The Religions Book - Big Ideas Simply Explained

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Luria, Isaac (kabbalah and Judaism) Ngô Van Chiêu (Cao Ðài) 316 Rastafari (Christianity) 294–95,
186–87 Nichiren Buddhism 145, 331 305, 314–15, 327
Nishida Kitaro (Zen Buddhism) 161
Luther, Martin (Protestant Reformer) Noah (Judaism) 173 Reconstructionist Judaism 195, 199,
203, 233–35, 239, 335 333

MO Reform Judaism 175, 181, 189, 192,
193, 195, 199, 333
Mahavira (Jainism) 55, 68–69, 71, 90, Odin (Vikings) 86–87
94 Oriental Orthodox churches Roman Catholicism (Christianity) 203,
210, 226, 227, 236–37, 334
Mahayana Buddhism 114, 128, 129, (Christianity) 334
154–57, 330–31 Orthodox Judaism 181, 194, 332, 333 Rome, Ancient 80–81
Osiris (Ancient Egypt) 58–59 Rumi, Jalal al-Din Muhammad (Islam)
Al-Mahdi (Islam) 250, 271, 285, 309
Maimonides, Moses (Judaism) 181, P 282–83

182, 184–85 Pawnee 18, 46–47 S
Manicheism 65, 221 Pentecostal Church (Christianity) 218,
Maori 19, 33 Sabellians (Christianity) 216, 217
Maya civilization 18, 42, 43–44, 45 219, 337 Sadducees (Judaism) 183, 210
Mendelssohn, Moses (Haskalah Pharisees (Judaism) 210 Salafism (Islam) 339
Pietist Movement (Christianity) 243 Salvation Army (Christianity) 337
movement) 189 Plato 62, 210–11 Sami shamanism 19, 28–31
Mennonites (Christianity) 335–36 Plymouth Brethren (Christianity) 336 Samkhya philosophy (Indian) 113, 329
Methodism (Christianity) 203, 239, 336 Presbyterians (Christianity) 236, 335 San peoples, /Xam San 19, 21–23
Miller, William (Seventh-day Progressive Judaism 192–95 Santeria 294, 304–305
Protestant Liberalism (Christianity) al-Sarakhsi, Shams al-A’imma (Islam)
Adventism) 337
Minoans 54, 78 242–45 278
Moonies (Unification Church) Pure Land Buddhism 330 Satanism 319
Satya Sai Baba Society (Hinduism) 329
(Christianity) 318, 327 Q Scandinavia
Moravian Brethren (Christianity) 336
Mormonism (Christianity) 294, 295, Sami shamanism 19, 28–31
see also Vikings
306–307, 326, 336 Schleiermacher, Friedrich (Christianity)
Moses (Judaism) 171, 172–73
Muhammad (Islam) 250, 252–53, 265, 243–45
Schopenhauer, Arthur 91, 129
270–71, 284–85 Scientology 295, 317, 327
Muslim Brotherhood (Islam) 289, 291 Sephardic Judaism 332
Muslims see Islam Seventh-day Adventists (Christianity)
Mu‘tazilites (Islam) 276–77
337
N Qadiani Ahmadiyyas (Islam) 285 al-Shafi’i (Islam) 256, 274–75
Quakers (Christianity) 335 Shaivism (Hinduism) 328
Nagarjuna (Buddhism) 156–57 Quechua Indians 18, 36–37 Shakers (Christianity) 336
Nagasena (Buddhism) 149–51 Qutb, Sayyid (Islam) 289–90 Shaktism (Hinduism) 100, 328
Nanak, Guru (Sikhism) 298, 299, 301, Shamanism 28–31
R Shi‘a Islam 250, 251, 270–71, 309,
302
Nation of Islam 339 Ramadan, Tariq (Islam) 291 338
Neoorthodox movement (Judaism) Ramakrishna (Hinduism) 91, 122–23 Shintoism 55, 82–85, 310, 327
Shiva (Hinduism) 91, 97, 328, 329
332–33 Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) 90, 128,
Neopagan religions 319
Netsilik Inuit shamans 30–31 132–33, 138, 326
Sikhism 294, 295, 298–301, 327

Akali Dal political party 301
code of conduct 298–301, 303
death and rebirth cycle 298

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Sikhism (cont.) UV Young, Brigham (Mormonism) 307
egalitarianism 302–303 Zen Buddhism 144, 148, 160–63, 331
five articles of faith (Ks) 299–300, Unification Church (Moonies) 318, 327
301 Unitarianism (Christianity) 218, 295, Bodhidharma 160, 163
five stages of path to salvation enlightenment process 160–61, 162,
298–99 321, 336
Gobind Singh, Guru 299, 300, 302, US 163
303 Japanese 129, 162–63
Guru Granth Sahib (holy book) 298, Hupa 18, 51 meditation 162–63
301, 302, 303 Jehovah’s Witnesses 218, 294, 306, Nishida Kitaro 161
Khalsa order 299–300, 302 Rinzai Zen 162, 331
kirpan (ceremonial sword) 300–301 312–13, 337 Soto Zen 162–63, 331
monotheism 303 Nation of Islam movement 339 Zionism (Judaism) 167, 189, 196–97
name, origins of 101 Pawnee 46–47 Zoroastrianism 54, 62–65, 327
Nanak, Guru 298, 299, 301, 302 Scientology 295, 317, 327 Ahura Mazda (god) 62–63, 64, 65,
saint-soldiers 298–300 Seventh-day Adventist churches
turban 300 327
306–307, 337 Avesta teachings 63, 65
Smartism (Hinduism) 329 monotheism 62–63, 177
Smith, Jr., Joseph (Mormonism) 294, V Parsis 62
soma (drink of the gods) 96
307, 336 Zurvanism 64
Soka Gakkai Buddhism 331
Spiritualists 319 Vaishnavism (Hinduism) 328
Sufism (Islam) 269, 282–83, 295, Varuna (Hinduism) 97
Vietnam, Cao Ðài 295, 306, 316, 326
339 Vikings 86–87
Sumerians see Babylonians
Sunni Muslims 251, 269, 270, 271, 275, Odin 86–87
shamanism 28–29
338, 339 Valhalla and the afterlife 87
Swaminarayan Sampraday (Hinduism) Vishnu (Hinduism) 91, 97, 115, 328
Vivekenanda (Hinduism) 123
329
syncretic (blended) religions, Santeria W

294, 304–305 Wahhabism (Islam) 269
Warao 18, 39
T Wesley, John (Methodism) 203, 239, 336
Whirling Dervishes (Islam) 339
Talib, ‘Ali ibn Abi (Islam) 271 Wicca 295, 319, 327
Tantric Buddhism 129, 154, 158–59,
XYZ
331
Tenrikyo 294, 310, 327 /Xam San (San peoples) 19, 21–23
Teresa of Avila (Christianity) 238 Yogacara Buddhism 158
Theravada Buddhism 129, 140, 145, Yoruba religion see Santeria

150, 155, 330
Thomas Aquinas (Christianity) 203,

228–29, 242
Tibet, Mahayana Buddhism 114, 128,

129, 154–57, 330–31
Tikopians 19, 50
Transcendental Meditation (TM)

(Hinduism) 294, 295, 320
Trimurti trinity (Hinduism) 91, 97
Triratna Buddhist Community 331
Twelvers (Islam) 271, 309

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