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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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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:
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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):
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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:
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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.):
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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:
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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):
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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:
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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:
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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):
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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:
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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:
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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):
 
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:
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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:
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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:
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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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Q:
 
QUAKERS:
 
QUANTUM THEORY:
 
QUE:
 
QUIETISM:
 
QUIMBY, Phineas Parkhurst (1802-1866):
 
QUINE, Willard van Orman (1908-):
 
QUMRAN:
 
QURA'N:
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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:
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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:
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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):
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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:
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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):
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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):
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XENOPHANES OF COLOPHON (570-470 B.C.):
 
XENOPHON (430-355 B.C.):
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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:
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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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