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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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GALBRAITH, John Kenneth (1908-):

GALEN Claudius (130-200):

GALILEO, Galilei (1564-1642):

GANDHABBAS (Pali) GANDHARVAS (Sanskrit):

GANDHI, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948):

GARDNER, Gerald Brousseau (1884-1964):

GARDNERIAN WITCHCRAFT:

GEERTZ, Clifford (1926-):

GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN:

GENKU (12th century):

GENSHIN (942-1017):

GENUS AND SPECIES:

GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794):

GILGAMESH, EPIC OF:

GILSON, Etienne Henry (1884-1978):

GIOTTO di Bondone (1267-1337):

GLADSTONE, William, Ewart (1809-1898):

GLOCK, Charles Y. (1924-):

GOBIND SINGH (1666-1708):

GOBINEAU, Joseph Arthur, Comte de (1816-1882):

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832):

GOLDEN CALF:

GORE, Charles (1853-1932):

GRAHAM, William, Franklin, "Billy" (1918-):

GRAIL, THE HOLY:

GRAMSCI, Antonio (1891-1937):

GREAT AWAKENING:

GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD:

GREBEL, Conrad (1498-1526):

GREEN, T. H. (1836-1882):

GREGORIAN CHANTS:

GREGORY OF NYSSA (330-395):

GREGORY OF TOURS, (538-594):

GREGORY THE GREAT (540-604):

GREGORY VII (1021-1085):

GROEN VAN PRINSTERER, Guillaume (1801-1876):

GROTIUS, Hugo (1583-1645):

GROUP-GRID ANALYSIS:

GUYARD, Marie (1599-1672):

GUYON, Madame [Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Mothe] (1648-1717):

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GOLDEN CALF:

in Exodus 32, MOSES returns from Mount Sinai with the TEN COMMANDMENTS to discover that the PEOPLE OF ISRAEL have created a golden idol in the image of a calf. The expression has come to represent APOSTASY and anything which lures believers from worshiping GOD.