Religious Studies: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)

index

spirits 240–242; guardian 233,
241–242
Śrī Vaiasnavism sect 102
Staal, Frits 208
stability: vow of 143
Stace, W. T. 153
Stahl, Georg 26
Sthavīras 166
structural method 159–160, 199
stūpas 29, 30, 204, 263
substantive definition of religion 12
suffering 169, 242–244
Sufi 43, 65, 136, 149
Sufism 189, 218
sun 244–245
Sun dance 170, 215
sunna 126
Sūrya 244
Susano-o-no Mikoto 245
Sutta Pitaka 223
suzerainty covenant 59
Svātantrika 200
Swahili 65
sweat lodge 216
Swing festival 89
symbolism 27
symbols 62, 245–246
Symeon of emesa 132
synagogues 29
Synoptic Gospels 221

taboo 50, 119, 191, 246
Tambiah, Stanley 172, 199, 209, 240
Tanakh 221
Tantric 27
Tartarus 118
Taylor, Charles 21, 22, 225
Taylor, Mark C. 10, 36, 250
ta’ziya 247
Temiar 65
temples 29–30
Tertullian 46
Tewa Pueblo 206, 238–239
theatrical performances 246–247
theism 247–248
theocracy 179–180

theology 13, 248–251; fields 249;

and politics 80; schools of 250;

types 249

theophany 89

Therāvada Buddhism 94–95, 120,

201

Thomas Aquinas 102, 249

thunderbirds 241–242

Tiele, Cornelis Petrus 4, 54–55

Tillich, Paul 249

time 251–252; end of 27, 28; linear

vs. cyclical 252

tīrtha-yatra 175

Tokerau 141

Tongu 24

Torah 111, 125, 204, 220

totemic spirits 242

totemism 5, 26, 252–253

totemistic spirits 242

transiency 152

transition: rites of 69, 205–206

trans-sexuality 231

Trappists 144

trickster 50–51

truth 226, 253

Tungas 183

Turner, Victor 128–129, 172, 173,

178, 208, 240

‘twice-born’ 193

Tylor, edward B. 2–3, 26, 54, 62,

134, 158, 199, 207

Umar ibn al-Khattab 222

umma 52

unconcious: collective 194

Underhill, evelyn 154

understanding 116, 198

universal church 47

universities 14–15

Untouchables 48–49, 182

Upagupta 219

Upanisads 222

Vaikuntha ekādasī 89

Vaiśālī, Council of 166

Vaiśesika 199