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Concise Dictionary of Religion


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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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Chinese name for the Three Supreme TAOIST deities who rule the UNIVERSE.

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