Index
Note: Page numbers followed by “m” refer to maps.
Abbasids 530=531
Abduh, Muhammad 537,543, 557
Abdul-Baha 603
Abolitionism 496
Abraham, Prophet 389=390,3.96,429,508,513, 524.
Abrahamic religions see Christianity; Islam; Judaism
Abu Bakr 509, 526,528=529,538
Acts of the Apostles 450,459
Acupuncture 310
Adam and Eve 4.71,4.76, 513
Adhan 519-520
Adi Granth 238, 239, 240, 243, 244=245, 248, 250, 251, 257, 258, 259
Advaita Vedanta 113
Adventism 15, 580-587
After Auschwitz (Rubenstein) 413
Agni 119,129
Ahimsa 211, 213-214, 217, 221, 225, 226-228, 231=232
Ahmedinejad, Mahmoud 534
Ahriman see Angra Mainyu
Ahura Mazda 353=354,355=361, 363=364,37-2, 374, 37.6
‘A’isha 516, 527=528,52.9=530
Aje 96
Ajivas 216-217, 218
Akai Purakh 245-247
Akamba 91-92
Akbar the Great 132, 220
al-Abbas, Abu 531 al-‘Adawiyya, Rabi'a 553 Aladura Church 84.
al-Afghani, Jamal al-din 536,543 al-Banna, Hassan 537,543
Alexander the Great 361, 363
al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid 515,556
al-Ghazali, Zaynab 544
eAli 509., 528=530
Alkalai, Yehudah Hai 414.
Allah 507,512, 602
al-Qaeda 538,542
al-Rashid, Harun 531
al-Saadawi, Nawal 544
al-Shabazz, Malik see Malcolm X
Alternative Religious Education Network 601
Altizer, Thomas J. J. 607
Amadiume, Ifi 93
Amaterasu 324=325, 327=328, 330,336, 345
American Indian Religious Freedom Act 52
American Muslim Mission 541
American Unitarian Association 604
Arnesha Spentas 355=356, 357,372
Amir, Yigal 416
Amitabha Buddha 176-177,193,19.9.
Amma 72,75, 78
Ammachi “Mother” 149.
Amrit 238, 241
Anabaptists 478
Anahita 363
Analects (Four Books) 275, 277-280, 283, 293, 295, 296
Anatman/Anatta 163-164
Anga 213
Angabahya 213
Angels 514=515
Anglican Church 4.78
Anglican Communion of Churches 485
Angra Mainyu 354,356=357, 360=361,363, 374.
Animal sacrifice 87,142
Anime, and Shinto 335, 336
Anthropocentrism 77=78
Antiochus IV, King 398,426
Anti-Semitism 437, 466, see also Holocaust
Antislavery movement 496
Apache 41,42=43, 50
Apocrypha 459
Apostles 450, see also Paul of Tarsus
Apostles’ Creed 469,486
Apostolic succession 469
Applewhite, Marshall Herff 597
Aquinas, Thomas 4.75
Arab Spring movements 534, 544
Aranyakas 119
Arati 141,143
Archambault, David, Jr. 53
Arda VirazNamag (The Book of the Righteous Viraz) 3 74,375
Arhats 169
Aristotle 354
Anus 470
Armstrong, Garner Ted 581
Armstrong, Herbert 581
Art, Father 458-459
Artharva Veda 119.
Artwork see Religious artwork
Arya Samaj 134=135
Asaga 210
Asahara, Shoko 592
Asha 354-355, 356,357., 36Q, 376
Ashanti.75, 76
Ashoka, Emperor 168-169,183,185,194
‘Ashura 540
Asma’u, Nana 83
Association of Shinto Shrines, The 334
Astral voyages 594
Ataturk 533
Atheism 13, 608-610
Atlantic slave trade 85
Atman 108, no, 113-114
Atomism 15
Atsutane, Hirata 331-332
Augustine, Saint 455,470-472,4.76
Aum Shinrikyo 592-593
Aung San Suu Kyi 19.7
Aurora (Boehme) 594
Avatars 107-108, see also Krishna; Rama
Avesta 359, 361=362, 365,371, 375
Awonawilona 38
Axis mundi (center of the world) 34, 35,43
Axumites 80
Azande 90
Aztecs 38, 48-49
Baal Shem Tov 406-407
Babri Masjid mosque 137
Backhaus, Bhira 253
Baghdadi Jews 420
Baha’i Faith 602-604
Baha’u’llah 602-604
Balfour, Arthur 414=415
Bambuti 91
Bangladesh
Islam in 533=534
Rohingya fled to 543
Bantu 80-81
Baopuzi (Master Who Embraces Simplicity) (Ge Hong) 289, 300
Baptism 445=446,449., 458, 473,476,484,489,495
Bar/Bat Mitzvah 382-384,430-431
Bardo Thodol see Tibetan Book of the Dead
Barrish, Lawrence Koichi 344
Bartholomew I “the Green Patriarch” 496
Basso, Keith 42
Battle of Badr (624 ce) 527
Battle of the Camel 529-530
Bene Israel 419-420
Berg, David Brandt 583
Berger, Peter 10
Berkovits, Eliezer 413
Bernard of Clairvaux 475
Bernstein, Ellen 419
Besant, Annie 588
Beyond God the Father (Daly) 49.7
Bhagavad Gita 107-108,111-112,120,122-123,133,135,142,150
Bhagavata Parana 123-124
Bhajan 147
Bhakti marga 110,111-112,148,150
Bhaktivedanta, A.C., Swami 588
Bharata 212
Bharatiya Jana Sangh (Indian People’s Alliance) 137
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 137zzl3ß, 15Q
Bhutan
Vajrayana Buddhism in 179
Bible 355, 458-459, see also Gospels; Old and New Testaments; Ten Commandments Bilal 526
Bindis 139,149.
bin Laden, Osama 535, 538, 542
Birth of child
in African religions 91-92
in Judaism 429-430
in Sikhism 258
Bishops 455,469
Bismarck, Otto von 481
Black Elk 41,44
Black Elk Speaks 41
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna 587
Bodhidharma 178
Bodhisattvas 172-174, 33Q
Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) 197
Boehme, Jacob 594
Boisselier, Brigitte 596
Book of Beliefs and Opinions, The (Saadiah) 403
Book of Changes (Yying) 270-271, 274, 285
Book of History (Shujing) 274
Book of Mormon 575-576,578
Book of Odes (Shijing') 274
Bori spirits 82, 83, 88-89
Boston Confucians 296
Brahma 105,124,131
Brahman 104,105,106,108,110,113-114,15Q
Brahmanas 119
Brahmins 103,115,142-143
Brahmo Samaj 134
Branch Davidian Church 581-582
Bread for the World 496
British East India Company 133
Brown, Joseph Epes 43,44
Buddha (manga) 201
Buddha nature 171
BuddhaNet.com 201
Buddhas 161,170-172,174,176,195, see also Amitabha Buddha; Gautama the Buddha
BuddhaZine.com 201
Buddhism 156-205
belief in samsara 17
Bodh Gaya 14
Buddhas 161,170-172,174,176,195
Buddhist Councils period 168-169
cycles of creation/destruction cosmology 15-16
early sites of 158m
Engaged Buddhists 196-197
environmentalism and 198-199
The Four Noble Truths and Noble Eightfold Path 164-165 funerary rites 199-200
gender roles and identity 197-198
global Buddhist population 188m
holidays and festivals 156-158,195-196
in India 130,183
interdependent origination doctrine 162-163,198
karma and rebirth 165
monastic life and meditation 189-194
nirvana 14,18, 22,161-162,165,166
sacred spaces and objects 194-195
spread and transmission of 183-188,184m
Three Marks of Existence 163-164
timeline 159
in twenty-first century 201, 591,592, see also Amitabha Buddha; Chan Buddhism; Gautama the Buddha; Mahayana Buddhism; Nichiren Buddhism; Pure Land Buddhism; Shingon Buddhism; Tendai Buddhism; Theravada Buddhism; Tiantai Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Vajrayana Buddhism; Zen Buddhism
"Buddhist Climate Change Statement to World Leaders" 199
Buddhist Global Relief 196-197
Buddhist Peace Fellowship 196-197
Bundahishn (Primal Creation) 362
Burakurnin 326
Burkina Faso.72
Burmese Empire
Theravada Buddhism in 184, see also Myanmar
Byzantine Empire 472-473
Caddy, Eileen 607
Caddy, Peter 607
Cahokia 49
Caliphs 529
Calvin, John 477-478
Calvinist Puritans 4.78
Cambodia
Theravada Buddhism in 184-185
Canada
Islam in 540=542, 545
Jainism in 232
Sikhism in 253, 262
Candomble 85, 89
Canyon de Chelly, Arizona 4.9
Carlebach, Schlomo 417
Caste system, in India 114-115,129,131,136, 259
Catherine of Siena 4.75
Catholic Climate Covenant 497
Catholic Relief Services 496
Celestial Masters sect, Daoism 291,300,302, 308-309
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico 49
Chagga7_8
Chah, Ajahn 188
Chan Buddhism 178-179,186,187,193,199-200
Changing Woman 39, 50, 57
Channeling 573,595
Chanting and hymns
in Buddhism 193-194
in Judaism 417
in Sikhism 240, 243, 248, 256, 259
in Zoroastrianism 362, 377
Chantways 45
Chavurot 417,419
Chen Liang 267-268
Cherokee 40
Chewa 96
Chikafusa, Kitabatake 331
Children of God see Family, The (Children of God)
China
Buddhism in 177,178,179,186
civil service exam based on Four Books 295
Cultural Revolution 296, 302 Han Dynasty 283, 294., 306 New Culture movement 295, 302 Qin Dynasty 294
Shang Dynasty 272-273, 291-292 suppression of Uighur 543 Tang Dynasty 186, 291
Zhou Dynasty 273, 275, 292
Chinese religions see Confucianism; Daoism; Falun Gong
Chinvat Bridge 357, 373
Chizuo, Matsumoto see Asahara, Shoko
Christian Declaration on Nature, The (1986) 496
Christianity 245,445=503,582, 604.
