The Encyclopedia of World Religions

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mysticism 309 salat 404–405 worship 479 preaching 87, 157, 349–350, 353, 475 preanimism. See dynamism pre-Christian religion 325–326, 346–347 pre-Columbian America 284–285, 313–315, 344 predestination 71, 86, 159 prehistoric religion 27–28, 350–351 Presbyterian and Reformed churches 71, 351–353, 459–460 Priestley, Joseph 458 priests and priesthood 96, 353–354, 396 primal religion 354–357 drugs and religion 125 exorcism 142 masks and religion 284 reincarnation 377 shamanism 417 soul 428 witchcraft 476 Primitive Culture (Tylor) 18 Promise Keepers 390 prophecy 293, 357–358 prophets, biblical 358–359 . See also specific prophets proselytizing 224, 295 The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Weber) 474 Protestantism 359–360 . See also specific Protestant churches and movements African-American Religions 6 Apocrypha 24 charismatic movement 80 Christianity 85, 87 Christmas 90 church and state 91 drama 124

epistles 135 the Fall 145

Nobel Peace Prize Dalai Lama 111

Gnosticism 174 missionaries 295 resurrection 387–388 saints 403 Paul, epistles of 320–321 Paul IV (pope) 238 Peale, Norman Vincent 323 Penn, William 331, 345, 368 Pennsylvania 12, 345, 368 Pentecost 337, 341 Pentecostalism 337–340

Martin Luther King, Jr. 254 Quakers 368

nonviolence 170–171 Nordic religion 266, 325–326 al-Numayri, Jafar 167 nuns. See monks and nuns

O occultism and esotericism 327 Oceanic religions. See Pacific Ocean religions the Odyssey 187, 197 Okawa, Ryuhu 232 Olcott, Henry S. 67, 448 Old Kingdom 131, 132, 193 Old Testament 16, 24–25, 52, 113, 245, 413–415. See also specific books or figures om 306, 327–328 omnipotence of God 445–446 On the Origin of Species (Darwin) 140 ontological argument 178, 180 oral traditions 154, 412, 464 ordination 328, 350, 400 original sin 81, 145, 425, 446 Orphism 328–329 Orthodox Christianity. See Eastern Ortho dox Christianity Orthodox Judaism 248 Osiris 209, 219, 255, 308, 329 Otto, Rudolf 329 P Pacific Ocean religions 330–331 pacifism, religious 331–332, 473 Paganism, Modern 332–333, 477 Pagels, Elaine 450 Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age) 181–182, 350, 356 Palestine 71, 113, 190–191, 238 papacy 74, 333–334, 341, 342, 394. See also specific popes Pascal, Blaise 179 Pascal’s wager 179 Pasolini, Pier Paolo 94 Passover 134, 241, 300, 335, 335–336 Pataliputra, council at 105 Paul (apostle) 336–337 Acts of the Apostles 2 John Calvin 71 Christ 84 councils, Christian 105 Parham, Charles Fox 337, 338 Parsees 215, 295, 334, 489, 490 Parvati 171, 334–335, 426 evolution and religion 141 God, existence of 179, 180 holy, idea of the 207 religion, definition of 378 religion, history of 380 religion, study of 382 religion, theories of origin of 384 Ottoman Empire 221

African-American Religions 6 Assemblies of God 35–36 Brazil, new religious movements in 61 Canada 73 Christianity 88 Church of God 93 dance and religion 111 Holiness movement 205 humor and religion 210 missionaries 296 restoration movement 387 persecution, religious 340–341 Persephone 133, 308 Persia 271, 296–297, 489–490 Pesach. See Passover Peter (apostle) 333, 341–342, 342–343 Peter, epistles of 342–343 Pharisees 343, 371 philosophy 184, 185 pilgrimage 172, 237, 343–344 pilgrimage festivals 240–241, 336 Pilgrims 101, 346, 459 Pius VII (pope) 238

Pizarro, Francisco 213 Plantinga, Alvin 180 Plaskow, Judith 147 Plato

Eucharist 138 exorcism 142 faith 143–144 grace 184 justification 250

Augustine of Hippo 38, 39 drama 123 Greek religion 185 judgment of the dead 248

Martin Luther 268 Lutheranism 269 Mary 281 missionaries 296 monks and nuns 299 nationalism 312 preaching 350 Protestant Reformation 375 Roman Catholicism 394 sin 425 televangelism 443–444

Orphism 328, 329 reincarnation 377 religion, theories of origin of 383

Platonism 318 poetry 49–50, 134, 252, 369–370, 486, 487 politics and religion 344–346, 349 Polo, Marco 35 polygamy 4, 263, 264 Polynesia 330, 437 polytheism 176, 333, 346–347 Ponce de Leon, Juan 474 Pope(s). See papacy; specific popes Post, C. W. 416 Prabhupada. See Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, A. C.

virgin birth 467 Max Weber 474 Protestantism in America 360–361 Psalms 348, 353, 361–362, 476 psychology 249 Ptah 362 Ptolemies 131–132 Ptolemy I (king of Egypt) 131 Ptolemy of Alexandria 104 puja 201, 214, 362 Puranas 58, 216, 362–363, 481

prajna 347 prana 347 prayer 347–349 Islam 223

Lord’s Prayer 266 magic 271