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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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SCHELER, Max (1874-1928):

German PHENOMENOLOGIST and philosopher who CONVERTED to ROMAN CATHOLICISM. His work stressed the spiritual NATURE of REALITY and strongly influenced both CONZE and STOKER. His major book is On the Eternal in Man (1921).

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