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Concise Dictionary of Religion


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PA KAU:
 
PACCEKA-BUDDHA:
 
PAGAN:
 
PAGODA:
 
PAHLAVI LITERATURE:
 
PAINE, Thomas (1737-1809):
 
PALESTINE:
 
PALEY, William (1743-1805):
 
PALI:
 
PANENTHEISM:
 
PANDORA:
 
PAN-ISLAM:
 
PANJ PYARES:
 
PANNENBERG, Wolfhart (1928-):
 
PANTA REI:
 
PANTHEISM:
 
PAPACY:
 
PAPIAS (60-130):
 
PAPYRUS:
 
PARABLE:
 
PARACELSUS (1493-1541):
 
PARACLETE:
 
PARADIGM:
 
PARADISE:
 
PARETO, Vilfredo (1848-1923):
 
PARITTA:
 
PARMENIDES (513-448 B.C.):
 
PAROUSIA:
 
PARSEE [Parsis]:
 
PARSONS, Talcot (1902-1979):
 
PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662):
 
PASSION:
 
PASSOVER:
 
PASTOR:
 
PATAÑJALI (2nd century B.C.):
 
PAICCA-SAMUPPATION:
 
PATRIARCH:
 
PATRICK (390-460):
 
PAUL, THE APOSTLE (1st century):
 
PAVLOV, Ivan Petrovich (1849-1936):
 
PEALE, Norman Vincent (1928-1986):
 
PEASANT'S REVOLT:
 
PELAGIANISM:
 
PELAGIUS (360-420):
 
PENANCE:
 
PENN, William (1644-1718):
 
PENTATEUCH:
 
PENTECOST:
 
PENTECOSTAL:
 
PEOPLE'S TEMPLE:
 
PERCEPT:
 
PERFECTIONISM:
 
PERICOPE:
 
PERSON:
 
PERSONALISM:
 
PERSPECTIVISM:
 
PERSPICUITY OF SCRIPTURE:
 
PETER (1st century):
 
PETER Lombard (1100-1160):
 
PETER THE HERMIT (1050-1115):
 
PETITIO PRINCIPII:
 
PEYOTE CULT:
 
PHALLUS CULTS:
 
PHARISEES:
 
PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION:
 
PHENOMENOLOGY:
 
PHENOMENON:
 
PHI:
 
PHILIPP OF HESSE (1504-1567):
 
PHILISTINES:
 
PHILO (30 B.C.-50 A.D.):
 
PHILOKALIA:
 
PHILOSOPHY:
 
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION:
 
PHOTIUS (810-895):
 
PIAGET, Jean (1896-1981):
 
PIETISM:
 
PIETY:
 
PI-HSIA YUAN-CHUN:
 
PILGRIMAGE:
 
PILTDOWN MAN:
 
PIOUS IX (1792-1878):
 
PISACA:
 
PLAINSONG:
 
PLANCK, Max (1858-1947):
 
PLANTINGA, Alvin (1938-):
 
PLATO (427?-347 BC):
 
PLATO'S ACADEMY:
 
PLATT, Parley P. (1805-1859):
 
PLOTINUS (205-270 A.D.):
 
PLURALISM:
 
PLUTARCH (46-120 A.D.):
 
PLYMOUTH BRETHREN:
 
PNEUMA:
 
POGROM:
 
POLANYI, Michael (1891-1976):
 
POLYCARP (1st century):
 
POLYGAMY:
 
POLYTHEISM:
 
PONTIUS PILATE (1st Century):
 
POOR CLARES:
 
POPE:
 
POPPER, Sir Karl (1902-):
 
PORPHYRY (232-303 A.D.):
 
POSITIVE THINKING:
 
POSITIVISM:
 
POSITIVIST:
 
POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC:
 
POSTULATE:
 
PRABHUPADA, A.C. Bhaktivedanta, Swami (1896-1977):
 
PRAGMATIC:
 
PRAGMATISM:
 
PRAKTI:
 
PRANAYAMA:
 
PRAYER:
 
PRAYER MAT:
 
PRAYER MEETING:
 
PRAYER WHEEL:
 
PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD:
 
PREDESTINATION:
 
PRESBYTERIANISM:
 
PRIDE:
 
PRIEST:
 
PRIESTHOOD:
 
PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS:
 
PROBLEM OF EVIL:
 
PROCESS THEOLOGY:
 
PRODHON, Pierre Joseph (1809-1865):
 
PROGRESS:
 
PROMETHEUS:
 
PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD:
 
PROPHECY:
 
PROPHET, Elizabeth Clair (1940-):
 
PROPHET:
 
PROPHETESS:
 
PROPITIATION:
 
PROPOSITION:
 
PROSELYTE:
 
PROSELYTIZE:
 
PROTAGORAS (490-410 B.C.):
 
PROTESTANT PRINCIPLE:
 
PROVERBS, BOOK OF:
 
PROVIDENCE:
 
PSALMS:
 
PSEUDEPIGRAPHA:
 
PSEUDO-SCIENCE:
 
PSYCHOLOGY:
 
PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION:
 
PTOLEMY (2nd century):
 
PUJA:
 
PUNDIT:
 
PURAS:
 
PURDAH:
 
PURE LAND:
 
PURE LAND BUDDHISM:
 
PURGATORY:
 
PURITANS:
 
PYRAMIDS:
 
PYRAMID TEXTS:
 
PYRAMIDOLOGY:
 
PYTHAGORAS (6th century B.C.):
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