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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... hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son. Hebrews, 1, 1–2 3 He is the reason [Logos], in which every race of men did share. Thus those who lived with reason are Christians even if they were counted godless, as of the Greeks ...
... hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son. Hebrews, 1, 1–2 3 He is the reason [Logos], in which every race of men did share. Thus those who lived with reason are Christians even if they were counted godless, as of the Greeks ...
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... hath only forbidden you (what is found) dead, blood, the flesh of swine, and that over which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked. But if anyone is compelled without his own desire or deliberate transgression, no guilt ...
... hath only forbidden you (what is found) dead, blood, the flesh of swine, and that over which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked. But if anyone is compelled without his own desire or deliberate transgression, no guilt ...
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... hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalms, 14 and 53 2 Having no hope, and without God in the world. Ephesians, 2, 12 3 There are some of them who 24 3 NON-SCRIPTURAL RELIGIONS 14 SUPERSTITION 15 ATHEISM AND IRRELIGION.
... hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalms, 14 and 53 2 Having no hope, and without God in the world. Ephesians, 2, 12 3 There are some of them who 24 3 NON-SCRIPTURAL RELIGIONS 14 SUPERSTITION 15 ATHEISM AND IRRELIGION.
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Contents
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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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