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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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JACOB (18th century B.C.?):

JALL, al-Dn Rm (1207-1273):

JAMES (1st century):

JAMES, William (1842-1910):

JANSEN, Cornelius Otto (1585-1638):

JASPERS, Karl (1883-1973):

JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826):

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES:

JEREMIAH (7th century B.C.):

JEROME, SAINT (342-420):

JESUS OF NAZARETH (5 B.C.?-30 A.D.?):

JEWISH CHRISTIANITY:

JEWISH CHRISTIANS:

JEWS FOR JESUS:

JOACHIM OF FIORE (1132-1202):

JOAN OF ARC (1412-1431):

JOHN (1st century):

JOHN BAPTIST of LA SALLE (1651-1719):

JOHN CLIMACUS (570-649):

JOHN OF DAMASCUS (675-749):

JOHN OF SALISBURY (1115-1180):

JOHN OF THE CROSS, SAINT (1542-1591):

JOHN THE BAPTIST (1st. century):

JOHN XXIII (1881-1963):

JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784):

JONES, Bob (1883-1968):

JONES, Jim (1931-1978):

JOSEPHUS, Flavius (37-100):

JOSEPH [1] (17th century B.C.?):

JOSEPH [2] (1st century B.C.?):

JOWETT, Benjamin (1817-1893):

JUDAISM, ANCIENT:

JUDAISM, MODERN:

JUDAISM, RABBINIC:

JUDAS ISCARIOT (11th century?):

JULIAN (332-363):

JULIAN OF NORWICH (1342?-1413?):

JUNAYAD, Ab Al-Qsim al (died 910):

JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875-1961):

JUSTIN MARTYR (100-165):

JUSTINIAN (483-565):

JUWAYN, al-MA'L Abd al-Malik (1028-1085):

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HAMANN, Johann George (1730-1788):

contemporary of KANT who rejected the RATIONALISM of his age and, following a religious CONVERSION, became a leader of the "Storm and Stress" movement which stressed the immediacy of religious experience. In many ways he is a forerunner of SCHLEIERMACHER and RITSCHL.