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Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. 10 (Picts-Sacraments)

James Hastings1918
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Volume 10 of Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics (1918), covering entries from Picts to Sacraments. Contains major scholarly articles on Prayer (a comprehensive comparative study), Predestination, Priest and Priesthood, Prophecy, Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism, the Philosophy of Religion, Ritual, and Sacraments. The article on Sacraments provides one of the most thorough comparative treatments of ritual acts across world religions available in a single reference work.

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

Contents284 chapters

  1. 01PIETISM
  2. 02PILGRIMAGE (Arabian and Muhammadan)
  3. 03PILGRIMAGE (Buddhist)
  4. 04PILGRIMAGE (Christian)
  5. 05PILGRIMAGE (Hebrew and Jewish)
  6. 06PILGRIMAGE (Indian)
  7. 07PILGRIMAGE (Japanese)
  8. 08PILGRIM FATHERS
  9. 09PIR
  10. 10LITERATURE
  11. 11PISTIS SOPHIA
  12. 12PLACES (Sacred)
  13. 13PLAINS INDIANS
  14. 14PLATO AND PLATONISM
  15. 15PLAY
  16. 16PLEASURE
  17. 17PLEROMA
  18. 18NT use
  19. 19LITERATURE
  20. 20PLUTARCH
  21. 21ROME
  22. 22VII. JEWS
  23. 23VIII. MUHAMMADANS
  24. 24IX. THE EAST
  25. 25SS. PETER AND PAUL, 29 June, N.E. by E
  26. 26ST. ETHELDREDA, 25 June, N.E. by E., and E. by S.; ST. PETER, 29 June, N.E. by E.; B.V.M., 25 March, E
  27. 27ST. CUTHBERT, 20 March, E., and 4 Sept., E. by N.; B.V.M., 25 March, E
  28. 28ST. WERBURGH, 3 Feb., E.S.E.; SS. PETER AND PAUL, 29 June, E.; B.V.M., 25 March, E
  29. 29ST. ANDREW, 30 Nov., S.E. by E.; ST. DAVID, 1 March, E. by S
  30. 30CHRIST, 25 March, E., 25 Dec., S.E. by E
  31. 31ST. JOHN BAPTIST, 24 June, N.E. by E
  32. 32ST. ALBAN, 22 June, N.E. by E. (Dedication of Church, 29 Dec., S.E. by E.¹)
  33. 33ST. ETHELBERT, 24 Feb., E. by S., or 20 May, N.E. by E.; B.V.M., 25 March, E
  34. 34ST. FRIDESWIDE, 19 Oct., E. by S
  35. 35ST. NICHOLAS, 6 Dec., S.E. by E
  36. 36ST. CHAD, 2 March, E
  37. 37ST. MARGARET, 20 July, N.E. by E
  38. 38ST. STEPHEN, 26 Dec., S.E. by E
  39. 39POLES AND POSTS
  40. 40POLYNESIA
  41. 41POLYTHEISM
  42. 42PORPHYRY
  43. 43PORTENTS
  44. 44PORT ROYAL
  45. 45POSITIVISM
  46. 46POSSESSION (Greek and Roman)
  47. 47POSSESSION (Indian)
  48. 48DEMONS AND SPIRITS (Indian)
  49. 49POSSESSION (Japanese)
  50. 50POSSESSION (Semitic and Christian)
  51. 51RICHES
  52. 52COMFORT
  53. 53POVERTY
  54. 54POWER
  55. 55POWER OF THE KEYS
  56. 56PRADHĀNA
  57. 57PRAGMATISM
  58. 58PRĀNNĀTHĪS
  59. 59PRAPATTI-MĀRGA
  60. 60PRĀRTHANĀ SAMĀJ
  61. 61PRATYEKABUDDHA
  62. 62PRAYER (Introductory and Primitive)
  63. 63PRAYER (American)
  64. 64PRAYER (Babylonian)
  65. 65PRAYER (Buddhist)
  66. 66TANTRA
  67. 67ETHICS AND MORALITY (Buddhist)
  68. 68PRAYER (Chinese)
  69. 69PRAYER (Christian, Theological)
  70. 70PRAYER (Christian, Liturgical)
  71. 71PRAYER (Egyptian)
  72. 72PRAYER (Finns and Lapps)
  73. 73PRAYER (Greek)
  74. 74PRAYER (Iranian)
  75. 75PRAYER (Jain)
  76. 76PRAYER (Japanese)
  77. 77PRAYER (Jewish)
