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HAGIN, Kenneth (1934-):

HAKUIN (1685-1768):

HALDANE, Robert (1764-1842):

HALEVY, Elie (1870-1937):

HALO:

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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HALO:

a circle of light surrounding the head or even the entire body. The use of halos in art is found in Greek RELIGION and was taken over by the Romans. In the third century it was adopted by CHRISTIANS in representations of CHRIST and the SAINTS.