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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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SUNNI:

the majority party in ISLAM distinguished by its rejection of the claims of ALI. The name comes from the practice of finding solutions to problems not discussed in the QURA'N by appeal to the SUNNA of MUHAMMAD in MEDINA or to the HADTH in contrast to the SHI'ITES who believe in the AUTHORITY of inspired IMAMS.

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