  78. 78PRAYER (Mexican)
  79. 79PRAYER (Muhammadan)
  80. 80PRAYER (Roman)
  81. 81PRAYER (Teutonic)
  82. 82PRAYER (Tibetan)
  83. 83PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON
  84. 84PRAYER FOR THE DEPARTED (Christian)
  85. 85PRAYER-WHEELS
  86. 86PREACHING (Jewish)
  87. 87PRECEPTS (Buddhist)
  88. 88PRECEPTS (Christian)
  89. 89PRECIOUS STONES
  90. 90PREDESTINATION
  91. 91II. SOURCE AND ISSUES
  92. 92PRE-EXISTENCE
  93. 93PREFERENTIAL DEALING
  94. 94PREGNANCY
  95. 95PREMONITION
  96. 96PRESBYTER
  97. 97PRESBYTERIANISM
  98. 98S. Africa
  99. 99PRESTER JOHN
  100. 100I. ASIA
  101. 101AFRICA
  102. 102PRIDE
  103. 103PRIEST, PRIESTHOOD (Primitive)
  104. 104PRIEST, PRIESTHOOD (Babylonian)
  105. 105PRIEST, PRIESTHOOD (Buddhist)
  106. 106PRIEST, PRIESTHOOD (Chinese)
  107. 107III. THE PRIEST AS SON OF HIS GOD.—1. The ‘son whom he loves.’
  108. 108IV. THE PRIEST EXERCISING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE GOD
  109. 109PAYMENT OF PRIESTS
  110. 110X. PRIESTLY PRIVILEGES
  111. 111XI. ADMISSION TO THE PRIESTHOOD
  112. 112PRIEST, PRIESTHOOD (Greek)
  113. 113PRIEST, PRIESTHOOD (Hindu)
  114. 114PRIEST, PRIESTHOOD (Iranian)
  115. 115PRIEST, PRIESTHOOD (Jewish)
  116. 116PRIEST, PRIESTHOOD (Mexican)
  117. 117PRIEST, PRIESTHOOD (Muhammadan)
  118. 118PRIEST, PRIESTHOOD (Roman)
  119. 119PRINCIPLE
  120. 120PRISCILLIANISM
  121. 121PAST AND PRESENT-DAY PRISONS
  122. 122PRIVATE JUDGMENT
  123. 123PROBABILIORISM
  124. 124PRODUCTION (of wealth)
  125. 125PROFANITY
  126. 126LITERATURE
  127. 127PROPERTY
  128. 128PROPHECY (American)
  129. 129PROPHECY (Christian)
  130. 130PROPHECY (Hebrew)
  131. 131PROPITIATION (Introductory and Biblical)
  132. 132PROPITIATION (Greek)
  133. 133PROPITIATION (Roman)
  134. 134PROSELYTE, PROSELYTISM
  135. 135CHASTITY
  136. 136HIERODOULOI
  137. 137PROSTITUTION (Greek)
  138. 138PROSTITUTION (Roman)
  139. 139PROTESTANTISM
  140. 140PROVERBS
  141. 141PROVIDENCE
  142. 142GOOD AND EVIL
  143. 143PSYCHICAL RESEARCH
  144. 144BODY AND MIND
  145. 145BRAIN AND MIND
  146. 146FAITH-HEALING
  147. 147HYPNOTISM
  148. 148PUBERTY
  149. 149I. INITIATION AND PUBERTY
  150. 150ADOLESCENCE
  151. 151OBJECT OF THE RITES
  152. 152PUBLICANI
  153. 153PUPPETS
  154. 154PURIFICATION (Introductory and Primitive)
  155. 155PURIFICATION (Buddhist)
  156. 156PURIFICATION (Chinese)
  157. 157PURIFICATION (Christian)
  158. 158PURIFICATION (Egyptian)
  159. 159V. 7
  160. 160V. 2
  161. 161V. 3
  162. 162V. 1
  163. 163PURIFICATION (Hebrew)
  164. 164PURIFICATION (Hindu)
  165. 165PURIFICATION (Japanese)
  166. 166PURIFICATION (Roman)
  167. 167PURIM
  168. 168PURUṢA
  169. 169PUSEY
  170. 170PYGMIES
  171. 171PYRRHONISM
  172. 172PYTHAGORAS AND PYTHAGOREANISM
  173. 173I. Pythagoras
  174. 174QĀDIĀNĪ
  175. 175QUESTIONS OF KING MILINDA
  176. 176QUIETISM
  177. 177QUR'ĀN
  178. 178RACE
  179. 179I. Race-feeling and ethnology
  180. 180RĀDHĀ SOĀMIS
  181. 181RAIN
  182. 182RĀMAKṚṢṆA
  183. 183RĀMĀNANDĪS, RĀMĀWATS
  184. 184RĀMĀNUJA
  185. 185III. ii. 27-30
  186. 186II. ii. 19–32
  187. 187PRAPATTI-MĀRGA
  188. 188RĀMOSHI
  189. 189RANTERS
  190. 190RASHI
