The Encyclopedia of World Religions

Index S 501

Buddhist festivals 68–69, 449 Burkert, Walter 402 Burma (Myanmar) 449 Burton, Richard (1821-1890) 286 Bush, George W. 224 Byzantine Empire 108, 128, 129 C Caesar, Julius 79, 80, 125, 465 Caillois, Roger 169 Caitanya 50, 306 cakras 70, 260, 482 calendar 107, 223, 285, 300, 372 Calvert, Cecil 393 Calvin, John 70, 70–71 Christianity, independent 89 the Fall 145 free will and determinism 159 miracles 294 music and religion 306 Presbyterian and Reformed churches 351–353 Puritanism 365 Protestant Reformation 376 Calvinism 108, 352–353, 458, 475 Campbell, Joseph 94, 181, 197, 198, 249 Canterbury, Archbishop of 17, 20–21 Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer) 74, 74 capitalism 353, 474 Capitoline Hill 249, 250 cardinals 74 cargo cults 15, 74–75, 293, 331 Carnival 75 Carroll, John 238, 393, 395 Carter, Jimmy 139 Castaneda, Carlos 417 caste in Hinduism 59–60, 75–76, 120, 215 cathedral 30, 76–78, 77 cats and religion 78 cave paintings 18, 350, 385 Cayce, Edgar 317 celibacy 78–79, 416 Celtic Religion 79, 79–80, 125–126, 190 chakras. See cakras Chalcedon, Council of 32, 103, 214, 240, 333 Ch’an Buddhism 441, 485–486 Channing, William Ellery 458 chanting 306–307, 324 charismatic movement 80, 338 Charlemagne 295, 393 Charles I (king of England) 365 Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor) 226 Campbell, Thomas 386, 387 camp meetings 204, 389, 390 Canaan 1–2, 141 Canaanite religion 43, 71–72 Canada, religion in 72–73 Candide (Voltaire) 445–446 cannibalism and religion 73 canon 321, 411, 412 Canterbury 73–74, 74

Brazil, new religious movements in 61–62 Brothers Karamazov, The (Dostoyevsky) 179 Brown, Antoinette 204 Brunner, Emil 447 Bryan, William Jennings 163 Buchanan, James 264 Buddha 62–65, 63 Amida 11 Buddhist dharma 117 creation and world cycles 106 Diamond Sutra 119 Lao-tzu 263 Mahayana Buddhism 273, 274 Maitreya 274–275 Shinto 421 stupa 430 Tathagata 443 Buddhism 65–67 . See also specific forms of Buddhism, e.g.: Theravada Buddhism afterlife in world religions 9 angels 16–17 architecture 30 art 33 atheism 37 charismatic movement 80 China 83 messiah 291 samsara 406 scriptures, Buddhist 412

Chaucer, Geoffrey 74 children, religion of 81–82 Children’s Crusade 109 Chilembwe, John 3 China, People’s Republic of 83–84, 345, 441, 452 China, religions of 82–84

ancestor worship 15 Buddhist festivals 69 Confucianism 98–100 Confucius 100–101 feng shui 150 I Ching 211 kingship and religion 255, 256 Korean religion 257 New Year festivals 323 politics and religion 344 Pure Land Buddhism 363 religion, study of 382 Taoism 440–442 Vietnamese religions 466 yin/yang theory 481–482 Zen Buddhism 485–486 Lao-tzu 262–263 Maitreya 274–275 Manichaeism 277

Christ 84, 291, 373–374 Christian Church (restoration movement denomination) 386, 387 Christianity 84–88, 86 m . See also specific Christian religions, e.g.: Roman Catholi cism Adam 2 Africa, new religious movements in 3–5 African religions 7 afterlife in world religions 8 animals and religion 20 anti-Semitism 21, 22 apocalyptic literature 23 architecture 30 Arctic religions 31 baptism 45–46 Bible 52, 54 Canada 72–73 China 84 dance and religion 111 death and religion 114–115

creation and world cycles 107 devils and demons 115–116 diet and religion 120 drama 124 dreams and religion 124 eschatology 136 fire and religion 151 guru 188 homosexuality and religion 209 India 214–215 Japanese religion 232–235 Korean religion 257 Lao-tzu 263 lotus 267 mandala 276 mantra 277 meditation 287 miracles 294 missionaries 295 monks and nuns 297–298 mudras 303

devils and demons 116 dreams and religion 124 Egyptian religion 132 evil 140 free will and determinism 159 fundamentalism 161 Gnosticism 174 healing 194 hell 196 homosexuality and religion 208 Japanese religion 234 judgment of the dead 248–249 Korean religion 257 martyrdom 280

music and religion 306 nature and religion 316 pacifism 331

preaching 350 relics 377–378 soul 428 suicide and religion 432 Tantrism 438–440 Taoism 441 theology 447 Tibetan religion 452 Vietnamese religions 466 war and religion 472 yantra 481 Buddhism in America 67–68

messiah 291 miracles 294 missionaries 295–296 monks and nuns 297–299

Charles VII (king of France) 243 charms and amulets 80–81, 265