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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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DEAD SEA SCROLLS:

DEATH OF GOD THEOLOGY:

DELPHIC ORACLE:

DEMYTHOLOGIZATION:

DEUTERO-ISAIAH:

DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM:

DIALECTICAL THEOLOGY:

DIANETICS:

DISPENSATIONALISM:

DIVINE KINGSHIP:

DIVINE LIGHT MISSION:

DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS:

DOME OF THE ROCK:

DONATION OF CONSTANTINE:

DORT, SYNOD OF:

DOUBLE PROCESSION:

DUKKHA (Pali) or DUHKHA (Sanskrit):

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DIANETICS:

a theory, book, and later therapy, developed by Ron L. HUBBARD, the founder of SCIENTOLOGY, who taught that psychological and other problems result from engrams or bad impressions in the subconscious mind. Negative engrams must be eliminated to enable the INDIVIDUAL to recognize and realize their natural and spiritual potential.