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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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HEAVEN:

many religions separate the heavens and the earth making the heavens the realm of the GODS. In HINDU MYTHOLOGY there are many heavens in a multi-layered UNIVERSE. Similarly in JAINISM and BUDDHISM many heavens exist although the aim of SALVATION is to avoid REBIRTH even in heaven. JUDAISM, ISLAM and CHRISTIANITY share a common conception of heaven as the REALM of GOD and destiny of believers after the LAST JUDGMENT.

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