University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
Concise Dictionary of Religion


expand section
A
expand section
B
expand section
C
expand section
D
expand section
E
expand section
F
expand section
G
expand section
H
expand section
I
expand section
J
expand section
K
expand section
L
expand section
M
expand section
N
expand section
O
expand section
P
expand section
Q
expand section
R
expand section
S
collapse section
T
 
T'AI-CHI:
 
T'AI-I:
 
T'AI SHAN:
 
TA HSÜEH:
 
TABERNACLE:
 
TABU:
 
TABULA RASA:
 
TAGORE, Rabindranath (1861-1941):
 
TAMMUZ:
 
TANTRA:
 
TANTRIC BUDDHISM:
 
TAO:
 
TAOISM:
 
TAO TE CHING:
 
TAO TSANG:
 
TAT TVAN ASI:
 
TATAGATA:
 
TAWHID:
 
TAYLOR, James Hudson (1832-1905):
 
TAYLOR, Jeremy (1613-1667):
 
TE:
 
TE DEUM:
 
TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, Pierre (1881-1955):
 
TELEOLOGY:
 
TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT:
 
TELEOLOGICAL:
 
TEMPLARS:
 
TEMPLE:
 
TEMPLE, William (1881-1944):
 
TENDAI BUDDHISM:
 
TENGALAI:
 
TENRI-KYO:
 
TERESA OF ÁVILA (1515-1582):
 
TERMINUS A QUO:
 
TERMINUS AD QUEM:
 
TERTIUM QUID:
 
TERTULLIAN, Quintus Septimius Florens (160-225):
 
THALES OF MILETUS (640-546 B.C.):
 
THEISM:
 
THEODICY:
 
THEOLOGY:
 
THEOPHANY:
 
THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY:
 
THEOSOPHY:
 
THERAVADA BUDDHISM:
 
THETAN:
 
THOMAS á KEMPIS (1380-1471):
 
THOMAS, GOSPEL OF:
 
THOMAS, M. M. (?):
 
THOMPSON, Francis (1859-1907):
 
THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862):
 
THUCYDIDES (450-400 B.C.?):
 
TIBETAN BUDDHISM:
 
T'IEN-T'AI:
 
TILLICH, Paul (1886-1965):
 
TIPIAKA [TRIPIAKA -Sanskrit]:
 
TIRTHANKARAS:
 
TOCQUEVILLE, Alex de (1805-1859):
 
TOLAND, John (1670-1722):
 
TOLEDOTH YESHU:
 
TOLSTOY, Leo, (1828-1910):
 
TORII:
 
TORQUEMADA, Tomás de (1420-1498):
 
TOTAL DEPRAVITY:
 
TOTEMISM:
 
TOYNBEE, Arnold Joseph (1889-1975):
 
TRACTARIANISM:
 
TRACTS FOR THE TIMES:
 
TRADITION:
 
TRADITION DIRECTION:
 
TRADITIONAL:
 
TRADITIONAL RELIGION:
 
TRADITIONALIST:
 
TRANSCENDENCE:
 
TRANSCENDENT:
 
TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION [TM]:
 
TRANSCENDENTALISM:
 
TRANSMIGRATION:
 
TRANSUBSTANTIATION:
 
TRENT, COUNCIL OF:
 
TRI-RATNA:
 
TRINITY:
 
TROELTSCH, Ernst (1865-1923):
 
TROTSKYITE:
 
TRUTH:
 
TURNER, Witter Victor (1920-1986):
 
TWICE BORN:
 
TYCHE:
 
TYLOR, Edward Burnett, Sir (1832-1917):
 
TYNDALE, William (1494-1536):
 
TYRRELL, George (1861-1909):
expand section
U
expand section
V
expand section
W
expand section
X
expand section
Y
expand section
Z

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous section Concise Dictionary of Religion
next section

ALLEGORY:

a sustained or prolonged metaphor. The use of language to convey a deeper and different MEANING from that which appears on the surface.

previous section Concise Dictionary of Religion
next section