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HACHIMAN:
 
HADES:
 
HADITH:
 
HAGGADAH:
 
HAGIN, Kenneth (1934-):
 
HAJJ:
 
HAKUIN (1685-1768):
 
HALDANE, Robert (1764-1842):
 
HALAKHAH:
 
HALAL:
 
HALEVY, Elie (1870-1937):
 
HALO:
 
HAMANN, Johann George (1730-1788):
 
HAMMURABI, CODE OF:
 
HANDEL, George Frederick (1685-1759):
 
ANF:
 
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):
 
HASIDIC JEWS:
 
HASIDISM:
 
HATHA YOGA:
 
HEART:
 
HEAVEN:
 
HEBREW:
 
HEBREW BIBLE:
 
HEBREWS:
 
HEDONISM:
 
HEGEL, George Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831):
 
HEIDEGGER, Martin (1884-1976):
 
HEIDELBERG CATECHISM:
 
HEILSGESCHICHTE:
 
HEISENBERG, Werner (1901-1976):
 
HELL:
 
HENOTHEISM:
 
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):
 
HERESY:
 
HERMAS (2nd century):
 
HERMENEUTICS:
 
HERMETIC LITERATURE (Hermes Trismegistus):
 
HERMIT:
 
HEROD ANTIPAS (died 39):
 
HESIOD (8th century):
 
HESSE, Herman (1877-1962):
 
HIERARCHY:
 
HIFZ AL-QUR'N:
 
HIGH CHURCH:
 
HIGH GODS:
 
HIGHER CRITICISM:
 
HIJRAH:
 
HILLEL (1st century):
 
HNYNA:
 
HINDRANCES:
 
HINDUISM:
 
HIPPOCRATES (460?-370? B.C.):
 
HIPPOLYTUS (165-236):
 
HISTORY:
 
HITTITES:
 
HO YEN (3rd century):
 
HOBBES, Thomas (1588-1679):
 
HODGE, Charles (1797-1878):
 
HOLBACH, Paul Henri Thirty, baron d' (1723-1789):
 
HOLINESS:
 
HOLINESS MOVEMENT:
 
HOLISM:
 
HOLMES, John Haynes (1879-1959):
 
HOLY:
 
HOLY PLACES:
 
HOLY SPIRIT:
 
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-HSEH:
 
HSAN T'SANT (596-664):
 
HUA YEN:
 
HUANG-LAS CHN:
 
HUBBARD, Ron L. (1911-1976):
 
HUBRIS:
 
HÜGEL, Frederick, Baron von (1852-1925):
 
HUGUENOTS:
 
HUI-NENG (628-713):
 
HUI-YÜAN (334-417):
 
HUMAN SACRIFICE:
 
HUMANISM:
 
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):
 
HUTTERITES:
 
HUXLEY, Aldous Leonard, (1894-1963):
 
HUXLEY, Julian Sorell (1887-1975):
 
HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825-1895):
 
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HASIDISM:

Hebrew term for "PIETY" or "the pious." In the eighteenth century it became associated with an Eastern European JEWISH sect founded by RABBI ISRAEL ben Eliezer. It reacted against what it saw as the arid interpretation of the TALMUD by RABBIS and drew upon the CABBALA to develop a rich MYSTICAL TRADITION. Union with GOD was sought through ECSTATIC PRAYER and the coming of the MESSIAH was earnestly desired. Today Martin BUBER is the best known interpreter of Hasidism even though many scholars question his understanding of the tradition.

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