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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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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):

ICONOCLASTIC CONTROVERSY:

IGNATIUS (356-107):

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION:

INCARNATION OF CHRIST:

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION:

INGE, William Ralph, "Dean" (1860-1954):

INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE:

IQBAL, Muhammad (1873-1938):

IRANIAN RELIGION:

IRENAEUS (130-200):

IRVING, Edward (1792-1834):

ISAIAH (8th century):

ISHO'DAD OF MERV (9th century):

ISIDORE (560-636):

ISRAEL ben Eliezer Ba'al Shem Tov (1700-1760):

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SKEPTICS:

name given to certain philosophers who doubt the adequacy of the senses and REASON to furnish reliable knowledge about the NATURE of things. They advocate withholding assent and the suspension of judgment.