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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... Prayer 151 86. Prayer for the Dead 154 87. Meditation 155 88. Yoga and Zen 157 89. Asceticism and World-Denial 158 90. Fasting 160 91. Pilgrimage 161 XII. Religious Community 92. People 164 93. Church 166 94. Orthodoxy and Establishment ...
... Prayer in its familiar form comes from 1662 and its Articles of Religion from 1571. Shakespearean scholars differ over the times of publication of his writings, but the plays must have been composed between 1580 and his death in 1616 ...
... prayer based on Hermetic theology, in which occur the words: 'Enter thou into my spirit and my thoughts my whole life long, for thou art I and I am thou.' S.Angus, The Mystery Religions and Christianity (1925) 5 Verily, in the beginning ...
... prayer are set 'before the Face...' Martin Buber, I and Thou (1937) 13 WITCHCRAFT 1 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. Exodus, 22, 18 2 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these...idolatry, witchcraft, hatred ...
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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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