in Africa 80-84, 486 branches of 485
Church as body of Christ 458
Church of the Nativity 14 colonialism in Africa and 82-86 comparison of Christian traditions 457-458,464=465 conflict with other religions 401-402, 466-467 consequences of sin 456-457,464 creation and origins stories 453=455 end of world cosmology 15 environmentalism and 496-497 forced conversion to 4.9=50,481 gender roles and identity 497-498 global population 446m, 483=484 God as Trinity 447,455=456 grace and salvation 453, 457-458
Great Schism 473=4.74. heaven/hell afterlife 17 integration into Native American cosmology 50 liturgical year 4.93=4.94 in Middle Ages 472-476
in modern age 480-486
monasticism and mysticism 474=475
new Christian churches 575-587
Palestine during time of Jesus 44.9m
prayer 492-493
in Roman world 467-472
sacred spaces 490-492
shared aspects with Zoroastrianism 364
social and political activism 483,4.95=4.96
symbols of 487-488
teachings of Jesus 450-452,462
Ten Commandments 14,16
timeline 44.7
in twenty-first century 4.98
veneration of saints 4.94=4.95
worship and sacraments 465,487=4.90, see also Bible; Jesus of Nazareth; Orthodox
Christianity; Paul of Tarsus; Protestant Christianity; Roman Catholic Church
Christian Science and New Thought 578-580
Christian Science Monitor, The 579
Christmas 4.93
Chrysostom, John, Saint 402
Church 453,458
Church of England 4.78
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) 575=578
Church of Jesus Christ on Earth Through His Special Envoy Simon Kimbangu 486
Church of Scientology see Scientology
Church of the Twelve Apostles 84
Circumcision 67-69, 78, 92-93, 410, 420,429
City of God (Augustine) 471-472
Clarke, Peter 574
Classic of Filial Piety 302
Clement of Alexandria 469.
Cochin Jews 420
Colonialism 82-86,133=135, 251, 535=536
Compassion, in Buddhism 172-174,176,192,198-199
Concubinage 283
Confessions (Augustine) 4.71
Confinnation 430-431,48.9=490
Confucianism 186, 266-284, 304=319
Book of Changes and ancient views 270-280 environmentalism and 311-312
gender roles and identity 283-284, 312=314.
in Japan 323, 328, 330, 331
in Korea 297,304.
in modern age 295-296
neo-Confucian tradition 294-295
as orthodoxy 294
as pan-Asiatic tradition 296-298 post-Confucius defenders of the faith 293=294 practices and rituals 304=308
sites in development of 268m, 29.9m
timeline 269
in twenty-first century 313
Confucius 274-280, 292-293, 3Q8
Confucius Institutes 296
Conservative Judaism 409-412,417=418,430=431,433=434,436
Constantine, Emperor 402,467,4.70
Copernicus, Nicholas 480
Corn/maize myths 40
Corn Woman myth 40
Cosmology 15-16
Council of Constantinople (381) 455,47Q
Council of Nicea (325) 455,4.7Q
Council of Trent (16th c.) 4.79
Covens 601
Coyote/Bluebird myth 40
Creation stories 15
Creed, defined 20-21
Cremation 143=144., 200, 252, 259, 373
Crusades 4.74, 531
Cry ceremonies 45
Cult, use of term 571, see also New religious movements
Daena 357, 373
Daevas 356, 359, 360
Dahome 85
Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protests 52-54, 61
Dalai Lama 180,181,188,199
Dalits 115
Daly, Mary 497
Dama 94
Dan 290
Dana 207-209, 223
Daniken, Erich von 596
Dante 374
Dantian 289
Dao 273-274, 277-278, 280, 281-282, 284-289, 298-299
Daodejing (The Scripture of the Way and Its Potent Manifestation) 284-286, 287, 288, 290,
300, 302, 310
Daoism 17,186, 284-292, 298-304, 308-319
Book of Changes and ancient views 270-274, 285
deification of Laozi 298-300
environmentalism and 311-312
feng shui and martial arts 303
gender roles and identity 290-291,312-314
later historical development 300-303
as pan-Asiatic tradition 304
pantheon of deities 290,311
practices and rituals 308-311
sacred texts and teachings 284-290 shamanic immortality and alchemy 288-290 sites in development of 268m
timeline 269
in twenty-first century 313
Daozang (Treasury of the Dao) 301
Darius I 362-363
Darshan 139-140
Darwin, Charles 25, 480
Dasam Granth 244, 262
Datta, Narendranath see Vivekananda, Swami
David, King 396=39.7., 434=435,.4.48,45Q
Davidian Seventh-day Adventists 581
Dawkins, Richard 609-610
Day of Atonement see Yom Kippur
De 273, 279, 286
Dead Sea Scrolls 39.9
Death, beliefs about
Buddhism 179-180,199-200
Christianity 462-464
Confucianism 279-280
Hinduism 143-144
indigenous African religions 76-79,.94-95 indigenous Native American religions 44=45 Islam 514.
Judaism 391=392,412,432=433
Sikhism 259
Zoroastrianism 357, 373
Death of God movement 607
Declaration on the Climate Crisis (JAINA) 233
Denkard 362
Dennett, Daniel 609
Dershowitz, Alan 437
Devi, Mata Amritanandamayi see Ammachi “Mother”
Devi Mahatrnya 124,125
Dhammapada 170
Dharma
in Buddhism 162,168,189
in Hinduism 109
Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement 19.9
Dharmasvamin 183
d’Holbach, Baron 607, 608
Di 282, 283, 285, 3Q5=3O6
Dialogue on Divine Providence (Catherine of Siena) 475
Diamond Sutra 176
Diamond Vehicle see Vajrayana Buddhism
Dianetics (Hubbard) 597
Diaspora, Jewish 395, 397,402,416-417,436=437
Digambara sect, in Jainism 207-209, 210, 212, 213, 223-226, 227
Diksha 227
Dinka 78-79
Divination, in African religions 87-88
Divine “eclipse,” in Judaism 386
Divine Faith (Din-I-Ilahi) 132
Divine Principle (Moon) 584.
Divorce
in Islam 544,557=558
in Judaism 432
Doctrine of the Mean (Four Books) 281-282, 295
Doctrines and Covenants (Smith) 576
Dogon 72, 75,77, 78,79,.94
Druj 354=355, 356, 357
Dualism
in Hinduism 104-105
in Zoroastrianism 353=355, 357.
Dukkha (suffering) 163
Durkheim, Emile.9, 11, 21,480
Dutch Reformed Church 478
Dutton, Yasin 562
Dvaita Vedanta 113-114
Dynasties see specific country
Earth Ministry 4.9.7
Easter 4.93,582
Eastern Orthodox Church 485, see also Orthodox Christianity
Eastern Rule of Basil the Great 4.74
Eck, Diana 139
Eckankar 594=595
Eckankar: The Key to Secret Worlds (Mitchell) 594
EcoSikh 260
Eddy, Mary Baker 578-579,585
Edo 89
Effendi, Shoghi 603
Egyptian Feminist Union 560
Eight Precepts, in Buddhism 191,196
Ekwe 93
Election, in Judaism 389
Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life, The (Wallis) 573=574.
Eliade, Mircea 14
Ellison, Keith 545
Elohim 596-597
Ema 341
Empathy 27
Emptiness 175
Engaged Buddhism 196-197
Engrams 598
Enlightenment era 480-481, 607
Environment and religion 15, 26 Buddhism 198-199 Christianity 496-497 Confucianism 311-312 Daoism 311-312 Hinduism 107,149-150 indigenous African religions 95-96 indigenous Native American religions 43=44 Islam 513,561=564
Jainism 231-233
Judaism 419
Shinto 344=345
Sikhism 260
spiritual ecology 605-607
Zoroastrianism 376, 378
Epicureans 13
Epicurus 15
Epiphany 493=494
Episcopal Church 478
Erasmus, Desiderius 4.76
Eschatological 399
Esoteric religious philosophies 5.94=59.9.
