The Religions Book

349

Rastafari (Christianity) 294–95,

305, 314–15, 327

Reconstructionist Judaism 195, 199,

333

Reform Judaism 175, 181, 189, 192,

193, 195, 199, 333

Roman Catholicism (Christianity) 203,

210, 226, 227, 236–37, 334

Rome, Ancient 80–81

Rumi, Jalal al-Din Muhammad (Islam)

282–83

S

Sabellians (Christianity) 216, 217

Sadducees (Judaism) 183, 210

Salafism (Islam) 339

Salvation Army (Christianity) 337

Sami shamanism 19, 28–31

Samkhya philosophy (Indian) 113, 329

San peoples, /Xam San 19, 21–23

Santeria 294, 304–305

al-Sarakhsi, Shams al-A’imma (Islam)

278

Satanism 319

Satya Sai Baba Society (Hinduism) 329

Scandinavia

Sami shamanism 19, 28–31

see also Vikings

Schleiermacher, Friedrich (Christianity)

243–45

Schopenhauer, Arthur 91, 129

Scientology 295, 317 , 327

Sephardic Judaism 332

Seventh-day Adventists (Christianity)

337

al-Shafi’i (Islam) 256, 274–75

Shaivism (Hinduism) 328

Shakers (Christianity) 336

Shaktism (Hinduism) 100, 328

Shamanism 28–31

Shi‘a Islam 250, 251, 270–71, 309,

338

Shintoism 55, 82–85, 310, 327

Shiva (Hinduism) 91, 97, 328, 329

Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) 90, 128,

132–33, 138, 326

Sikhism 294, 295, 298–301, 327

Akali Dal political party 301

code of conduct 298–301, 303

death and rebirth cycle 298

Luria, Isaac (kabbalah and Judaism)
186–87
Luther, Martin (Protestant Reformer)
203, 233–35, 239, 335

M

Mahavira (Jainism) 55, 68–69, 71, 90,
94
Mahayana Buddhism 114, 128, 129,
154–57, 330–31
Al-Mahdi (Islam) 250, 271, 285, 309
Maimonides, Moses (Judaism) 181,
182, 184–85
Manicheism 65, 221
Maori 19, 33
Maya civilization 18, 42, 43–44, 45
Mendelssohn, Moses (Haskalah
movement) 189
Mennonites (Christianity) 335–36
Methodism (Christianity) 203, 239 , 336
Miller, William (Seventh-day
Adventism) 337
Minoans 54, 78
Moonies (Unification Church)
(Christianity) 318 , 327
Moravian Brethren (Christianity) 336
Mormonism (Christianity) 294, 295,
306–307, 326, 336
Moses (Judaism) 171, 172–73
Muhammad (Islam) 250, 252–53, 265,
270–71, 284–85
Muslim Brotherhood (Islam) 289, 291
Muslims see Islam
Mu‘tazilites (Islam) 276–77

N

Nagarjuna (Buddhism) 156–57
Nagasena (Buddhism) 149–51
Nanak, Guru (Sikhism) 298, 299, 301 ,
302
Nation of Islam 339
Neoorthodox movement (Judaism)
332–33
Neopagan religions 319
Netsilik Inuit shamans 30–31

Ngô Van Chiêu (Cao Ðài) 316

Nichiren Buddhism 145, 331

Nishida Kitaro (Zen Buddhism) 161

Noah (Judaism) 173

O

Odin (Vikings) 86–87

Oriental Orthodox churches

(Christianity) 334

Orthodox Judaism 181, 194, 332 , 333

Osiris (Ancient Egypt) 58–59

P

Pawnee 18, 46–47

Pentecostal Church (Christianity) 218,

219, 337

Pharisees (Judaism) 210

Pietist Movement (Christianity) 243

Plato 62, 210–11

Plymouth Brethren (Christianity) 336

Presbyterians (Christianity) 236, 335

Progressive Judaism 192–95

Protestant Liberalism (Christianity)

242–45

Pure Land Buddhism 330

Q

Qadiani Ahmadiyyas (Islam) 285

Quakers (Christianity) 335

Quechua Indians 18, 36–37

Qutb, Sayyid (Islam) 289–90

R

Ramadan, Tariq (Islam) 291

Ramakrishna (Hinduism) 91, 122–23

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