  191. 191RATIONALISM
  192. 192LITERATURE
  193. 193REALITY
  194. 194REALITY (Buddhist)
  195. 195LITERATURE
  196. 196REAL PRESENCE
  197. 197REASON
  198. 198VOL. X.—38
  199. 199RECAPITULATION (Biological)
  200. 200AGE, BIOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT, EVOLUTION, HEREDITY, LIFE AND DEATH (Biological), ONTOGENY AND PHYLOGENY
  201. 201RECEPTIVITY
  202. 202RECHABITES
  203. 203ISRAEL
  204. 204REDEMPTION
  205. 205REDEMPTORISM
  206. 206RED INDIANS
  207. 207REFORMATION
  208. 208REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES
  209. 209A. Repentance
  210. 210B. Impartation of a new life
  211. 211C. New birth
  212. 212D. A new creature (καινὴ κτίσις)
  213. 213RELICS (Primitive and Western)
  214. 214RELICS (Eastern)
  215. 215RELIGION
  216. 216RELIGIOUS ORDERS (Christian)
  217. 217IX. ACTIVITY: SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC; SERVICES RENDERED BY THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS, DIFFERENT WORKS
  218. 218RELIGIOUS ORDERS (Indian)
  219. 219II. ANCIENT BRĀHMANIC ASCETICISM
  220. 220IV. ANCIENT RELIGIOUS ORDERS
  221. 221V. MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN ORDERS
  222. 222LITERATURE
  223. 223RELIGIOUS ORDERS (Japanese)
  224. 224RELIGIOUS ORDERS (Mexican and Peruvian)
  225. 225I. Mexican
  226. 226RELIGIOUS ORDERS (Muslim)
  227. 227I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
  228. 228REMORSE
  229. 229RENUNCIATION
  230. 230RENUNCIATION (Hindu)
  231. 231RESISTANCE AND NON-RESISTANCE
  232. 232RESPONSIBILITY
  233. 233REST-DAYS
  234. 234RESURRECTION
  235. 235RETALIATION
  236. 236RETREATS
  237. 237REUCHLIN
  238. 238REVELATION.—1. What is the meaning of revelation?
  239. 239REVIVALS OF RELIGION
  240. 240JAMES STALKER
  241. 241REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS
  242. 242REYNARD THE FOX
  243. 243RIDDLE
  244. 244JAMES A. KELSO
  245. 245RIGHTS
  246. 246RIGHTEOUSNESS (Buddhist)
  247. 247RIGHTEOUSNESS (in the Old Testament)
  248. 248LITERATURE
  249. 249RIGHTEOUSNESS (in Christ's teaching)
  250. 250RIGHTEOUSNESS (in St. Paul's teaching)
  251. 251RIGHTEOUSNESS (in Christian theology)
  252. 252RIGHTEOUSNESS (Egyptian)
  253. 253II. The triumph of evil over good
  254. 254RIGHTEOUSNESS (Greek and Roman)
  255. 255RIGHTEOUSNESS (Hindu)
  256. 256I. Vedic
  257. 257RIGHTEOUSNESS (Jewish)
  258. 258RIGHTEOUSNESS (Muhammadan)
  259. 259RIGORISM
  260. 260LITERATURE
  261. 261ROSARIES
  262. 262ROSICRUCIANS
  263. 263ROUSSEAU
  264. 264I. Life
  265. 265RUKHARS, SŪKHARS, UKHARS
  266. 266RUSSIAN CHURCH
  267. 267RYNSBURGERS (or COLLEGIANTS)
  268. 268BROWNISM
  269. 269CONGREGATIONALISM
  270. 270SABÆANS
  271. 271SABBATH (Primitive). — 1. Introductory
  272. 272SABBATH (Babylonian)
  273. 273SABBATH (Jewish)
  274. 274SABBATH (Muhammadan)
  275. 275SABBATICAL YEAR
  276. 276SABELLIANISM
  277. 277SABIANS
  278. 278SACS
  279. 279SACERDOTALISM
  280. 280HAOMA
  281. 281SACRAMENTS (Christian, Eastern)
  282. 282SACRAMENTS (Christian, Western)
  283. 283I. Institution
  284. 284SACRAMENTS (Christian, Lutheran)

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