Essenes 398-399
Eternal religions see Buddhism; Hinduism; Jainism
Ethical monotheism 385
Ethics and morality 16-17
Ethiopian Coptic Church 82
Eucharist 475,487, 488,490
Europe
Buddhism in 188, see also specific countries
European Christian Environmental Network 4.9.7
European imperialism
impact on Africans 82-86
impact on Native Americans 49-50, 52
spread of Buddhism because of 187
Evangelical Climate Initiative 4.97
Evangelicalism 483=484
Evans-Pritchard, E. E..76,90
Exodus 396,424=425
Ezana I, King 80, 82
Ezekiel 392
Faith, in Christianity 457=458,4.77,482-483
Faith Spotted Eagle 53
Falun Gong 590-591
Falwell, Jerry 483
Family, The (Children of God) 583
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, The see Unification Church
Family Rituals (Zhu Xi) 307
Fangshi289
Fard, Wali D. 541
Farrakhan, Louis 541
Fascinans 18
Fasting 228, 231, 309,421,422, 521=523, 604
Fatima 509,528,53Q
Fear of God 17-18
Federation of Jain Associations of North America (JAINA) 214., 232, 233
Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA) 377
Feibusch, Hans 19
Female circumcision 92-93
Feminist theory 25
Fendeng 310
Feng shui 303
Filial piety 278, 29.7, 307
Fillmore, Charles 580
Fillmore, Myrtle 580
Findhorn Foundation 607
First Buddhist Council 168
First Vatican Council 482
Five Classics, in Confucianism 274
Five elements (wuxing) 271
Five Great Vows, in Jainism 227-228
Five Ks, in Sikhism 237, 239, 247=248, 252=254, 256, 258, 259
Five Pillars, in Islam 516-524
Five Precepts, in Buddhism 190-191,196
Fodio, Usman dan 83
Fon 85
Foot binding, of girls 283
Ford, Wallace 541
Forehead markings, in Hinduism 139
Four Books, in Confucianism 281-283, 295, see also Analects (Four Books); Doctrine of the
Mean (Four Books); Great Learning (Four Books); Mencius (Four Books)
Four domains of religion (Lincoln) 10,13,18,19
Four Noble Truths, in Buddhism 161,164-165
Four Sights, in Buddhism 159-160
Four sprouts of morality (Mencius) 280-281
Francis, Pope 482,496, 606
Fravashis 357
Freud, Sigmund 11,480
Fundamentalism 483
Gabriel, Angel 403, 509,514=515, 524,55.4
Gaia 605-606
Gaia and God (Reuther) 606-607
Galileo 480, 572
Game of Thrones (tv show) 367
Gandhi, Indira 251
Gandhi, Mohandas “Mahatma” 115,135=136, 221
Gandhi, Virchand 222
Ganesha 101-102
Ganesh Chaturthi festival, India 100-102
Gardner, Gerald B. 600
Garvey, Marcus 585-586
Gautama, Siddhartha see Gautama the Buddha
Gautama the Buddha 15,157,159-162, 210-211, see also Buddhism
Ge Hong 289, 300
Gender roles and identity, in religions 24=25
Buddhism 197-198
Christianity 24,4.97=498
Confucianism 283-284,312-314
Daoism 290-291, 312-314
Hinduism 148-149
indigenous African religions 90-95
indigenous Native American religions 57-60
Islam 544,558=561
Jainism 229
Shinto 345=347.
Sikhism 261-262
Zoroastrianism 375=376
Germany
colonialism in Africa and 86
Kulturkampf attack on Catholicism (1870s) 481
Ghadiali, Rustom 369=370
Ghost Dance 51
Gikuyu/Kikuyu 77,91
Global Buddhist Climate Action 19.9.
Globalization 24, 571
Gnosis 594
Gnostic Christians 468,469
God Delusion, The (Dawkins) 609
Godse, Nathuram 136
Golden Rule 16, 400, 604
Goldhagen, Daniel 437
Gospels 448,44.9=452,457,459,463, 581
Grace 453,457=458
Great Disappointment, The 580-581
Great Learning (Four Books) 281, 295
Great Peace movement 300
Greenpeace 562
Green Sangha 19.9
Gross, Darwin 595
Guan, Lord 290
Gui 272
Gurda, Bhai 243
Gurdwara 237, 242, 253, 257
Gurdwara Sahib Stockton, California 253
Guru, in Sikhism 240
Guru Aijan 243, 248-249
Guru Gobind Singh 237, 239, 243, 244, 24.7=248, 24.9=251, 254
Guru Nanak 237, 239, 240-242, 245, 248-249, 254, 256, 259, 261
Gyatso, Tenzin see Dalai Lama
Habitat for Humanity 4.96
Hadith 516, 517,538, 550=554, 557, 562
Haggadah 424=425
Hajj 517, 523=524, 536, 542
Halacha 401
Halpern, Avigayil 423
Han, Hak Ja 584
Hanukkah 426
Haoma 360, 371
Harae 337=338, 345
Haredi Jews 415=416
Hare Krishna see ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
Harris, Sam 609
Hasan of Basra 553
Hashmi, Heraa 542=543
Hasidism 406-407
Hate crimes 254, 262
Haumai (self-centeredness) 246, 260
Hayao, Miyazaki 336, 345
Heart Sutra 176, 302
Heaven 463
Heaven’s Gate 5.9.7
Hebrew Bible 3.95,427, 5.96
book of Esther 418
book of Ruth 418,425
Dead Sea Scrolls 3.9.9
Deuteronomy 428,436
dietary laws 581
Ecclesiastes 423
Exodus 19,422, 428
Genesis 15,496
prayer 434=436
Siddur 418, see also Ten Commandments; Torah
Hedgewar, K. B. 136
Hell 464.
Henotheism 12
Henry VIII, King 478
Herodotus 362, 371
Herzl, Theodor 3.90,414., 415
Heschel, Abraham Joshua 394,414
Hesychasm 475
Hezekiah, King 391
Hierorphany 14
High God 72-79, 86
Hijra (migration) 526-527, 550
Hijras (in India) 148
Hillel 400
Hinduism 100-155
Aryans 128-129
beliefs about divine reality 103-108
bhakti marga 130-131
British colonialism and reforms 133=135 cycles of creation/destruction cosmology 15-16 devotional sects 124-126
environmentalism and 107,149=1512
festivals and holidays 100-102,106-107,144.» 145=147 forms of worship 140-142
gender roles and identity 148-149
global Hindu population 104m
Hindutva and Hindu nationalism 134=135,136=13.9.
historical sites 127m
individual and society 114-118
individual quest for liberation 17,108-110
Indus Valley Civilization 126-128
monistic beliefs in 13
nondualism 13
performance traditions 146-148
pilgrimage 144,145m
rites of passage 142-144
sacred texts 118-124
tantra 131-132
temples and icons 139-140
three paths to liberation 110-112
timeline 102
in twenty-first century 150,592
Vedanta 112-114
Vedic period 129-130
Yoga 114, see also Bhagavad Gita; Mahabharata; Ramayana; Upanishads; Vedas
Hindu Mahasabha 136-137
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) 138
Hindutva 136-137
Hirata Atsutane 331-332
Hirohito, Emperor 333
Hitler, Adolf 412-414,.437
Hogans 43, 44, 45
Holocaust 412-414, 427-428
Holy People 39,43, 56
Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11 (Lincoln) 10,19, 593
Holy Wind 37
Honden 339-340
Hong Kong Disneyland 303
Hopi 39,4.9, 62
Houteff, Victor 581
Howell, Leonard 586
Hubbard, L. Ron 597=598
Hukam 246, 260
Humanism 4.76, 609
Hun 272
Husayn 530, 540
Hymns see Chanting and hymns
Ibn Abdallah, Muhammad Ahmed 536
Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad 535
Ibn Taymiyya 515
I Ching see Book of Chang es (Yijing)
Icons 4.73
Idea of the Holy, The (Otto) 17-18
Idemili 93
Ifa 85, 87-88,92
Igbo 75,.93
Imams 506,520,539-540, 556,562^563
Immanence 385-386,405=406
India
British colonialism in 133=135, 251
Buddhism in 130,183
Gandhi and independence struggle 115,135=136
Gupta Dynasty 130,183
Judaism in 419-420
Mauryan Dynasty 168-169
Mughal Dynasty 132, 248, 249., 532, 536
Operation Blue Star 251
post-independence partition 251, 533
Zoroastrianism in 371,376, 377, see also Caste system, in India; Hinduism
Indian National Congress 137
Indigenous religions, of North America 33-65
creation and origins stories 37=39
in early civilizations and states 48-49
environmentalism and 43=44
gender roles and identity 57-60
healing practices 56-57
humanity and human condition 41-44
impact of European imperialism on 49=50
life lessons in myths 40-41
natural world as sacred 15
non-Native practitioners and 55 resistance movements and social justice 51=54 rites of passage 67-69, 90-95 rites of renewal and purification 60, 62 sacred language and time 44=45 timeline 35 tribal groups 34m in twenty-first century 61
Indigenous religions, of sub-Saharan Africa 67=9.9 Christianity and colonialism 82-86 countries and religions 68m, 70m in early civilizations and states 79-81 environmentalism and 95=96 gender roles and identity 90-95 humanity and human condition 77=79 Maji revolt 86 myths of 71-72 spirits of the dead 76-77, 86-89 spread of Islam 80, 81-84 supernatural beings 72-76 timeline 69 in twenty-first century 95 use of supernatural powers 89-90
Indonesia
Islam in 562
Indonesian Uleme Council (MUI) 562-563
Indra 119,129
Indus Valley Civilization, India 126-128 Infibulation 93
Innocent III, Pope 472
Inquisition 4.72
Institutes of the Christian Religion (Calvin) 477-478 Interdependent origination 162-163,198
International Network of Engaged Buddhists 196-197,19.9
International New Thought Alliance 580
International Orthodox Charities 496
International Society for Krishna Consciousness 126
Inter-Religious Organisation Singapore 222
Iqbal, Muhammad 533
Iran
Arab rule 365-366
Green Movement 534
Parthian Empire 363
Persian Empire 362-363
Safavid Empire 532
Sassanid Empire 363-364.
