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HAGIN, Kenneth (1934-):

HAKUIN (1685-1768):

HALDANE, Robert (1764-1842):

HALEVY, Elie (1870-1937):

HAMANN, Johann George (1730-1788):

HAMMURABI, CODE OF:

HANDEL, George Frederick (1685-1759):

HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928):

HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT:

HARMONIC CONVERGENCE:

HARNACK, Adolph von (1851-1930):

HARRINGTON, Michael (1928-1989):

HASAN, Ali (died 669):

HASAN al-BASR (died 728):

HEGEL, George Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831):

HEIDEGGER, Martin (1884-1976):

HEIDELBERG CATECHISM:

HEILSGESCHICHTE:

HEISENBERG, Werner (1901-1976):

HENRY VIII (1491-1547):

HERACLITUS, of Ephesus (540-475 B.C.):

HERBERT, Edward, Lord of Cherbury (1583-1648):

HERBERT, George (1593-1633):

HERDER, Johann Gottfried von (1744-1803):

HERMAS (2nd century):

HERMETIC LITERATURE (Hermes Trismegistus):

HEROD ANTIPAS (died 39):

HESIOD (8th century):

HESSE, Herman (1877-1962):

HIGHER CRITICISM:

HILLEL (1st century):

HIPPOCRATES (460?-370? B.C.):

HIPPOLYTUS (165-236):

HO YEN (3rd century):

HOBBES, Thomas (1588-1679):

HODGE, Charles (1797-1878):

HOLBACH, Paul Henri Thirty, baron d' (1723-1789):

HOLINESS MOVEMENT:

HOLMES, John Haynes (1879-1959):

HOLY, THE SACRED:

HOMER (sometime before 700 B.C.):

HNEN (1133-1212):

HOOKER, Richard (1554-1600):

HORT, Fenton John Anthony (1828-1892):

HORTON, Robin (1832-?):

HSAN T'SANT (596-664):

HUBBARD, Ron L. (1911-1976):

HÜGEL, Frederick, Baron von (1852-1925):

HUI-NENG (628-713):

HUI-YÜAN (334-417):

HUMAN SACRIFICE:

HUME, David (1711-1776):

HUNG HSIU-CH'AN (1812-1864):

HUNTINGDON, Selina, Countess [of] (1707-1791):

HUSAYN, Ibn 'Ali (626-680):

HUSS, John (1372-1415):

HUSSERL, Edmund Gustav Alberta (1859-1938):

HUXLEY, Aldous Leonard, (1894-1963):

HUXLEY, Julian Sorell (1887-1975):

HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825-1895):

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HAKUIN (1685-1768):

the greatest Japanese ZEN master after DOGEN. He led a major religious REVIVAL and laid the foundations for modern Zen. His doctrine can be summed up in terms of a progression through MEDITATION from the Great DOUBT, to the Great ENLIGHTENMENT to the Great JOY.