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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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GALBRAITH, John Kenneth (1908-):

GALEN Claudius (130-200):

GALILEO, Galilei (1564-1642):

GANDHABBAS (Pali) GANDHARVAS (Sanskrit):

GANDHI, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948):

GARDNER, Gerald Brousseau (1884-1964):

GARDNERIAN WITCHCRAFT:

GEERTZ, Clifford (1926-):

GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN:

GENKU (12th century):

GENSHIN (942-1017):

GENUS AND SPECIES:

GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794):

GILGAMESH, EPIC OF:

GILSON, Etienne Henry (1884-1978):

GIOTTO di Bondone (1267-1337):

GLADSTONE, William, Ewart (1809-1898):

GLOCK, Charles Y. (1924-):

GOBIND SINGH (1666-1708):

GOBINEAU, Joseph Arthur, Comte de (1816-1882):

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832):

GORE, Charles (1853-1932):

GRAHAM, William, Franklin, "Billy" (1918-):

GRAIL, THE HOLY:

GRAMSCI, Antonio (1891-1937):

GREAT AWAKENING:

GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD:

GREBEL, Conrad (1498-1526):

GREEN, T. H. (1836-1882):

GREGORIAN CHANTS:

GREGORY OF NYSSA (330-395):

GREGORY OF TOURS, (538-594):

GREGORY THE GREAT (540-604):

GREGORY VII (1021-1085):

GROEN VAN PRINSTERER, Guillaume (1801-1876):

GROTIUS, Hugo (1583-1645):

GROUP-GRID ANALYSIS:

GUYARD, Marie (1599-1672):

GUYON, Madame [Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Mothe] (1648-1717):

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SUNDAY SCHOOL MOVEMENT:

first begun in 1780 by an ANGLICAN Clergyman Robert RAIKES in Gloucester, England, to teach children to read and encourage PIETY. The movement quickly spread throughout the English speaking world and into continental Europe as the forerunner of UNIVERSAL education.