Shiism in 532, 534
Zoroastrianism in 35.9-360, 365=366, 371, 377
Iroquois 57
Iroquois Longhouse Religion 5.7
ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) 542
Isis Unveiled (Blavatsky) 587
ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) 588-589
Islam 245, 504-567
in Africa 80, 81-84
calendar and holidays 550
encounter with Judaism 403
end of world cosmology 15
environmentalism and 513, 561-564
Five Pillars 516-524
gender roles and identity 544, 558-561
global population 507,508m, 545, 563
heaven/hell afterlife 17
historical development 525=532
in Middle East 365=366,518=519,528, 531
Muslim marriage and family life 556-558
nationalism and 532-534
in North America 522=523,540=542, 544=546,561
pilgrimage to Mecca 14, 241, 5Q4=5Q5, 523=524., 525=527
political conflict today 542-543
reform movements 534=538
revelations to Muhammad 509-510
Shari‘a as Islamic law 551=552
sites in development of 506m
social justice movements 543=546
in South and Central Asia 132,197, 220,528,529, 531,532, 533,535,536=537, 555,55.9.
Sunna 515=516,522, 538, 551
timeline 507
in twenty-first century 542-543,563
use of term 507, see also Hadith; Muhammad, Prophet; Qur’an; Shi‘a; Sufism; Sunni
Islamic Consultative Assembly 377
Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IFEES) 564,
Islamic law see Shari‘a
Ismailis, in Shi'ism 540
Israel
ancient history of 396-399
statehood 414=415, see also Judaism
Izanagi 324, 326, 327
Izanami 324, 326,327
Jahan, Shah 532
Jahiliyya 525
"Jain Declaration on Nature" (Singhvi) 232
Jainism 206-235
ahimsa and asceticism 211, 213-214,217,221,225, 226-228, 231-232
belief in samsara 17
cycles of creation/destruction cosmology 15-16
environmentalism and 231-233
eternal succession of Tirthankaras 212
gender roles and identity 229
global Jain population 221m, 222
Hinduism and 209, 212-213
in India 130
Indian historical context of 211, 220
lay religious life 207-208, 226-227, 228, 229-231
legacy of the tirthankaras 220-221
liberation and salvation 217-219
recent developments 221-223
sites in development of 208m
spread of 222
theory of the universe 214-217
timeline 209
twenty-first century 232, see also Digambara sect, in Jainism; Mahavira; Shvetambara sect, in Jainism; Sthanakvasi sect, in Jainism; Terapanthi sect, in Jainism
Jains of America 222
Jambu 211, 213
James, William 9
Japan
Buddhism in 190, 323, 324,328, 330=331,332
Kokugaku (National Learning) movement 331=332
Meiji government 332-333
percentage of Shinto practitioners 344
post-WWII separation of religion/state 334, see also Nichiren Buddhism; Pure Land
Buddhism; Shingon Buddhism; Shinto; Zen Buddhism
Jatis 115-116
Jehovah’s Witnesses 15, 582-583
Jerusalem (Mendelssohn) 408
Jerusalem, Israel 554
Jesuits 479.
Jesus of Nazareth 391, 401-402, 448-452, 509,513,579, see also Christianity; Messiah
Jiao 309=310
Jihad 54.9=550
Jimmu, Emperor 325
Jin, Heung 585
Jinas 209, 210, 212, 213
Jinja 339=341
Jinno shotoki (Direct Succession of Gods and Sovereigns) (Kitabatake Chikafusa) 331
Jito, Emperor 334
Jivas 216-217, 218, 219, 231-232
Jnana marga 110,112, see also Vedanta; Yoga
John Paul II, Pope 482
John XXIII, Pope 482
Jones, William “Oriental” 128,133
Josephus 398-399
Judah, kingdom of 396-397
Judaism 245, 382-443
afterlife beliefs 391-392
ancient Israel 394m
conflict with Christianity 401-402
covenant and election 388-390
dietary code 409, 410,420,433=434
encounter with Islam 403
end of world cosmology 15
environmentalism and 419
as ethical monotheism 385-386
family purity 434.
festivals and holidays 382-384,421-428
global population 384m
historical development 394-401
in Israel 390
life-cycle events 42921433
Messiah and the Messianic age 391
modern era 407-417
mysticism and 392-394, 402-407
prayer 434=436
reform movements in Europe and US 408-415
Renewal movement 394, 417-419
Sabbath 428-429
shared aspects with Zoroastrianism 364
Ten Commandments 14,16
timeline 385
Torah 387-388
in twenty-first century 436—437. see also Hebrew Bible; Reconstructionist Judaism;
Reform Judaism; Talmud; Zionism
Julian of Norwich 4.75
Jump Dance 60
Jung, Carl 28
Junzi 279, 280, 282, 286
Kabbalah 392=3.94,405=406
Kabir 243
Kachinas 39,59, 60, 62
Kali 135
Kalischer, Zvi Hirsch 414
Kali Yuga 215
Kalki 107
Kami 324., 325=326, 327,328=330, 332,333, 335, 337=33.9., 344,345=346
Kant, Immanuel 5, 480
Kaplan, Judith 430
Kaplan, Mordecai 410-411,43Q
Karah prasad 257, 259
Karma
in Buddhism 166
in Hinduism 103,108-109
in Jainism 208, 214, 218, 219, 228, 230
in Wicca 600, see also Rebirth
Karma marga 110, ill
Kartarpur, Pakistan 242
Karuk 43=44
Kaur, Bandana 260
Kellogg, John 581
Kelly, Steven 583
Kemal, Mustafa see Ataturk
Kevala 211, 213, 215-216, 217, 218-219, 225, 229.
Khadija 509., 525,527.
Khaleafa 564
Khalistan movement 251
Khalsa 239, 244, 247-248, 249-252, 254, 262
Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali 534
Khan, Sayyid Ahmed 537
Kharijites 530
Khomeini, Ayatollah 534, 561
Kiangani, Simon Kimbangu 486
Kimbangu, Simon 486
Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer) (manga) 335
Kinaalda 58-59
King, Martin Luther, Jr. 496
Kingdom of God 449,450=451, -459,462,483
Kinjiketele 86
Kipling, Rudyard 481
Kirpan 247-248, 254
Kirtan 147, 256
Klemp, Harold 595
Kohler, Kaufmann 409
Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters') 324-325, 327
Kongo 85
Kong Qiu see Confucius
Konkokyo (Teaching of Golden Light) 334
Korea
Buddhism in 186-187,19Q
Confucianism in 297, 304.
Tendai Buddhism in 177, see also South Korea
Koresh, David 581-582
Kosher food 433=434
Koshin practices 304
Krishna 107,111-112,114,122-123,15Q, 212
Krishnamurti, Jiddu 588
Kshatriya 115,128-129,142-143
Kumbha Mela festival, India 144
Kurozumikyo (Teaching of Kurozumi Munetada) 334
Kusti 352,368
Kwoth 79
Lakota Nation 32=35, 37, 51,52=54
Lakshmi 124
Lal, Nand 243
Lamas 180-181
Langar 242, 253, 257
Languages
Avestan 359
creation myths and 38
Dari 377
gender-neutral in Judaism 418-419
Hebrew 411,436
Indo-European 128
Old Persian/Pahlavi 359
Sanskrit 105,128
Swahili 80
Laos
Theravada Buddhism in 184-185
Laozi bianhuajing (Scripture of the Transformations of Laozi) 298
Laozi “Master Lao” 284, 298-299, see also Daodejing (The Scripture of the Way and Its Potent Manifestation)
LaPier, Rosalyn 53
Latter-day Saints see Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)
Laws of Manu 109,116-117,148
Leadbeater, C. W. 588
Lee, Bruce 303
Lee, Sang Hun 585
Leo III, Emperor 473
Leo XIII, Pope 482
Lerner, Michael 419.
Letoole, Sammy 73-74.
LGBTQ
in Buddhism 198
in Christianity 497-498
in Islam 561, see also Gender roles and identity, in religions
Li 274., 278-279, 280
Liberation 15,17, see also Moksha; specific religions
Li Hongzhi 590-591
Lincoln, Bruce 10,13,18,19, 279, 593
Lingbao (Numinous Treasure) sect, Daoism 301
Liturgy 487=488
LoDagaa 94
Logos 469
Loka 215-216, 218
Lord’s Prayer 492
Lotus Sutra 176,177-178
Lovedu 96
Lovelock, James 605-606
Loyola, Ignatius 479
Lucky Star (anime) 335
Lugbara 78
Lughnassadh 569-570
Lunyu see Analects
Luria, Isaac 393,406
Lurianic Kabbalah see Kabbalah
Luther, Martin 476-477, 482-483
Lyric Poems on Creation Story of the Yorubas (Ogunbitan).74.
