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

ROMAN CATHOLIC MYSTICAL writer and CARMELITE reformer best known for his meditation The Dark Night of the Soul which shows profound insight into spiritual and PSYCHOLOGICAL states based on his own experience. His work, which was guided by TERESA of AVILA, encountered strong opposition and he was repeatedly persecuted by CHURCH authorities for his views.