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Concise Dictionary of Religion


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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.):
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PROTAGORAS (490-410 B.C.):

Greek SOPHIST philosopher remembered for his saying "Man is the measure of all things." Agnostic with respect to the GODS, he was accused of promoting moral RELATIVISM by PLATO and ARISTOTLE.

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