIEVE:
WILL TO POWER:
WILLIAMS, Charles Walter Stansby (1886-1945):
WISDOM:
WISDOM LITERATURE:
WITCHCRAFT:
WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig, (1889-1951):
WOLFF, Christian (1679-1754):
WORD OF FAITH:
WORDSWORTH, Christopher (1807-1885):
WORDSWORTH, William (1770-1850):
WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES:
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD:
WORSHIP:
WU-HSING:
WU-WEI:
WUNDT, William (1832-1900):
WYCLIFFE, John (1330-1384):
X
XENOPHANES OF COLOPHON (570-470 B.C.):
XENOPHON (430-355 B.C.):
Y
YAHWEH:
YAHWIST:
YAJURVEDA:
YAKKHA:
YAMA:
YAZDIS:
YEN WANG:
YIMA:
YIN-YANG:
YOGA:
YOGACARAS:
YOGI:
YOGIC RELIGION:
YOM KIPUR:
YOMEI SCHOOL:
YOUNG, Brigham (1801-1877):
YÜ HUANG:
Z
ZAYDIS:
ZAZEN:
ZEALOTS:
ZEN BUDDHISM:
ZEUS:
ZINZENDORF, Nikolaus Ludwig Graf von (1700-1760):
ZION CHRISTIAN CHURCH:
ZIONISM:
ZOROASTER (6th century B.C.):
ZOROASTRIANISM:
ZURVAN:
ZWINGLI, Ulrich (1485-1531):
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