Μ., Terrie 458-459
Maasai 67-69,92
Macarius of Alexandria 4.74
Madhva 113-114
Magi 363=364,37-1
Magic Flute, The (Mozart) 366
Mahabharata 109,120,121,124,13Q, 212
Mahaprabhu, Chaitnaya, Sri 588-589
Maharishi, Mahesh Yogi 138
Maharishi Foundation 590
Maharishi Foundation USA 138
Maharishi International University 138, 590
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 589-590
Mahavira 210-211, 212, 213, 214-216, 218-220, 226, 228
Mahayana Buddhism 170-179,182-183,186,187,188,190,194,195,196 Mahdi 514.
Mahmud of Ghazni 132
Maimonides 404.
Maji Maji 86
Majority religions by country 6-7m
Malaysia
Xiantian Dao (Way of Prior Heaven) movement 304
Malcolm X 541=542
Malli 212
Mandalas 139,180,181, 200
Manga, and Shinto 335,336
Mani 364-365
Manichaeism 364-365
Mantras
in Buddhism 180,181
in Hinduism 141-142
Maps
African countries and religions 68m, 70m ancient Israel 394m
global Buddhist population 188m
global Christian population 446m
global Christian sects 479m
global Hindu population 104m
global Islamic population 508m
global Jain population 221m
global Jewish population 384m
global Sikh population 252m
global Zoroastrian population 376m majority religions by country 6~7m
Native American groups 34m
Palestine during time of Jesus 449m
sites in development of Chinese religions 268m sites in development of Confucianism 29.9m sites in development of Hinduism 127m
sites in development of Islam 506m
sites in development of Jainism 208m
sites in development of Shinto 322m
sites in development of Sikhism 238m
sites in development of Zoroastrianism 352m sites of early Buddhism 158m
spread and transmission of Buddhism 184m Sunni and Shi‘a branches of Islam 539m
Marcion 468,469
Margulis, Lynn 605-606
Marijuana use 586
Markandeya Parana 123-124,125
Marley, Bob 587
Marriage
in African religions 92-93
in Hinduism 116,143
in Islam 556-558
in Judaism 431-432
in Sikhism 258-259, 261-262
Martial arts, influence of Daoism on 303
Marx, Karl 11, 21
Marxism 484,486, 534, 591
Mary, virgin mother of Christ 494., 513, 596
Masaccio, Tommaso 456
Matsuri 323
Mawri 88-89
Maximus the Confessor 474=475
Maya 109
Mayans 38,48,50,51
Maybaum, Ignaz 413
Mazdaism see Zoroastrianism
McKay, Mabel 56-57
Mecca, Saudi Arabia 14,241, 5Q4=5Q5, 523=524, 525=527
Medina, Saudi Arabia 526-527
Meditation 22
in Buddhism 192-193
in Kabbalah 393
in Sikhism 240, 246-247, see also Transcendental Meditation (TM)
Mediums 88
Meera, Saint 148
Mein Kamp/(Hitler) 412-413
Mencius 280-281, 293-294,307
Mencius (Four Books) 280-281, 295
Mendelssohn, Moses 408,409
Meng Ke see Mencius
Menstruation 346, 375=376,434
Merneptah, Pharaoh 394=395
Message Given to Me by Extraterrestrials, The (Vorilhon) 596
Messiah 391, 393, 399,404=405,448,450,459, see also Jesus of Nazareth
Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) 497
Mevlevi order, in Sufism 555
Middle Way, in Buddhism 160,161, 211
Miko 345=346
Mikoshi 320-322
Mikveh 389=390,418,434
Millenialists 577, 582,583, 585
Miller, William 580
Ming see Tianming
Ming of the Han Dynasty, Emperor 186
Mir, Mian 248
Miraj 517, 554
Mirza Husayn Ali Nuri see Baha’u’llah
Misogi 338
Mississippian culture 49
Mithra 356,363,365
Mithraism 365
Mitzvot (commandments) 387=388, 401,404., see also Ten Commandments
Modernization 23-24, 571
Modi, Narendra 137
Modoc 41-42
Moksha 103,113-114,117,131, 219, 244
Mongolia
Vajrayana Buddhism in 179.
Monism 13,103-104,105
Monotheism 12,13,15, see also Christianity; Islam; Judaism; Sikhism; Zoroastrianism
Montana Two Spirit Society 57
Montanism 468,469.
Montanus 468
Mookeijee, Syama Prasad 137
Moon, Sun Myung 584-585
Moonies 584=585
Moran 67
Mormons see Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)
Moroni, Angel 575=576
Morsi, Muhammad 538
Moses 387, 396, 398,401,5Q9, 513
Mosques 518=519,520
Motoori Norinaga 331=332
Mousavi, Mir-Hossein 534
Mu'awiya 529=530
Mubarak, Hosni 538, 544
Muezzin 519, 526
Muhammad, Elijah 541
Muhammad, Prophet 403, 507, 508, 509-5IQ, 514=518, 521, 522, 524,525=528, 5.4.9=55Q,
551, 553=554., see also Islam
Muhammad, Warith Deen 541
Muhammadiyah and Nadhlatul Ulama 562
Muhpatti 226, 227
Mukti 244, 247, 261
Müller, Friedrich Max 27
Mui Mantra 238, 244-245, 246
Multani, Gurbaj Singh 247
Multiculturalism 24
Murray, Margaret 600
Muslim, defined 506, see also Islam
Muslim Brotherhood 537=538, 543
Muslim League 533
Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV) 561
Mutazilites 511, 538
Myanmar
ethnic and religious conflict in 197
genocide of Rohingya 543
Mysterium tremendum 18, 344
Mystical experience 18
Mysticism
in Christianity 4.74=4.75
in Islam 552=553
in Judaism 392-394. 402-407
Myths 21,37
Nagarjuna 175
Nakedness of monks, in Jainism 207, 208-209, 210, 223, 225-226
Namaste greeting 139
Nam simaran 256
Napoleon, Emperor 481
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein 562
Nasser, Gamal Abdel 538
National Association of Evangelicals 497
Nation of Islam 541=542
Native American Church 52
Navajo 37, 39,41,42
ancestors of 4.9
Changing Woman 39,50, 57,58
creation and origins stories 43,45, 50
healing practices 56
rites of passage 58-59
Navjote 350=352, 37Q
Nazi Germany 412-414,427=428,437
Ndembu.90, 92
Nehru, Jawaharlal 136,137
Neidan 289
Neisheng waiwang 283
Nemi 212
Neo-Confucianism 294-296,302
Neo-paganism see Wicca
Nepal
Vajrayana Buddhism in 179
Nestorian Churches 485
New Age 573, 607
New Atheists 609-610
New Confucians 296
New religious movements 568-612
Adventism 580-587
Aum Shinrikyo 592-593
Baha’i Faith 602-604
Christian Science and New Thought 578-580, 587
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 575=578
Eckankar 594=595
Falun Gong 590-591
The Family (Children of God) 583
Findhorn Foundation 607
ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) 588-589
Jehovah’s Witnesses 582-583
modernization, globalization, and secularization 571=573
New Atheism 608-610
Raelian movement 595=59.7
Rastafarianism 585=587
Scientology 597=59-9
theoretical models and social typologies 573=574.
Theosophical Society 587-588
timeline 574
Transcendental Meditation 589=590
Unification Church 584=585
Unitarian Universalism 604-605
Wicca 568-570, 599-601
New Thought 580, 587
Newton, Isaac 480
Nicene Creed 455=456,469,473,488
Nichiren Buddhism 177-178,187,194.
Nietzsche, Friedrich 367, 607
Nihang sect, of Sikhism 244, 262
Nihon shoki (Nihongi, Chronicles of [the Land Where] the Sun Originates) 324,327
Ninigi 325
Nirvana/Nibbana 14,18, 22,161-162,165,166
Nkai 73
Noble Eightfold Path, in Buddhism 161,164-165,169,192,195
Nonabsolutism (anekantavada) 214
Nondualism, in Hinduism 13
Nonpossessiveness (aparigrapha) 214, 233
Nontheistic 13
Nontheistic religions 12,14
Nonviolence
in Buddhism 168,198-199
in Hinduism 117,149-150
in Jainism 207-208, 209, 210, 213-214
Standing Rock movement 52=53, see also Gandhi, Mohandas “Mahatma”; Vegetarianism
Norito 338
North American Coalition for Christian 497
Northern Paiute 51
Nostradamus 592
Nowruz 372
Nuer 76,.79, 87
Numinous experience 17-18, 22
Nummo 75, 78
Obatala 78
Odu 75
Ogunbitan, Festus.74
Ojibwa 59-60
Olcott, Henry S. 587
Old and New Testaments 458, 459-461,463,464., 466,468-469,4.95=4.9^» see also Bible;
Gospels; Hebrew Bible
Olmec 48
Olokun 89
Olupona, Jacob 96
OM 105,141-142
Omar, Ilhan 545
Omikuji 341
Omnipotence 385,414
Omniscience 385,414
One Earth Sangha 199
One Thousand and One Nights 515,531
On Heaven and Hell (Swedenborg) 594.
