The Encyclopedia of World Religions

Index S 511

samsara 38, 65, 252, 273, 406–407, 443 sanctification 138, 337

Rome 333, 344 Rome, sack of 333

Bible 52 Brazil, new religious movements in 61–62 Canada 72, 73 cardinals 74 charismatic movement 80 China 84 Christianity 85–87 Christmas 90 councils, Christian 105–106 Crusades 108–109 death and religion 114–115 Dominicans 121–122 drama 122 Eastern Orthodox Christianity 128 Eucharist 138 exorcism 142 faith 143 feminism 148, 149 grace 183–184 the Inquisition 217 Japanese religion 234 Jesuits 238 justification 250 liturgy 266 Martin Luther 267, 268 Mary 281 Mary, apparitions of 281, 282 meditation 287 miracles 294 missionaries 296 monks and nuns 298 papacy 333–334 Peter (apostle) 341, 342 pilgrimage 343 prayer 349 Protestant Reformation 375, 376 sacraments 400 saints 403 sin 425 Trappists 454–455

sangha 64, 66–67, 298, 407, 448 Sanjo (Japanese emperor) 423 Sankara 59, 298, 407, 427, 465

Rosenkreutz, Christian 398 Rosh ha-Shanah 241, 248 Rosicrucianism 398 Rossi, Marcelo 62 Roy, Raja Ram Mohan 201 Rumi 397, 398, 431 Rushdie, Salman 420 Russel, Charles Taze 235 Russia, religion in 398–399

Sanskrit 50, 253, 438 Santería 402, 407–408 Sarah 217, 218, 408 Saraswati 408 Saraswati, Dayananda 201 Satan 408 angels 16

devils and demons 115, 116 evil 140 the Fall 145 Job 243 wisdom literature 476

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Sabbath 246, 454 sacraments 45, 183–184, 270, 328, 394, 400–401 Sacred and the Profane, The (Eliade) 207 sacrifice 401–402 Abraham 2 African religions 7 Agni 9 altar 11 animals and religion 19 cannibalism and religion 73 Isaac 218 Islam 223 Kali 252–253 Mars 279 Maya religion 284 Mecca, pilgrimage to 287 Nordic religion 326 Santería 407 worship 479 Sadat, Anwar 167 sadhu/sadhvi 298, 402–403 Safed, Palestine 251 St. Anthony 298 St. Benedict 49 St. Boniface 49 St. Peter’s Basilica 77–78 saints 242–243, 252, 294, 403, 407 sakti, Saktism 403–404 Celtic Religion 80 Confucianism 99 diet and religion 119 Greek religion 187 Inca religion 213

sati 408–409 satori 66, 487 Saul 409 Savarkar, V. D. 164 Scandinavia 325–326, 450, 480 Schleiermacher, Friedrich 162, 378 Schmidt, Wilhelm 18 Schneersohn, Moses Menachem 193, 292 school prayer 92, 349 Schuller, Robert 323 Schüssler-Fiorenza, Elizabeth 148 Schweitzer, Albert 55 science and religion 37, 140–141, 409–410, 429 Scientology 410 Scofield, Cyrus I. 374 Scopes Trial 141, 163 scripture 410–412 scriptures, Buddhist 412–413 scriptures, Hebrew 358, 413–415, 475. See also specific books seasons and religion 415–416 second coming 36, 235, 293 Second Great Awakening 204, 263, 389, 390 Second Temple in Jerusalem 245 sect. See cults and sects, religious seder 335–336 self-immolation 408–409, 432 September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks x

Council of Trent 455 Vatican Councils 464 Vietnamese religions 466 virgin birth 467

visions 468 Voodoo 470 Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy in America 394–395 Roman Empire Christianity 84–85 Constantine I (Roman emperor) 102 Gnosticism 174 Isis, Isaic religion 219–220 Jerusalem 237 mystery religions 308 religion, study of 381 Roman Catholicism 393 Roman Empire, Eastern. See Byzantine Empire Roman religion 150, 395–397, 396, 402. See also specific Roman gods, e.g.: Juno Manichaeism 277 missionaries 296 Mithra 297

fundamentalism, Hindu 165 fundamentalism, Islamic 165 Islam 224 al-Qaeda 366 religion, history of 381 Sikhism 424 suicide and religion 432

Sakyamuni 65, 68 salat 348, 404–405 Salem witch trials 477 salvation 405

Christianity 85 grace 183–184

Sermon on the Mount 266 sermons 349–350, 353 Servetus, Michael 71

Martin Luther 267 Lutheranism 270 millenarianism 293–294 Protestantism 359 Protestantism in America 360 Pure Land Buddhism 363

Seth 209, 329 700 Club 444 The Seven Storey Mountain (Merton) 454 Seventh-Day Adventism 293, 416 sexuality and religion 78–79, 416, 439 Seymour, William 337–338 Shabbatai Zvi 291, 293 Shakers 417

Unitarianism 458 universalism 461 John Wesley 475 Salvation Army 405–406 Samaritans 113, 406 same-sex marriage 18