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Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. 8 (Life-Mulla)

James Hastings1916
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Volume 8 of Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics (1916), covering entries from Life to Mulla. Contains especially important scholarly articles on Magic (one of the encyclopaedia's most extensive entries, covering all traditions), Marriage rites, Martyrdom, Māyā, Medicine (folk and religious), Monotheism, and Mohammedanism. The article on Magic alone constitutes a comprehensive survey of magical thought across world cultures and remains a landmark of early 20th-century scholarship on the subject.

EditionPublished 1908–1926 by T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh; ed. James Hastings
Anthropology of ReligionHistory of ReligionsHistory of religionComparative ReligionComparative study of religious phenomenaBritish anthropologyAnthropological approach to religionComparative theology

Contents295 chapters

  1. 01LIFE AND DEATH (Primitive)
  2. 02DEATH AND DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD (Introductory)
  3. 03LIFE AND DEATH (American)
  4. 04LIFE AND DEATH (Chinese)
  5. 05LIFE AND DEATH (Egyptian)
  6. 06LIFE AND DEATH (Greek and Roman)
  7. 07LIFE AND DEATH (Hebrew)
  8. 08LIFE AND DEATH (Indian)
  9. 09LITERATURE
  10. 10LIFE AND DEATH (Iranian)
  11. 11DEATH AND DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD [Parsi]
  12. 12FATE [Iranian]
  13. 13LITERATURE
  14. 14LIFE AND DEATH (Japanese)
  15. 15LIFE AND DEATH (Jewish)
  16. 16LIFE AND DEATH (Teutonic)
  17. 17EARTH, EARTH-GODS
  18. 18HAMADRYADS
  19. 19BRANCHES AND TWIGS
  20. 20LIFE-TOKEN
  21. 21LIGHT AND DARKNESS (Primitive)
  22. 22BLEST, ABODE OF THE
  23. 23BLEST, ABODE OF THE [Teutonic]
  24. 24DEMONS AND SPIRITS, FAIRY, LYCANTHROPY, VAMPIRE
  25. 25FAIRY
  26. 26PRODIGIES AND PORTENTS
  27. 27LITERATURE
  28. 28LIGHT AND DARKNESS (Christian)
  29. 29LIGHT AND DARKNESS (Greek and Roman)
  30. 30LIGHT AND DARKNESS (Semitic and Egyptian)
  31. 31LIGUORI
  32. 32LITERATURE
  33. 33LITANY
  34. 34ARTHURIAN CYCLE
  35. 35BARDS
  36. 36CELTS
  37. 37QUR'ĀN
  38. 38CŪCHULAINN CYCLE
  39. 39AVESTA
  40. 40BIBLE
  41. 41BIBLE IN THE CHURCH
  42. 42DEVOTION AND DEVOTIONAL LITERATURE
  43. 43LITERATURE (American)
  44. 44MUSIC (American)
  45. 45SECRET SOCIETIES (American)
  46. 46PRAYER (American)
  47. 47ANDEANS, CHILAN BALAM, DRAMA (American), POPOL VUH
  48. 48LITERATURE (Babylonian)
  49. 49LITERATURE (Buddhist)
  50. 50LITERATURE (Egyptian)
  51. 51LITERATURE (Indian Vernacular)
  52. 52LITERATURE (Jewish)
  53. 53I. THE TRANSITION FROM ORAL TRADITION TO WRITTEN RECORDS
  54. 54II. LITERARY PERIODS
  55. 55LITERATURE (Pahlavi)
  56. 56INTERPRETATION [Vedic and Avesta]
  57. 57LITERATURE (Vedic and Classical Sanskrit)
