The Encyclopedia of World Religions

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◆ John Chilembwe performing a baptism ceremony ◆ Bronze vessel used by Shang rulers to feast the ancestors ◆ Botticelli’s The Annunciation

◆ Sakyamuni preaching the Lotus Sutra on the Vulture Peak

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◆ Portrait of Martin Luther ◆ The birth of Mahavira

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◆ Prajnaparamita

◆ Sacred cow

◆ Engraving of Karl Marx

◆ Zodiac

◆ Mayan pyramid

◆ Wooden bodhisattva

◆ Kaaba crowded with pilgrims

◆ Sitting Golden Buddha statue

◆ Gilgamesh

◆ John Calvin, portrait

◆ Hebrew tablets ◆ Dome of the Rock

◆ Canterbury pilgrims in 15th-century manuscript

◆ Shaman

◆ The Cathedral of Notre-Dame

◆ Passover Haggadah

◆ Celtic goddess Epona ◆ Confucius, engraving

◆ George Fox

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◆ Page from the Qur’an ◆ Muslim women praying ◆ Altar dedicated to Jupiter ◆ Exterior of the tomb of Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi ◆ Ceremony for the full moon

◆ Sphinxes lining avenue of Temple of Amon at Karnak

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◆ Charles Darwin

◆ Noah’s ark

◆ Saint Francis of Assisi ◆ Mohandas Gandhi

◆ Guru Nanak ◆ Statue of Siva ◆ The Great Stupa

◆ Statue of Ganesa

◆ A procession of believers sacrifices to Demeter

◆ Star of David

◆ Menorah

◆ Ashkenazim synagogue interior

◆ Indian dancers practice for Navratri

◆ Mahakala ◆ Torah scroll ◆ Vishnu statue ◆ Voodoo scene

◆ Ancient Greek cup

◆ Isis nursing the child Horus

◆ Jainism symbol

◆ The execution of Joan of Arc ◆ Carl Gustav Jung portrait

◆ Execution of an arsonist witch by burning at the stake

◆ Martin Luther King Jr. giving speech

◆ Yin/Yang symbol

◆ Krishna and Radha

◆ Portrait of Bodhidharma (Daruma)

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