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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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FA HSIEN (late 4th or early 5th century):

FALSIFIABILITY:

FALWELL, Jerry (1934):

FAMILY OF LOVE:

FANON, Franz (1925-1961):

FARABI, Abu Nasr Muhammad (d. 950 aged about 80):

FAREL, Guillaume (1489-1565):

FARRER, Austin Marsden (1904-1969):

FARRER, Frederick William (1831-1903):

FATHERHOOD OF GOD:

FATIMA (7th century):

FERGUSON, Marilyn Grasso (1938-):

FEUERBACH, Ludwig Andreas (1804-1872):

FICHTE, Johann Gottlieb (1762-1814):

FILIOQUE CLAUSE:

FINNEY, Charles Grandison (1792-1875):

FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM:

FLEW, Anthony (1923-):

FLORENCE, COUNCIL OF:

FORD, Henry (1863-1947):

FORM CRITICISM:

FORM-MATTER GROUNDMOTIVE:

FORMGESCHICHTE:

FOSDICK, Harry, Emerson (1878-1969):

FOUCAULT, Michel (1926-1988):

FOUR HOLY TRUTHS:

FOUR NOBEL TRUTHS:

FOX, George (1624-1691):

FOX, Matthew (1940-):

FOXE, John (1516-1587):

FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1181?-1226):

FRANCIS OF SALES (1567-1622):

FRAZER, Sir James George (1854-1941):

FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1940):

FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF:

FROEBEL, Friedrick Wilhelm August (1782-1852):

FROMM, Eric (1900-1980):

FRY, Elizabeth (1780-1845):

FUNDAMENTALISM:

FUNDAMENTALIST:

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BOOK OF THE DEAD:

in Egyptian and Tibetan religious traditions a book of MAGICAL texts which was placed in the grave alongside the corpse to secure blessing in the afterlife.