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NAGANUMA, Mrs. Myoko (1899-1957):

NAGARJUNA (2nd century):

NANAK (1469-1504):

NASA'I, Ab 'Abd al-Rahman Ahmad B. Shu'aib (830-915):

NATURAL THEOLOGY:

NATURAL REVELATION:

NATURE-FREEDOM:

NAZARENE, THE CHURCH OF:

NEANDER, Johann August Wilhelm (1789-1850):

NEE, Watchman (1903-1972):

NEEDLEMAN, Jacob (1934-):

NEO-REFORMED THEOLOGY:

NEVIUS, John L. (1829-1893):

NEW AGE MOVEMENT:

NEWMAN, John Henry (1801-1890):

NEWTON, Isaac (1642-1727):

NEWTON, John (1725-1807):

NICHIREN BUDDHISM:

NICHIREN, Shsh (1222-1282):

NIEBUHR, Helmut Richard (1893-1971):

NIEBUHR, Reinhold (1893-197l):

NIEMÖLLER, Martin (1892-1984):

NIETZSCHE, Friedrich Wilhelm (1844-1900):

NIHIL EST INTELLECTU NISI PRIUS FUERIT IN SENSU:

NIKON (1605-1681):

NIMBRKA (14th century ?):

NINIAN (360-432):

NIWANO, Nikkyo (1906-):

NOYES, John Humphrey (1811-1886):

NUSAYR, Muhammad bin (9th century):

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GOBIND SINGH (1666-1708):

the tenth SIKH GURU who gave the community its present form. He organized the Sikhs as an effective military force and ordained the "Five emblems" or "Five K's" of Sikhism. Before he was assassinated in 1708, he made his followers accept that he was the last human Guru and that after his death they would look to their SACRED writings, the Granth, as their Guru.