Encyclopaedic Dictionary Of ReligionThe present publication is an up-to-date, authentic and comprehensive dictionary of religion, which recognises that religion is a field in its own right and with its own language. It aims to provide clear, concise, and correct definitions and descriptions of the terms used in all world religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Shintoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Animism and so on. This work is designed to be a comprehensive reference tool for researchers, students, religious practitioners and all who are interested in religions and religious practices. It is earnestly hoped that it will be an authoritative source to which one can turn with confidence for meaning and knowledge of the common and specialised terms used in world religions. |
Contents
Section 1 | 619 |
Section 2 | 621 |
Section 3 | 630 |
Section 4 | 655 |
Section 5 | 669 |
Section 6 | 695 |
Section 7 | 709 |
Section 8 | 710 |
Section 10 | 806 |
Section 11 | 811 |
Section 12 | 823 |
Section 13 | 843 |
Section 14 | 858 |
Section 15 | 859 |
Section 16 | 868 |
Section 17 | |
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Common terms and phrases
Allah ancient belief Biblical Bodhisattva body Brahmin Buddha Buddhism century ceremony Chinese Christ Christian concept Confucianism consciousness death deity developed Dharma disciples divine doctrine dynasty English enlightenment eternal existence faith Fatimids founded German Goddess gospel Greek Guru Hebrew Bible Hindu Hinduism Holy Spirit human hymns idea Imam India individual Islam Ismaili Israel Jesus Jewish Jews Judaism known koan literally Lord Mahayana manifestation means meditation mind modern Muhammad Muslim mystic one's Orthodox path person philosophy practice prayer promoted Prophet protestant Pure Land Qur'an rabbis refers reformation religion religious movement resurrection revelation ritual Roman Catholic church sacred Saints salvation samadhi Sanskrit Satan scholars scriptures Shakti Shiva Sikh social society soul spiritual Sutra symbol Takbir taoism teaching Temple term Testament theologian theology Torah tradition translated truth universe usually Vedas Vedic word worship yazad yoga Zazen Zoroastrian Zoroastrian religious calendar