The Encyclopedia of World Religions

500 S Index

Bible, biblical literature 50–55, 51 David 112 Esther 137 evolution and religion 141 Ezekiel 142 fundamentalism, Christian 162–164 Genesis 172–173 hell 196 homosexuality and religion 208 Hosea 209–210 Isaac 217–218 Isaiah 218 Jesus 238–240 Job 243–244 Jonah 244 Lutheranism 269–270 Mary 280–281 Mary Magdalene 283 Mennonites 288 messiah 291 Micah 293 New Testament 319–321 prophets, biblical 358 Psalms 361–362 Rebekah 374–375 Sarah 408 science and religion 410 scriptures, Hebrew 413–415 Solomon 427–428 suicide and religion 432 Ten Commandments 444–445 Thomas, gospel of 449–450 Torah 453–454 Council of Trent 455 Waldensians 471 bishops 17–18, 76, 135, 354, 394 Black Muslims. See Islam, Nation of Blavatsky, Helena P. 67, 399, 448 Bodhidharma 56, 279, 485–486, 486 bodhisattva 40–41, 56–57, 57, 267, 274, 463 Bon 57–58, 306, 452–453 Boniface VIII (pope) 334 Book of Common Prayer 17, 135 Book of Mormon 263, 264 Book of the Dead. See Bardo Thodol (Tibetan “Book of the Dead”) Booth, William 405 “born again” 138 bin Laden, Osama 366 birth rituals 55–56, 87

Babel, Tower of 43–44 Babri Masjid mosque 165, 202 Babylon Daniel 112 Ezra 142 Isaiah 218 Jeremiah 236, 237 Jerusalem 237

Aquinas, Thomas (continued) Roman Catholicism 393 sacraments 400 sin 425

archaeology and religion 27–29, 55 archetype 29, 133, 181, 197, 249, 333 architecture, religious 29–31, 76–78, 430–431 Arctic religions 31–32 arhat 32, 448, 449 Aristotle 26, 158, 185 Arjuna 49, 472 Armenian Church 32, 91 art, religious 32–34, 40–41, 249 Artaxerxes I (king of Persia) 317 Artemis 34, 119 Arthur (king of the Britons) 184 Asahara, Shoko 232 Asbury, Francis 292 asceticism 34–35, 136–137, 157–158 Ashcroft, John 339 Ashura 420, 421 Ash Wednesday 265 Asia 182, 196. See also specific countries Asoka 35, 65, 331, 344, 350, 430 assassins 35 Assemblies of God 35–36 Assyria 236, 289 astrology 36–37, 37 Asuza Street Mission 337–338 Athanasius of Alexandria 102, 320 atheism 37, 398 Athena 37 Athens 37, 185 atman 37–38 brahman 58 samsara 406 Upanishads 461, 462 Vedanta 465 yoga 483 Atrahasis 151, 290, 291 Augustine of Canterbury 49, 73–74 Augustine of Hippo 38–39 anti-Semitism 21 John Calvin 71 the Fall 145 justification 250 Roman Catholicism 393 sin 425 suicide and religion 432 theodicy 446 Aum Shinrikyo 232 Australian religions 39–40 authority, in religious movements 474 Avalokitesvara 40–41, 57, 69, 111, 274, 443

kingship and religion 255–256 Lilith 265 Mesopotamian religions 289 polytheism 347

Bachofen, J. J. 181 Badr, Battle of 304 Baha’i 44–45, 146 Bahram I (king of Persia) 276–277 Bakker, Jim and Tammy Faye 163, 339, 443, 444 Balfour Declaration 488 Ballou, Hosea 461 Assemblies of God 36 Baptist churches 46 Christianity 87 Lutheranism 270 Noah 325 Protestant Reformation 376 sacraments 400 water and religion 473 Baptist churches 6, 46–47, 253 bar/bat mitzvah 48, 246 Bardo Thodol (Tibetan “Book of the Dead”) 48–49, 114, 377, 463 Banaras 45, 114 baptism 45–46

Barth, Karl 447 Basho 486, 487 basilica 30, 77

Becket, Thomas 74 Bell, Eudorus 35–36 Benedictines 20–21, 49, 298 Benedict XVI (pope) 334 ben Joseph, Rabbi Akiba 280 Bennett, Dennis 80 Berger, Peter 160 avatar 41 bhakti 50 Hinduism 200, 201 Krishna 257, 258 Vishnu 467 war and religion 472 yoga 482 Bhagavata Purana 258 bhakti 50 Bergman, Ingmar 95 Bhagavad-Gita 49–50

Bosch, Hieronymus 249 “boy bishop” 96–97, 210 Brahma 58, 107, 408 brahman 58–59 atman 38 Brahma 58

Buddhism 65 Hinduism 200 Krishnaism in the West 260 mantra 277 meditation 287 music and religion 306 Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, A. C. 258, 259 Bharati, Uma 345–346 Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People’s Party; BJP) 165, 202

avatar 41, 257, 372, 468 Avesta. See Zend Avesta

Hinduism, new movements in 203 prana 347 Ramakrishna 373 Sankara 407 Upanishads 461, 462 Vedanta 465

Avignon papacy 334 ayatollah 41, 224, 419 Aztec religion 41–42, 73, 153, 401, 472

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Brahmanas (Vedic literature) 465 brahmin 58, 59–60, 401 brain, mind, and religion 60–61

Baal 43, 71, 134 Baal Shem Tov 43, 192