The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual QuotationsHow did the universe come to exist? What is the nature of its creator? Is there a purpose to human existence? What is it to live a good life? |
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... history. Geoffrey Parrinder has drawn on all the great books of the world's religions—the Bible, Qur'an, Zoroastrian Gathas, Hindu Vedas, Bhagavad Gita, Jewish Mishnah, Sikh Adi Granth and Chinese Tao Te Ching. Read the words of ...
... Historical Religions 7 5. Monotheism 9 6. Polytheism 10 7. Dualism—Twin Gods 12 8. Pantheism—Monism 13 9. Animism—Mana 16 10. Totemism 17 11. Taboo 18 12. Magic 20 13. Witchcraft 21 14. Superstition 24 15. Atheism and Irreligion 24 16 ...
... history have speculated when this Millennium would arrive and prepared for it, but more generally the timing was fitted into the Christian calendar which began approximately at the birth of Christ, so that we are now at the beginning of ...
... history. There is no room for religion, because to them everything participates in divinity. Carlo Levi, Christ Stopped at Eboli (1947) 23 Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith. Simone Weil ...
... history of man begins, not with rude flints, rock temples or pyramids, but with language. The second stage is represented by myths as the first attempt at translating the phenomena of nature into thought. The third stage is that of ...
Contents
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II THE SUPERNATURAL | 37 |
III THE NATURE OF GOD | 51 |
IV THE UNIVERSE | 76 |
V HUMANITY | 89 |
VI THE SACRED | 97 |
VII SACRED PERSONS | 105 |
XI SPIRITUAL EXERCISES | 151 |
XII RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY | 164 |
XIII RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY | 189 |
XIV VIRTUE AND THE GOOD | 205 |
XV MORALITY | 225 |
XVI MEN AND WOMEN | 246 |
XVII SOCIETY | 263 |
XVIII LAST THINGS | 291 |
VIII SACRED WORDS | 120 |
IX SACRED ACTIONS | 128 |
X SPIRITUALITY | 136 |
TEXT AND AUTHOR INDEX | 318 |
SUBJECT INDEX | 330 |
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