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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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JACOB (18th century B.C.?):

JALL, al-Dn Rm (1207-1273):

JAMES (1st century):

JAMES, William (1842-1910):

JANSEN, Cornelius Otto (1585-1638):

JASPERS, Karl (1883-1973):

JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826):

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES:

JEREMIAH (7th century B.C.):

JEROME, SAINT (342-420):

JESUS OF NAZARETH (5 B.C.?-30 A.D.?):

JEWISH CHRISTIANITY:

JEWISH CHRISTIANS:

JEWS FOR JESUS:

JOACHIM OF FIORE (1132-1202):

JOAN OF ARC (1412-1431):

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):

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:

JUDAS ISCARIOT (11th century?):

JULIAN (332-363):

JULIAN OF NORWICH (1342?-1413?):

JUNAYAD, Ab Al-Qsim al (died 910):

JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875-1961):

JUSTIN MARTYR (100-165):

JUSTINIAN (483-565):

JUWAYN, al-MA'L Abd al-Malik (1028-1085):

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PSYCHOLOGY:

although used from ancient times to refer to the non-physical aspect of the human person, it only developed its technical meaning as the study of human consciousness and motivations in the late nineteenth century when Wilhelm WUNDT began experimental work in 1879. In the twentieth century it was taken up by FREUD, JUNG, ADLER and various others to develop into a university discipline boasting a number of rival theories and techniques.