index
ereshkigal, Queen 117
eros 101
eros 129
eroticism 80–81
eschatology 122–125
eskimo 77, 98, 197, 210, 246, 256
eternal city 108
ethics 81–82
eucharist rite 212
eunuchs 231
evans-Pritchard, e. e. 199
eve 83, 235
evil 82–83
evilway 106
evolution: theory of 2, 11, 53–54
‘exodus event’ 221
experience: religious 28, 31, 83–86
experiential definition of religion
11–12
explanation 116
externalization 235
ezekiel 118
face veils 259
faith 12, 86–88; and art 31; as gift
86; justification by 102
family resemblance 8; definition of
religion 12
al-Fārābi 170
Farquhar, John nicol 15
fasting 93
Feast of Fools 88
fellowship 53
feminism 93–94
festivals 88–89, 252
fetishes 242
Feuerbach, Ludwig 36, 199
Fichte, J. G. 248
fire 90–91, 195, 197
five aggregates 228
five Ms 27
Five Pillars of Islam 37, 87
five precepts 82
food 91–93
Foucault, Michel 22, 41,
187, 253
Four noble Truths 37, 71; First 68,
243
Francis of Assisi, St. 132, 143–144;
Rule of 144
Franciscans 129, 143–144
Franklin, Benjamin 14
Frazer, James George 2, 3, 26, 54,
134–135, 158, 199, 207
Freemasons 48
Freud, Sigmund 6–7, 160, 193–194, 199
Fugger, Jakob 78
functionalist definition of religion 12
fundamentalism 227Gabriel, angel 222
Gadamer, Hans-Georg 116, 122
Gaia 74
Gandhi, Mahatma 255
Ganges River 175, 257
Garden 261
Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradāya 53
Gaudīya Vaishnavism 130
gaze 171
Geb 74
Geertz, Clifford 5, 62, 172, 199
Gehenna 118
Geistwissenschaften 13–14
Gelasius, St. 179
gender 93–94
Ghost dance Religion 140
ghost sickness 25
Giddens, Anthony 142
Gifford, Adam 15
gifts 94–97
Gilbert de la Porrée 248
Gill, Sam 9
Giovanni Bernadone see Francis of
Assisi, St.
Girard, René 7, 160, 207, 255
Glossators 126
gluttony 92–93
Gobind Singh, Guru 113, 264
God: as all-powerful 186; as
holy 110; as judge 56; mercy vs.
wrath 262; transcendence 29, 101
goddesses 97–99