On the Origin of Species (Darwin) 25,480
Order of Interbeing 196-197
Oriental Orthodox Christian Churches 485
Original sin 471,4.76,483
Orisha 75, 85, 89
Orthodox Christianity
afterlife beliefs 464
comparison of Christian traditions 457=458,464=465, 471» 487» 488,489,490,492,493, 494=4.95,49.7
global population 479m, 498
Great Schism and 473
modern era 484., 486
version of Bible 459., 461
Orthodox Church 446
Orthodox Jews 390,392,404., 409,410,411=412,418,426-427,432=434,436
Orun 94=95
Oshitelu, Josiah 84
Oshun 75-76
Otataneko 327
Otto, Rudolf 17-18, 22, 344
Ottoman Empire 473,484, 531=533, 53É
Padmasambhava 181
Pahlavi, Reza, shah 534
Pakistan
division of Punjab territory 251
Islam in 533=534.
Palamas, Gregory 475
Palestine
during time of Jesus 449m
Pali Canon (Tipitaka) 169-170,18.9,19Q, 191,198
Pantajali 114
Panth 239, 247, 24.9=250, 251, 257, 261
Pantheism 12-13
Pantheons 75
Parables 450-451
Parinirvana 162,196
Paris Accord 496
Parker, Quanah 52
Parliament of the World’s Religions (2015) 378
Parshva 210, 212, 220
Parsis see Zoroastrianism
Passover see Pesach
Paul of Tarsus 401-402, 452z=454.,45.9., 460,462, 463, 466,484
Peaches, Annie 42
Pearl of Great Price, The (Smith) 576
Pema Chodron 192
Pentecost 450
Pentecostalism 484,486
People of the Book 365-366,513, 528
Perfection of Wisdom Sutras 176
Persia see Iran
Pesach 421,424^425
Pew Forum study, on Americans identified as unaffiliated 13
Peyote 52
Pharisees 398,448, see also Paul of Tarsus
Philippines
Vajrayana Buddhism in 179
Philokalia 493
Pilate, Pontius 449
Pilgrimage
in Hinduism 144
in Islam 517,523=524, 528, 540
in Jainism 230-231
in Judaism 424=425
in Shinto 332
Pillow Book, The (Sei Shonagon) 346
Pima 40, 42-43
Pittsburgh Platform of 1885, The (Kohler) 409
Pius IX, Pope 482
Plato 354
Polygamy 557
Polytheism 12.13
Porno 56
Popol Vuh 38, 40-41,48
Possession see Spirit possession
Power spots, in Japan 335
Prabhupada see Mahaprabhu, Chaitnaya, Sri
Prayer and meditation 22
Prayer wheels 195
Presbyterians 4.78
Priesand, Sally Jane 417=418
Problem of evil 386
Protestant Christianity 446
afterlife beliefs 464,
branches of 485
comparison of Christian traditions 457=458,464=465,471, 487=488,489,4.90=4.91,494, 497
global population 479m, 498
modern era 482-483
Reformation 461,476-479
version of Bible 461
views on mystical experience 18
women clergy 24
Pueblo 39,49, 62
Puja 140-141
Puranas 123-124
Pure Land Buddhism 176,177,186,187,193,194., 199-200
Purgatory 463=464
Purification
in indigenous Native American religion 60, 62
in Jewish family life 434
in Shinto 337=339, 346
in Zoroastrianism 368, 370
Purim 426-427
Pumsha 216
Purusha Sukta see Rig Veda
Purva 213
Qi 271, 289., 303,310,311=312
Qigong 303, 590
Qingming 267-268, 270, 308
Qingwei (Pure Subtlety) sect, Daoism 291
Quakers 478
Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) sect, Daoism 291, 301-302
Quetzalcoatl 38,48,4.9
Quiche Maya 38,40-41
Qur’an 355,365,403, 506, 508=515,517, 521=524, 527, 537., 542,548=55«, 551=554, 557=
559, 561=562, 602
Qutb, Sayyid 537=538, 542, 543
Rabbis 400-401
Rabin, Yitzhak 415=416
Raelian movement 595=59.7
Rahit 244, 247, 252, 256=257, 259, 261
Rainmakers 96
Rajacandr a, Shrimad 221
Raja Yoga 114
Rama 107,137, 212
Ramadan 521=523, 563=564.
Ramakrishna 135
Ramanuja 113
Ramayana 109,120-122,124,13«, 132,147=148
Ramcharitmanas (Tulsidas) 132
Ram Lila 146-147
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) 136-139
Rastafarianism 585=587
Rebirth
in Buddhism 166,177,181,186,193
in Hinduism 120
in Jainism 216, 217, 219. 223
in wheel of life 17, see also Karma
Reclaiming movement 601
Reconstructionist Judaism 410-412,417=418,434,436
Record of Rites (Liji) 274, 281
Reformation, Protestant 461,476-479
Reform Judaism 409, 411-412,417=418,430=431,434,435,43fi
Reincarnation see Rebirth
Religion, definitions of 8-10
Religious artwork
Adam and Eve Banished from Paradise (Masaccio) 456
Adam and Eve triptych (16th c.) 17
"Automata of al-Jazari" 25
Avalokiteshvara Mandala 200
Benedictine monks fresco (Sodoma) 4.74
Bongeunsa Temple, South Korea 23
Buddha image on coin, 2nd c. 187
Buddha’s footprint depiction 200
Buddha statue, 800 ce, Indonesia 186
Buddha statues 161-162
Chinese oracle bone 292
Confucius statue 11
Confucius statue, China 293, 307
Constantine the Great (330) 467
Dama masks 87
Diamond Sutra frontispiece 176
Dongling painting (1750) 288
Durga painting, India 125
Empress Jingo painting, Japan 327
Ganesh sculpture 100-101
Greek icon of Christ 494
Guatemalan vase (7th-8th c.) 39
Hindu deities (1810) 13
Holy Trinity icon (Rublev) 454 kachinas 59, 60
Kali painting, India 126
Laozi painting 284
Li Bo painting 304
Lord Guan figurine 290
Mahabharata 123
Mahavira sculpture, India 211
Maitreya statue 173
Maitreya wall carving 174
Mandala (circle) 139
Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom painting 173
Marble slab of text from Pali Canon, Myanmar 169
Meditating Buddha (6th ce) 21
Mithras statue 365
Moses and the Burning Brush (Feibusch) 19
Nataraja, Lord of the Dance 140
Navajo sand painting 58
Parshva sculpture 212
Proto-Shiva seal 127-128
Ramayana 122
Rishabha sculpture 226
rock art 79-80
The School of Athens (Raphael) 366
Shiva statute (11th c.) 106
Wind among the Trees on the Riverbank (Ni Zan) 302
Yoruba sculptures 87
Zarathushtra painting 373
Religious studies see World religions, study of
Reuther, Rosemary Radford 606-607
Revealed ethics 16
Revelation 14
Revelations of Divine Love (Julian of Norwich) 4.75
Rhys-Davids, T. W. 187
Rig Veda 115,119.
Rishabha 212, 215
Rites of passage 58-59, 83-84, 90-94
Rites of renewal 60, 62
Rituals 22
Rock art 79-80
Rohingya 543
Roman Catholic Church
in Africa 83-84
afterlife beliefs 463=464
branches of 485
Catholic Reformation 479
comparison of Christian traditions 457-458,464=465,471,487,488,489=4.90,491,4.92=
4.93,4.94=4.95,4.97
Declaration on Non-Christian Religions 467
designation of heretical beliefs 85
as dominant in the West 446
forced conversion to 50
Franks support of 4.72
global population 479m, 498
Great Schism and 473
modern era 481-482
purgatory and afterlife 17
version of Bible 459,461
Roman Empire, suppression of Christianity 467=468,471=472
Rosary 493
Rosh Hashanah 421
Rouhani, Hassan 534
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 480
Roy, Ram Mohan 134
Ru 274, 279., 292
Rubenstein, Richard 413
Rublev, Andrei 454
Ruether, Rosemary Radford 49.7
Rumi, Jalalludin 553,555
Russell, Charles Taze 582,585
Rutherford, Joseph Franklin 582
Saadiah ben Joseph 403
Sabbath 420,436
Sacraments 465,489=4.90
Sacred animals 106-107
Sacred places
Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia 185
Annunciation Basilica, Israel 480
Apricot Platform of Confucius, China 294
Arunachaleswar Temple (nth c.), India 141
Bodh Gaya, India 194., 199
Bodhi tree, India 194
Buddha’s birthplace, Nepal 194
Chartres cathedral, France 4.72
Darbar Sahib, India 248-249, 251, 256, 257, 262
Devils Tower, Wyoming 22
Dharna Vihara temple, India 230
Dilwara Temple, India 229
Dome of the Rock, Israel 554
Ganges River, India 106,144
Grand Shrine at Ise, Japan 332, 334, 34(2=342
Great Stupa of Sanchi, India 195
Great Sun Buddha, Japan 330
Hindu temple, Trinidad 103
Iran Shah Mosque 520
Ka‘ba, Saudi Arabia 524, 525, 527
Laozi statue, China 309.
Lotus Temple, India 604
Meoto-iwa, Japan 325
Mount Kailash, India 106
Mount Shartrunjaya, India 230
Mount Shasta, California 41-42, 55
Mount Fuji, Japan 345
Nachi Waterfall, Japan 326
Potala Palace, Tibet 181
Qufu Confucian Temple, China 307
Salt Lake Temple, Utah 577
Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Turkey 532
Taj Mahal 532, 533
Temple of Tian, China 305
Varanasi, India 144,161
Vrindavan, India 144
Wat Phrathart Doi Suthep temple, Thailand 157-158
Xuankong (Hanging) Temple, China 298
Yardenit, Israel 448
Sacred thread ceremony, in Hinduism 142-143
Sacrifice
in African religions 87
in Hinduism 142
Sadducees 398,448
Saints 494^495, 555, 581, see also Augustine, Saint; Chrysostom, John, Saint; Meera, Saint
Saitoti, Tepilit Ole 67-69
Salat 505-506, 516, 517=520
Sallekhana 228
Salvation 217-219,453,457-458, see also Liberation
Salvation Army 496
Samatha meditation 192-193
Sama Veda 119.
