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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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CABBALA [Kabbalah and Qabbalah]:

CADDY, Elaine (1917-):

CADDY, Peter (1917-):

CALLAWAY, Henry (1817-1890):

CALVIN, John (1509-1564):

CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS:

CAMPBELL, Joseph (1904-1987):

CAMUS, Albert (1913-1960):

CANON OF SCRIPTURE:

CAPPADOCIAN FATHERS:

CAPRA, Fritjof (1931-):

CAREY, William (1761-1834):

CARLYLE, Thomas (1795-1881):

CARNELL, Edward John (1919-1967):

CAROLINGINAN REVIVAL:

CASTANEDA, Carlos (1935-):

CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE:

CATEGORY MISTAKE:

CATHERINE OF GENOA (1447-1510):

CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CHURCH:

CAYCE, Edgar (1877-1945):

CHALCEDON, COUNCIL OF:

CHALCEDON, DEFINITION OF:

CHALMERS, Thomas (1780-1847):

CHAPTER AND VERSE:

CHARISMATIC CHRISTIANITY:

CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT:

CHARLEMAGNE, (742-814):

CHESTERTON, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936):

CHIH-I (538-597):

CHILDREN OF GOD:

CHINESE RELIGIONS:

CHRISTADELPHIANS:

CHRISTIAN MINISTRY:

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE:

CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM:

CHRYSTOSTOM, John (344/345-407):

CHU HSI [Chu Tzu or Chu Yuan Hui Shushi] (1130-1200 A.D.):

CHUANG-TZU [Chuang Chou] (369-286 B.C.):

CHURCH FATHERS:

CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST:

CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.):

CISTERCIAN ORDER:

CIVIL RELIGION:

CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA (150-215 A.D.):

CLEMENT OF ROME (1st century A.D.):

CLOVIS (466-511):

COBBETT, William (1763-1835):

CODEX ALEXANDRIUS:

CODEX AMIATINUS:

CODEX SINAITICUS:

CODEX VATICANUS:

COGITO ERGO SUM:

COHERENCE THEORY OF TRUTH:

COLENSO, John William (1814-1883):

COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834):

COLET, John (1467-1519):

COLLINGWOOD, Robin George (1889-1943):

COLOR, LITURGICAL:

COMENIUS, Johann Amos (1592-1670):

COMMUNION OF SAINTS:

COMMUNION TABLE:

COMMUNITY OF THE RESURRECTION:

COMPARATIVE RELIGION:

COMTE, Auguste (1798-1857):

CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY:

CONFUCIUS [Kung Fu Tzu] (551-479 B.C.):

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH:

CONGREGATIONALISM:

CONSTANTINE THE GREAT (288-337 A.D.):

CONTRADICTION, LAW OF:

CONZE, Edward (1904-?):

COPERNICUS, Nicholas (1473-1543):

CORRESPONDENCE THEORY OF TRUTH:

COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT:

COUNCIL, BUDDHIST:

COUNCIL, CHURCH:

COUNTER CULTURE:

COUNTER REFORMATION:

COVERDALE, Miles (1488-1568):

COWPER, William (1731-1800):

CRANMER, Thomas (1489-1556):

CREATIO EX NIHILO:

CREDO QUIA ABSURDIUM:

CRISIS THEOLOGY:

CROCE, Benedetto (1866-1952):

CROMWELL, Oliver (1599-1658):

CROWLEY, Alister (1875-1947):

CROWTHER, Samuel Ajayi (1806-1891):

CRUSIUS, Christian August (1712-1775):

CUTHBERT (7th century A.D.):

CYPRIAN (3rd century A.D.):

CYRIL (826-869):

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COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT:

an attempt to prove the existence of GOD from the empirical fact that things exist. The argument is based on the view that being contingent the UNIVERSE requires the existence of a non-contingent God. Although the argument was savaged by David HUME, and is generally neglected today, it has been revived by various philosophers such as H. A. Meynell in his book The Intelligible Universe (1982).