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MACAULAY, Thomas Babington (1800-1859):

MACAULAY, Zachary (1768-1838):

MACCABEES, BOOK OF:

MACHEN, John Gresham (1881-1937):

MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo (1469-1527):

MACKINTOSH, Hugh Ross (1870-1936):

MACLAINE, Shirley (1935-):

MADHVA (1197-1276):

MAHBODHI SOCIETY:

MAHKYAPA THERA (6th century B.C.?):

MAHSATIPATTHANA SUTTA:

MAHVRA (550-420 B.C.?):

MAHINDA (3rd century B.C.):

MAIMONIDES, Moses (1135-1204):

MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw Kaspar (1884-1942):

MALTHUS, Thomas Robert (1766-1834):

MANI (216-277):

MANNHEIM, Karl (1893-1947):

MARCEL, Gabriel (1889-1973):

MARCION (85-160):

MARCUS Aurelius (121-180):

MARITAIN, Jacques (1882-1973):

MARTIN, David (1939-):

MARX, Karl (1818-1883):

MARY, (1st century):

MATHER, Cotton (1663-1728):

MATTHEW, GOSPEL:

MAURICE, Fredrick Denison (1805-1872):

MAWLID al-NABI:

MAYA (6th century B.C.):

MEAD, Margaret (1901-1978):

MELANCHTON, Phillip (1497-1560):

MENCIUS (371-289 B.C.):

MENDELSSOHN, Moses (1729-1786):

MERLEAU-PONTY, Maurice (1908-1961):

MERTON, Thomas (1915-1968):

METEMAPSYCHOSIS:

MEYKANDA (13th century):

MEYNELL, Hugo Anthony (1936-):

MICHELANGELO (1475-1564):

MILL, John Stuart (1806-1873):

MILLENARIAN MOVEMENTS:

MILLER, William (1795-1883):

MILTON, John (1608-1674):

MODERNITY, MODERNISM, AND RELATED DEFINITIONS:

MOFFAT, Robert (1795-1883):

MOLTMANN, Jürgen (1926-):

MOODY, Dwight Lyman (1837-1899):

MOON, Sun Myung (1920-):

MOORE, George Edward (1873-1958)

MOORE, Hannah (1745-1833):

MORE, Thomas (1478-1535):

MORGAN, Lewis (1818-1881):

MORRIS, William (1834-1896):

MOSCA, Gaetano (1858-1955):

MOSES (12th-13th century B.C.):

MOTT, John Raleigh (1865-1955):

MO-TZU (5th century B.C.):

MUHAMMAD (571-632):

MUHAMMAD 'ABDUH (1849-1905):

MÜLLER, Friedrich Maximilian (1823-1900):

MÜLLER, George (1805-1898):

MÜNZER, Thomas (1490-1525):

MURRAY, Andrew Jr. (1828-1917):

MYSTERY RELIGIONS:

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BODHISATTVA:

SANSKRIT term used in BUDDHISM for one who aspires to BODHI or Buddhahood. In the MAHYNA TRADITION the idea is developed to replace the term RHANT as the Buddhist ideal and the Bodhisattva becomes a SAVIOR figure who forgoes ENLIGHTENMENT to bring SALVATION to all sentient BEING.