Sambura people, Kenya 73
Same-sex marriage 497-498
Samsara 17,103,109-110,131,166, 210, 216, 218, 245^246
Sand paintings 56, 58, 200
Sangha 161
Sangh Parivar (Family of Associations) 137
Sannyasi 116-117,149-150
Sanskrit 105,128
Santeria 85, 95
Sant Mat tradition 595
Saoshyant 358=35.9.
Saraswan, Brahmananda, Swami 589-590
Saraswati, Dayananda 134=135
Sarris, Greg 56-57
Sartre, Jean-Paul 607
Sati practice 134
Saudi Arabia
Wahhabi movement 535, see also Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Savarkar, V. D. 136
Sawm 517,521-523
Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman 394,417
Scholasticism 475
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (Eddy) 578
Science and religion 25-26
Scientific revolution 480-481, 572
Scientology 597=599
Second Buddhist Council 168
Second Council of Nicea (787) 473,475
Second Great Awakening 575
Second Isaiah 391
Second Vatican Council 482
Secret Doctrine, The (Blavatsky) 587
Sect, use of term 570-571
Sect Shinto 334-335
Secularization 24, 5.72=5.73
Seder 424^425,427
Sedreh 351
Sedreh Pushi 351
Seekers 571, 574, 607
Sei, Katherine 166-167
Selassie, Haile 586
Sephirot 393
Seven Bounteous Creations, in Zoroastrianism 376
Seven dimensions of religious traditions (Smart) 20
"Seventeen Articles Constitution" (Japan) 330
Seventh-day Adventists 580-581
Sexism and God-Talk (Ruether) 49.7
Shaarawi, Huda 560
Shah, Girish 224-225
Shahada 516,517, 536,555
Shaivas 124-125
Shaktas 124,125
Shakti 131
Shangdi, Lord on High 272-273, 291-292
Shangqing (Highest Clarity) sect, Daoism 291, 301
Shankara 113
Shari'a 551=552,555=558,561
Shavout 421,425,430
Shen 272
Sheng 279
Shi 292
Shi‘a 528=530,532,538=540, 53.9m, 552, 561, 602
Shikibu, Murasaki 346
Shimenawa 340, 341, 343
Shingon Buddhism 187
Shintai 341
Shinto 187, 320-349
ceremonies and ritual practices 321=322, 323, 335=341
creation and origins stories 323-328
early historical periods 329=332
environmentalism and 344=345
festivals and holidays 336,337, 341=344
gender roles and identity 345=347
imperial authority and 328
influence of Buddhism and Confucianism on 323, 324, 328, 330=331, 332, 334, 33.9, 346=
34.7
portrayed in anime and manga 335, 336
Sect Shinto 334-335
shrines 332=333, 33.9-341, 342, 343
sites in development of 322m
timeline 323
in twenty-first century 344
ultranationalism, imperialism and conflict 332-335
Shirazi, Sayyid Ali-Muhammad 602
Shirk 512
Shiva 105,124=125,130,131
Shoah 412-414, 427-428
Shonagon, Sei 346
Shotoku, Prince 187
Shruti 119-120
Shudra 115,129
Shugendo practices 304, 331
Shunya 175
Shunyata 175
Shvetambara sect, in Jainism 209, 210, 212, 223-226, 227, 228, 229.
Siddur 418
Sikh Dharma of the Western Hemisphere 262
Sikhism 236-265
belief in samsara 17
charitable causes 259-260
conflict and nationhood 251
cycles of creation/destruction cosmology 15-16
daily devotional practices 256-257
Dasam Granth 244, 262
environmentalism and 260
festivals and holidays 254
gender roles and identity 261-262
global population 251-254, 252m
historical sites 238m
life-cycle rituals 258-259
mukti (spiritual liberation) 244-247
performance traditions 14.7
Rahit 244
spread of 251-254
successors of Guru Nanak 248-249
timeline 239
twenty-first century 262
worship in the Gurdwara 257, see also Adi Granth; Guru Gobind Singh; Guru Nanak; Khalsa
Simeon the New Theologian 475
Simos, Miriam 569, 601
Sin 447,448,456=457,4è4., 4.70=4.71,4.76,483, see also Shirk
Singapore Jain Religious Society (SJRS) 222
Singh, Ganda 250
Singh, Manmahan 250, 251
Singh, Onkar 255-256
Singh, Ranjit 251
Singh, Teja25O
Singhvi, L. M. 232
Sioux 51,5.9.
Six Obligatory Duties, in Jainism 228
Six Perfections, in Buddhism 173
Skandhas 164,166
Skillful means 174-175,192
Slavery 541
Smart, Ninian 20, 21, 22, 29
Smith, Joseph 575=57.8, 585
Smriti 119-120
Social Justice in Islam (Qutb) 543
Society of Biblical Literature 28-29
Sodoma, Giovanni 4.74
Son So 29.7
Southern Paiute 45
South Korea
Confucianism in 297-298
Daoism in 304
Filial Piety Law (2016) 297
Spenta Mainyu 354, 355, 356, 357, 364., 372
Spiral Dance, The (Simos) 569
Spirit possession 82, 83, 84, 88-89
Spiritual ecology 605-607
Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu) 274.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib see Adi Granth
Sri Lanka
ethnic and religious conflict in 19.7
Theravada Buddhism in 183,184.
Stages of life, in Hinduism 116-117
Standing Rock Sioux 52-54, 61
Star of David 422
Sthanakvasi sect, in Jainism 221, 222-223, 226, 229.
Stoicism 12
Stowe, Harriet Beecher 496
Strauss, Richard 367
Stuart, Charles 133
Stupas 194-195
Sufism 533, 552=556
Sukkot 421, 422-424
Summa Theologica (Aquinas) 4.75
Sumo wrestling 338
Sun Bu’er 291
Sun Dance 32=35,51=52, 61
Sunna 515=516, 522, 538, 551
Sunni 528=530, 538=540, 539m, 544,551=552,561
Supernatural beings, in definitions of religion 13,18, 25-26
Suras 510=511,514., 551
Sutras/Suttas 170
Suzuki, D. T. 188
Sweat lodge ceremonies 59., 60-61, 62
Swedenborg, Emmanuel 594
Swiss Reformed Church 4.78
Syllabus of Errors (Pius IX) 482
Synagogue 400
System of Nature, The (d’Holbach) 607
Tafsir 515
Taiji 303, 31Q
Taiwu, Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty 301
Takarazuka Entertainment Troupe 347
Tale ofGenji, The (Murasaki Shikibu) 346
Taliban 558=559.
Tallit 435
Talmud 387,391,400-401,427,42.9.
Tama-yori-hime 327
Tanakh see Hebrew Bible
Tani, Grace 84
Tantra
in Buddhism 179,181,193
in Hinduism 131-132
Teachings 20-21
Tefillin 435
Temizuya 339
Tenchi Muyo! (anime) 335
Ten Commandments 14,16, 387=388,425,428,451,459,580-581
Tendai Buddhism 177,193
Tenochtitlan, Mexico 48-49
Ten Precepts, in Buddhism 190-191
Tenrikyo (Teaching of Heavenly Principles) 334
Teotihuacan, Mexico 48,49
Terapanthi sect, in Jainism 221, 222-223, 226, 227
Terrorism 542,545,593
Tertullian 470
Òå Ua, Kereama 54
Tezuka, Osamu 201
Thailand
Theravada Buddhism in 184-185
Theistic religions 12,14, see also indigenous religions, of sub-Saharan Africa
Theodosius 1468
Theology 5, 8
Theophany 14
Theosophical Society 587-588
Theosophy 587
Theravada Buddhism 169-170,182,186,188,190,194,196
Therigatha and Theragatha (Poems of Elder Nuns and Poems of Elder Monks) 168
Thetan 598
Thich Nhat Hanh 188,196-197,19.9
Third Buddhist Council 168-169
Thoreau, Henry David 135
Three Jewels
in Buddhism 189
in Jainism 219
Three Marks of Existence, in Buddhism 163-164
Three Poisons, in Buddhism 166
Three Refugees, in Buddhism 189
Thunderbolt Vehicle see Vajrayana Buddhism
Thus Spake Zarathustra (Nietzsche) 367
Tian 273=274, 275=277, 279-280, 281-283, 285, 292,305=306, 313
Tianming 273, 275-277, 279-280
Tianshi 300
Tiantai Buddhism 177,186,187,193
Tibet
Buddhism in 190
Vajrayana Buddhism in 179,180-181
Tibetan Book of the Dead 181, 200
Tibetan Buddhism 180-181,193, 200
Tillich, Paul 9
Timelines
Buddhism 159
Christianity 447
Confucianism 269
Daoism 269
Hinduism 102
indigenous African religions 69
indigenous Native American religions 35
Islam 507
Jainism 209
Judaism 385
new religious movements 574.
