Skip directly to:Main content Main navigation

University of Virginia Library

Concise Dictionary of Religion

collapse section

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-):

FETISH:

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:

collapse section

Collapse All | Expand All expand section

FETISH:

a term derived from the Portuguese "feitico" meaning "skillfully made" and originally applied by sailors to objects of devotion found in West Africa. Later it came to be applied to any object believed to have SACRED significance and the ability to protect its owner from EVIL.