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? The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations offers not just one, but many, answers to these questions. Geoffrey Parrinder has drawn on all the great books of world religions - the Bible, the Qur'an, Zoroastrian Gathas, Hindu Vedas, Bhagavad Gita, Jewish Mishnah, Sikh Adi Granth and Chinese Tao Te Ching - in this collection of over 3000 quotations. Discover the words of prophets, scholars and mystics on matters spiritual and moral, as well as Plato on sexuality, Freud on religion and Gandhi on violence. Originally published in 1990, The Routledge Dictionary of Religious Quotations is now reissued with a new preface by Geoffrey Parrinder. |
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... 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 168 95. Schism, Sects and ...
... 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 168 95. Schism, Sects and ...
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... . Heaven 297 170. Hell 300 171. The Dead 302 172. Ghosts and Apparitions 304 173. Life after Death and Immortality 307 174. Rebirth, Reincarnation and Transmigration 310 175. Resurrection 312 176. Nirvana, Negation 313.
... . Heaven 297 170. Hell 300 171. The Dead 302 172. Ghosts and Apparitions 304 173. Life after Death and Immortality 307 174. Rebirth, Reincarnation and Transmigration 310 175. Resurrection 312 176. Nirvana, Negation 313.
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... dead, be they of the same blood or not, we reach the conclusion that ancestor-worship is the root of every religion. Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Sociology (1882) 7 The theorist who believes in ancestor-worship as the key of all ...
... dead, be they of the same blood or not, we reach the conclusion that ancestor-worship is the root of every religion. Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Sociology (1882) 7 The theorist who believes in ancestor-worship as the key of all ...
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... dead, blood, the flesh of swine, and that over which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked. But if anyone is compelled without his own desire or deliberate transgression, no guilt rests upon him; verily Allah is forgiving ...
... dead, blood, the flesh of swine, and that over which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked. But if anyone is compelled without his own desire or deliberate transgression, no guilt rests upon him; verily Allah is forgiving ...
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... dead; but considering the state the species Man is in, there will perhaps be caves, for ages yet, in which his shadow will be shown. Friedrich Nietzsche, Joyous Wisdom, III (1910) 18 She, stirred somewhat beyond her wont, and taking as ...
... dead; but considering the state the species Man is in, there will perhaps be caves, for ages yet, in which his shadow will be shown. Friedrich Nietzsche, Joyous Wisdom, III (1910) 18 She, stirred somewhat beyond her wont, and taking as ...
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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The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations Geoffrey Parrinder Limited preview - 2005 |
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