Shinto 323
Sikhism 239
Zoroastrianism 353
Tipis 43,59
Tipitaka see Pali Canon (Tipitaka)
Tirthankaras 210, 212-213, 216, 219, 220, 230, 231
Tisha B’Av 427
Tlaib, Rashaida 545
Torah 383,387=388,390,39.7-398,401,412,419,422,425,428,430,433,435=436,451,
513
Torii 339
Transcendence 385
Transcendental Meditation (TM) 126,138,589-590
Transcendent states 18
Transtheistic religions 12, 218, see also Jainism
Transubstantiation 475,478
Trickster 40
Trikaya 170-172
Trinity 447,455=456,470,582
Tripp, Bill 43=44
Tseng, Jason Ch’ui-hsiao 306
Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America 344
Tu B’Shevat 427
Tulkus 181
Tulsidas 132
Turbans 258
Turkey
Justice and Development Party 533
Sufism in 533
Twelvers, in Shi'ism 539-540
Twenty-first century religion
Buddhism 201, 5.91, 592
Chinese religions 313
Christianity 498
Confucianism 313
Daoism 313
Hinduism 150, 592
indigenous African 95
indigenous Native American 61
Islam 542=543, 563
Jainism 232
Judaism 436-437
Shinto 344
Sikhism 262
Zoroastrianism 377
Twitchell, Paul 594=595
2001: A Space Odyssey (film) 367
Two Spirit people 57
Tzevi, Shabbetai 406
UFO cults see Raelian movement
Ufology 595=59.7
Uighurs 543
Ultimate reality questions 12-16
‘Umar 529
Umayyad Dynasty 530, 553
Umma 520, 530, 536
Under the Lemon Trees (Backhaus) 253
Unification Church 584=585
Unitarian Universalist Association 604-605
United Kingdom
Act of Supremacy (1534) 47.8
Balfour Declaration 414=415
colonialism in India 133=135, 251
Natural Law Party 590
repeal of Witchcraft Act 600
Sikhism in 252, 253, 254
Zoroastrianism in 376
United States
American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1978) 52
Buddhism in 187-188
Christianity in 484
Civilization Fund Act (1819) 50
First Amendment 52
Hindus in 138
Islam in 522=523,540=542,544=546, 561
Jainism in 232
Judaism in 409-410,417-418,436=437
repeal of Asian Exclusion Act 572
Shinto in 344
Sikhism in 253, 262
Unity School of Christianity 580
Universalist Church of America 604
Universalist religious thought 602-607
Untouchables
in India 115,136
in Japan 326
Upanishads 105,108,113,119-120,129=130,133=134,142, 220
Urban II, Pope 474
Urbanization 23
‘Uthman 529
Vahiguru 240, 245
Vaishnavas 124,142,147,245
Vaishya 115,129,142-143
Vajrayana Buddhism 179-183,187,190,194., 195,196 Vardhamana, Nataputta see Mahavira
Vardhamanacharita (Asaga) 210
Varna (color/caste) 114-115
Varnashrama dharma 114-117,148
Varuna 119
Vedanta 112-114
Vedanta Society of New York 135
Vedas 103,109,113,119,129,133=134,360
Vegetarianism 117, 213, 221, 224=225, 231, 257, 581, 586 Venkatesan, Jayashree 118
Vesak holiday, in Buddhism 156-158,196
Vietnam
Caodai (High Power) movement 304
Mahayana Buddhism in 185
Tendai Buddhism in 177
Vinaya (Pali Canon texts) 189,190,191,198 Vindication of the Hindoos (Stuart) 133 Violence, religiously motivated 19
Vipassana meditation 192-193
Vishishta-Advaita Vedanta 113
Vishnu 105,106,107,113-114,122,124,130,142, 212, 245 Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) 137 Vision quests 59-60
Vivekananda, Swami 134,135,587
Vodou/voodoo 85,95
Voices interviews
Avigayil Halpern 423
Brian Melendez 45=47
Dola K. 546=548
Festus Ogunbitan 74
Girish Shah 224-225
Jason Ch’ui-hsiao Tseng 306
Jayashree Venkatesan 118
Katherine Sei 166-167
Minoru Watanabe 328-329.
Onkar Singh 255=256
Rustom Ghadiali 369=370
Sammy Letoole 73=74
Tasiima S. 546-548
Teme Μ. and Father Art 458-459
Xinyu David Zhang 592
Voltaire 366, 480
Vorilhon, Claude “Rael” 596=597
Vratas 14.9.
Wadud, Amina 520
Wahhabi movement 535
Waidan 290
Wallis, Roy 573=574, 6Q7
Wang Yangming 295
Wang Zhe 301-302
Waskow, Arthur 419
Watanabe, Minoru 328=32.9.
Watchtower, The (magazine) 582
Way of life 22
Wei Huacun 291
Weld, Theodore 496
Western Rule of Benedict of Nursia 474
Wheel of life 17
White, Ellen 580=581
White Mountain Apache 42, 50
Wicca 89., 568-570,599-601
Wiccan Rede 600
Wildfires, indigenous solutions 43=44
Witchcraft 89=90
Witchcraft Today (Gardner) 600
Witch Cult in Western Europe, The (Murray) 600 Witches’ League for Public Awareness 601 Women
in African religions 84, 89, 93
in Buddhism 166-167,168,190,192,197=198
in Christianity 24,449,4.75,497
in Confucianism 283
in Daoism 290-291
in Hinduism 148-149
in Islam 5Q5=5Q6, 519, 520,521,534, 544, 558=560 in Jainism 212, 223, 225, 226, 229
in Judaism 383=384,411,417=419,423,429=430 in Shinto 327, 334,345=34fi
in Sikhism 258, 261-262
in Zoroastrianism 368, 375=376
World Council of Churches (1948) 466
World religions, study of 3=31 academic inquiry 5, 8-10 approaches to 4=5, 26-29 definitions of religion 8-10 dimensions of religions 20 functionalist explanations 10-11 gender issues in 24-25 historical development 21 human nature and behavior 16 majority religions by country 6-71Ï modernization and 22-24 purpose of religious life 16-19
religiously motivated violence 19.
science and secularization 25-26
teachings 20-21
ultimate reality questions 12-16
way of life 22
World Renewal Ceremonial Cycle 60
Worlds of a Maasai Warrior, The (Saitoti) 67-69
World’s Parliament of Religions, Chicago (1893) 135,187-188, 222, 571=572,587
World’s Parliament of Religions, Chicago (1993) 572
World Vision 496
Worldwide Church of God 581
World Wildlife Fund Network on Conservation and Religion 232
Wounded Knee massacre, South Dakota 51
Wovoka 51,52
Wuwei 286
Wuxing 271, 289
Wu Zetian, empress 186
Xian 289
Xiantian Dao (Way of Prior Heaven) 304
Xiao 278, 307
Xinzhai 287
Xun Qing (Master Xun) 293-294
Xunzi 293-294
Yajur Veda 119
Yang 271-272, 283, 312
Yansheng 289-290
Yansi 91
Yasna 352, 371
Yazatas 356, 359
Yellow Turbans movement 300
YHWH 395, 396,.401,.405
Yijing see Book of Changes (Yijincf
Yin 271-272, 283, 312
Yin-yang 3=4, 271-272, 309.
Yoga 114.
Yoga Sutras (Patanjali) 114
Yogi Bhajan 262
Yogic flying 590
Yom HaShoah 427-428
Yom Kippur 421-422
Yoruba 75, 84, 85, 87-88,92,94=95,.96
Young, Brigham 576, 578
Yuanshi tianzun (Celestial Venerable of Primordial Beginning) 290
Yurok 42
ZAGNY (Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York) 368
Zakat 517,521
Zapotec 48
Zarathushtra 351=352, 353,360=361,366=367,3.77
Zar spirits 82, 88-89
Zealots 39.9,448
Zen Buddhism 16-17,178-179,187,188,193
Zen Peacemakers 196-197
Zerby, Karen 583
Zhai309
Zhang, Xinyu David 592
Zhang Ling 300
Zhang Zai 283
Zhuan Falun (Li) 591
Zhuang Zhou see Zhuangzi “Master Zhuang”
Zhuangzi 284-285, 286-288, 289, 300, 302
Zhuangzi “Master Zhuang” 284, 286
Zhu Xi 281, 295, 298,307
Zionism 390, 410, 412, 414-416, 420, 437
Zion’s Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society see Jehovah’s Witnesses
Ziran 286
Zohar 405-406
Zoroastrianism 245, 350-381
creation and origins stories 356-358
divine realm 355=356
dualism, human nature and destiny 358-359 environmentalism and 376, 378
gender roles and identity 375=376
global population 376m
historical development 359=360, 362-367
holy days and rites of passage 371-373
life of Zarathustra 360-361
monotheism and dualism 353=355, 357
Pahlavi texts 362
ritual practices 367-368, 370-371
shared aspects with Judaism/Christianity 364
shared aspects with Manichaeism 364=365
shared aspects with Mithraism 365
sites in development of 352m
social and ethical responsibilities of community 374=375
temples 370=371,373
timeline 353
in twenty-first century 377, see also Avesta
Zuni 38=3.9., 49, 62
Zuowang 287
Zurvan 363
Zurvanite Zoroastrianism 363
Zu Shu 291
Zwingli, Ulrich 4.78