  58. 58LITHUANIANS AND LETTS
  59. 59LITTLE VEHICLE
  60. 60LITURGIES
  61. 61LOCKS AND KEYS
  62. 62LOCUST
  63. 63PRINCIPLES
  64. 64LONGSUFFERING
  65. 65LORD’S DAY
  66. 66LORD’S PRAYER
  67. 67LORD’S SUPPER
  68. 68LORETO
  69. 69LOTUS (Egyptian)
  70. 70LOTUS (Indian)
  71. 71LOTUS OF THE TRUE LAW
  72. 72LOTZE
  73. 73LOURDES
  74. 74LOVE (Psychological and Ethical)
  75. 75LOVE (Primitive)
  76. 76III. LOVE-GODS
  77. 77LOVE (American)
  78. 78LOVE (Celtic)
  79. 79LOVE (Chinese)
  80. 80LOVE (Christian and New Testament)
  81. 81I. Divine love
  82. 82LOVE (Jewish)
  83. 83LOVE (Roman)
  84. 84LUMBINI
  85. 85LUSHAIS
  86. 86LUTHER
  87. 87LYING
  88. 88MA'ARRI
  89. 89MACEDONIANISM
  90. 90I. Accounts of the founder
  91. 91MADHYAMAKA, MĀDHYAMIKAS
  92. 92MADRAS AND COORG
  93. 93MADURA
  94. 94MÆNADS
  95. 95LITERATURE
  96. 96MAGADHA
  97. 97MAGIC (Introductory)
  98. 98MAGIC (Arabian and Muslim)
  99. 99MAGIC (Babylonian)
  100. 100MAGIC (Buddhist)
  101. 101MAGIC (Celtic)
  102. 102CHARMS AND AMULETS (Celtic)
  103. 103MAGIC (Chinese)
  104. 104BURIATS
  105. 105SHAMANISM
  106. 106MAGIC (Egyptian)
  107. 107EIK
  108. 108MAGIC (Greek and Roman)
  109. 109IV. ITALIC MAGIC
  110. 110MAGIC (Indian)
  111. 111MAGIC (Iranian)
  112. 112MAGIC (Japanese)
  113. 113MAGIC (Jewish)
  114. 114MAGIC (Slavic)
  115. 115MAGIC (Teutonic)
  116. 116MAGICAL CIRCLE
  117. 117MAHĀBAN
  118. 118MAHĀBHĀRATA
  119. 119MAHĀR, MHĀR, MEHĀR
  120. 120MAHĀVASTU
  121. 121MAHĀYĀNA
  122. 122MAHDI
  123. 123MAIMONIDES
  124. 124MAJHWĀR, MĀNJHĪ
  125. 125MĀL, MĀLE, MĀL PAHĀRIĀ
  126. 126MALAY PENINSULA
  127. 127MĀLIK IBN ANAS
  128. 128MALTHUSIANISM
  129. 129MALŪK DĀSĪS
  130. 130MAMMON
  131. 131MAN
  132. 132MAN, ISLE OF
  133. 133MANA
  134. 134MANDÆANS
  135. 135MANICHÆISM
  136. 136MANIPURIS
  137. 137MANITU
  138. 138MAÑJUŚRĪ
  139. 139MAN OF SIN
  140. 140MANTRAS
  141. 141MANU
  142. 142MAORIS
  143. 143MARA
  144. 144MARKET
  145. 145MARRIAGE (Introductory and Primitive)
  146. 146MARRIAGE (Celtic)
  147. 147MARRIAGE (Christian)
  148. 148MARRIAGE (Egyptian)
  149. 149MARRIAGE (Greek)
  150. 150MARRIAGE (Japanese and Korean)
  151. 151KOREA
  152. 152MARRIAGE (Jewish)
  153. 153LITERATURE
  154. 154MARRIAGE (Roman)
  155. 155MARRIAGE (Semitic)
  156. 156MARRIAGE (Slavic)
  157. 157MARY
  158. 158MASBOTHÆANS
  159. 159MASK
  160. 160MAṢṢĒBHĀH
  161. 161MATERIALISM
  162. 162MATERIALISM (Indian)
  163. 163MATHURĀ
  164. 164MATTER
  165. 165MAY, MIDSUMMER
  166. 166MAYANS
  167. 167LITERATURE
  168. 168MEAN
  169. 169MEAN (Chinese)
  170. 170MEDIAN RELIGION
  171. 171LITERATURE
  172. 172MEDICINE
  173. 173MEDICINE-MEN
  174. 174MEDINA
  175. 175MEEKNESS
  176. 176MELANESIANS
  177. 177MELETIANISM
  178. 178MĒMRĀ
  179. 179MEN, THE
  180. 180MEN OF GOD
  181. 181MENCIUS
  182. 182MENDELSSOHN
  183. 183MERCY (Muslim)
