The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual QuotationsRoutledge, 2005 M08 8 - 240 pages How did the universe come to exist? What is the nature of its creator? Is there a purpose to human existence? What is it to live a good life? The Routledge Dictionary of Religious and Spiritual Quotations offers not just one, but many, answers to these questions. Geoffrey Parrinder has drawn on all the great books of world religions - the Bible, the Qur'an, Zoroastrian Gathas, Hindu Vedas, Bhagavad Gita, Jewish Mishnah, Sikh Adi Granth and Chinese Tao Te Ching - in this collection of over 3000 quotations. Discover the words of prophets, scholars and mystics on matters spiritual and moral, as well as Plato on sexuality, Freud on religion and Gandhi on violence. Originally published in 1990, The Routledge Dictionary of Religious Quotations is now reissued with a new preface by Geoffrey Parrinder. |
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... Lord, making no distinction between any of them. Koran, 2, 130 5 The best possession of Zarathustra Spitama has been revealed: It is that the Wise Lord has granted, through the Right, eternal bliss to him and to all those who have ...
... Lord, making no distinction between any of them. Koran, 2, 130 5 The best possession of Zarathustra Spitama has been revealed: It is that the Wise Lord has granted, through the Right, eternal bliss to him and to all those who have ...
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... LORD our God is one LORD. Deuteronomy, 6, 4 2 Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God, and there is none other but he. Mark, 12, 32 3 They were commanded simply to serve God, making him the exclusive object of ...
... LORD our God is one LORD. Deuteronomy, 6, 4 2 Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God, and there is none other but he. Mark, 12, 32 3 They were commanded simply to serve God, making him the exclusive object of ...
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... LORD made the heavens. Psalm, 96, 5 2 Though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many) But to us there is but one God the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one ...
... LORD made the heavens. Psalm, 96, 5 2 Though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many) But to us there is but one God the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one ...
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... Lord of the Daybreak ...from the evil of the darkening when it comes on, and from the evil of the blowers among knots. Koran, 113, 1–4 5 Saul inquired of his servants, and learned from them that a witch still lived at the village of ...
... Lord of the Daybreak ...from the evil of the darkening when it comes on, and from the evil of the blowers among knots. Koran, 113, 1–4 5 Saul inquired of his servants, and learned from them that a witch still lived at the village of ...
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Contents
1 | |
6 | |
II THE SUPERNATURAL | 37 |
III THE NATURE OF GOD | 51 |
IV THE UNIVERSE | 76 |
V HUMANITY | 89 |
VI THE SACRED | 97 |
VII SACRED PERSONS | 105 |
XI SPIRITUAL EXERCISES | 151 |
XII RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY | 164 |
XIII RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY | 189 |
XIV VIRTUE AND THE GOOD | 205 |
XV MORALITY | 225 |
XVI MEN AND WOMEN | 246 |
XVII SOCIETY | 263 |
XVIII LAST THINGS | 291 |
VIII SACRED WORDS | 120 |
IX SACRED ACTIONS | 128 |
X SPIRITUALITY | 136 |
TEXT AND AUTHOR INDEX | 318 |
SUBJECT INDEX | 330 |
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