  184. 184MERIT (Introductory and non-Christian)
  185. 185MERIT (Christian)
  186. 186MESSIAH
  187. 187MESSIAHS (PSEUDO-)
  188. 188METALS AND MINERALS
  189. 189METAMORPHOSIS
  190. 190METAPHYSICS
  191. 191METHOD (Logical)
  192. 192INFERENCE
  193. 193LOGIC
  194. 194LITERATURE
  195. 195LOGIC
  196. 196METHODISM
  197. 197MEXICANS (Ancient)
  198. 198MEXICANS (Modern)
  199. 199MICHAELMAS
  200. 200MICIUS
  201. 201MIDRASH AND MIDRASHIC LITERATURE
  202. 202MIKIRS
  203. 203I. Name and history
  204. 204MILINDA
  205. 205MILK (Civilized Religions)
  206. 206MILL, JAMES AND JOHN STUART
  207. 207MILTON
  208. 208MĪMĀṀSĀ
  209. 209MINÆANS
  210. 210MIND
  211. 211LITERATURE
  212. 212MIND AND BODY
  213. 213MIND AND BRAIN
  214. 214MINERALS
  215. 215MINĪM
  216. 216MINISTRY (Early Christian)
  217. 217LITERATURE
  218. 218MINOTAUR
  219. 219LITERATURE
  220. 220MIRACLES
  221. 221H. S. Reimarus
  222. 222H. E. G. Paulus
  223. 223D. F. Strauss
  224. 224E. Renan
  225. 225M. Arnold
  226. 226W. E. H. Lecky
  227. 227R. W. Emerson
  228. 228MIRACLE-PLAYS, MYSTERIES, MORALITIES
  229. 229MIRROR
  230. 230MISHMIS
  231. 231MISHNA
  232. 232MISSALS
  233. 233MISSION (Inner)
  234. 234MISSIONS (Buddhist)
  235. 235MISSIONS (Christian, Early and Mediæval)
  236. 236LITERATURE
  237. 237MISSIONS (Christian, Roman Catholic)
  238. 238MISSIONS (Christian, Protestant)
  239. 239MISSIONS (Muhammadan)
  240. 240MODERNISM
  241. 241LITERATURE
  242. 242A. L. LILLEY
  243. 243MOGGALLĀNA
  244. 244MOKṢA
  245. 245VIMUTTI
  246. 246MOLINISM
  247. 247I. Natural order
  248. 248MONARCHIANISM
  249. 249MONASTICISM
  250. 250MONASTICISM (Buddhist)
  251. 251MONASTICISM (Hindu)
  252. 252MONEY
  253. 253MONGOLS
  254. 254MONISM
  255. 255MONOLATRY AND HENOTHEISM
  256. 256MONOPHYSITISM
  257. 257MONOTHEISM
  258. 258MONOTHELETISM
  259. 259MONSTERS (Biological)
  260. 260MONTANISM
  261. 261MORAL ARGUMENT
  262. 262MORAL EDUCATION LEAGUE
  263. 263MORAL LAW
  264. 264MORAL OBLIGATION
  265. 265MORAL SENSE
  266. 266MORAL THEOLOGY
  267. 267MORALITIES
  268. 268MORALITY
  269. 269MORAVIANS
  270. 270MORBIDNESS
  271. 271MORDVINS
  272. 272MORMONISM
  273. 273MOSQUE
  274. 274MOTHER
  275. 275MOTHER OF THE GODS (Greek and Roman)
  276. 276MOTHER-RIGHT
  277. 277MOTIVE
  278. 278MOUNTAINS, MOUNTAIN-GODS
  279. 279MOZOOMDAR
  280. 280MUGGLETONIANS
  281. 281MUHAMMAD
  282. 282MUHAMMADANISM (in Central Africa)
  283. 283MUHAMMADANISM (in N. Africa)
  284. 284MUHAMMADANISM (in Arabia)
  285. 285LITERATURE
  286. 286D. S. MARGOLIOUTH
  287. 287MUHAMMADANISM (in Central Asia)
  288. 288MUHAMMADANISM (in China)
  289. 289I. Historical
  290. 290MUHAMMADANISM (in India)
  291. 291MUHAMMADANISM (in Persia)
  292. 292B. EGYPT
  293. 293C. MESOPOTAMIA
  294. 294MUHYI AL-DIN IBN AL-'ARABI
  295. 295MULLĀ

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