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Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. 9 (Mundas-Phrygians)

James Hastings1917
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Volume 9 of Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics (1917), covering entries from Mundas to Phrygians. Includes major articles on Mysticism (a landmark comparative survey), Nature (worship and symbolism), Numbers (sacred and mystical), Occultism, Ordeal, Pantheism, Parseeism (Zoroastrianism), Pessimism, and Phenomenology of Religion. The article on Mysticism by W. R. Inge is considered one of the finest comparative treatments of the subject in the scholarly literature.

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

Contents290 chapters

  1. 01MUSIC (Primitive and Savage)
  2. 02DRUMS AND CYMBALS
  3. 03MUSIC (American)
  4. 04MUSIC (Celtic)
  5. 05MUSIC (Chinese)
  6. 06MUSIC (Christian)
  7. 07IV. ENGLISH CATHEDRAL MUSIC
  8. 08IRISH CHURCH MUSIC
  9. 09WELSH CHURCH MUSIC
  10. 10IX. MODERN HYMNODY
  11. 11XV. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN CHURCH
  12. 12MUSIC (Egyptian)
  13. 13JAMES BAIKIE
  14. 14MUSIC (Greek and Roman)
  15. 15MUSIC (Hebrew)
  16. 16MUSIC (Indian)
  17. 17MUSIC (Japanese)
  18. 18MUSIC (Slavic)
  19. 19MUSKHOGEANS
  20. 20MUSPILLI
  21. 21MUTILATIONS
  22. 22AUSTERITIES
  23. 23MYCENÆANS
  24. 24ÆGEAN RELIGION
  25. 25MYRMIDONS
  26. 26MYSORE STATE
  27. 27MYSTERIES (Christian)
  28. 28MYSTERIES (Greek, Phrygian, etc.)
  29. 29MYSTERIES (Roman)
  30. 30P. GARDNER
  31. 31MYSTERY-PLAYS
  32. 32MIRACLE-PLAYS, MYSTERIES, MORALITIES
  33. 33MYSTERIES
  34. 34NEO-PLATONISM, PINDAR, PLATO
  35. 35SUFIS
  36. 36MYSTERIES
  37. 37MYSTICISM (Introductory)
  38. 38MYSTICISM (Primitive)
  39. 39MYSTICISM (Buddhist)
  40. 40MYSTICISM (Chinese)
  41. 41MYSTICISM (Christian, NT)
  42. 42MYSTICISM (Christian, Roman Catholic)
  43. 43MYSTICISM (Christian, Protestant)
  44. 44MYSTICISM (Christian, Russian)
  45. 45MYSTICISM (Hebrew and Jewish)
  46. 46MYTHOLOGY
  47. 47NĀGĀRJUNA
  48. 48NAGUALISM
  49. 49NAHMANIDES
  50. 50NAMES (Primitive)
  51. 51II. Collective names
  52. 52II. DISCUSSION
  53. 53NAMES (Arabic)
  54. 54NAMES (Chinese)
  55. 55NAMES (Christian)
  56. 56NAMES (Egyptian)
  57. 57NAMES (Indo-European)
  58. 58LITERATURE
  59. 59NAMES (Japanese)
  60. 60NAMES (Jewish)
  61. 61NAMES (Lapp)
  62. 62NAMES (Sumerian)
  63. 63NAME OF GOD (Jewish)
  64. 64NAMELESS GODS
  65. 65NĀNAK
  66. 66NĀRĀYAṆA
  67. 67NARBADA
  68. 68NĀSIK
  69. 69NĀṢIR IBN KHUSRAU
  70. 70NATIONALITY
  71. 71NATURE (Primitive and Savage)
  72. 72ANIMISM
  73. 73AINUS
  74. 74ANNAM
  75. 75DÉNÉS
  76. 76LAOS
  77. 77MAGIC
  78. 78ANIMALS
  79. 79EARTH, EARTH-GODS
  80. 80MOUNTAINS, MOUNTAIN-GODS
  81. 81SUN
  82. 82WATER, WATER-GODS
  83. 83NATURE (American)
  84. 84NATURE (Buddhist)
  85. 85LITERATURE
  86. 86NATURE (Christian)
  87. 87NATURE (Greek)
  88. 88NATURE-SPIRITS
  89. 89NATURE (Muhammadan)
  90. 90NATURE (Persian)
  91. 91NATURE (Roman)
  92. 92NATURE (Semitic)
  93. 93NATURE (Slavic)
  94. 94NATURE (Teutonic)
  95. 95SUN (Teutonic)
  96. 96NAVAHO
  97. 97NĀYARS
  98. 98NAZIRITES
  99. 99NEED-FIRE
  100. 100NEGROES (United States)
  101. 101NEO-HEGELIANISM
  102. 102LITERATURE
  103. 103NEO-KANTISM
  104. 104LITERATURE
  105. 105I. EDITIONS OF PLOTINUS
  106. 106II. TRANSLATIONS
  107. 107III. WORKS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLOTINUS, AND ON NEO-PLATONISM GENERALLY
  108. 108NEO-PYTHAGOREANISM
  109. 109NEPĀL, NIPĀL
  110. 110NEREIDS
  111. 111NESTORIANISM
  112. 112NÊTHÎNIM (NÊTHÛNIM)
  113. 113NEUTRALITY
  114. 114NEW BRITAIN AND NEW IRELAND
  115. 115NEW CALEDONIA
  116. 116NEW DISPENSATION
  117. 117NEW GUINEA
  118. 118NEW HEBRIDES
  119. 119NEWMAN
  120. 120NICOLAITANS
  121. 121NIETZSCHE
  122. 122NIMĀVATS
  123. 123NINOMIYA SONTOKU
  124. 124I. Life
  125. 125NIRMALĀS
  126. 126NOACHIAN PRECEPTS
  127. 127NOVATIANISTS
  128. 128NUBA
  129. 129NUMBERS (Introductory). — 1. Origins
  130. 130NUMBERS (Aryan)
  131. 131NUSAIRIS
  132. 132NYANJAS
  133. 133NYĀYA
  134. 134NYIKA
  135. 135NYSA (Νύση)
  136. 136OAHSPE
  137. 137OATH (Semitic)
  138. 138OBJECT, OBJECTIVE
  139. 139OBSCENITY
  140. 140OBSCURANTISM
  141. 141LITERATURE
  142. 142OCCASIONALISM
  143. 143OJIBWA
  144. 144OLD AGE (Psychological)
  145. 145OLD AGE (Chinese)
  146. 146LITERATURE
  147. 147M. REVON
  148. 148OLD AGE (Teutonic)
  149. 149OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS IN MUHAMMADANISM
  150. 150OLD CATHOLICISM
  151. 151OLD PRUSSIANS
  152. 152ONTOGENY AND PHYLOGENY
  153. 153OPHITISM
  154. 154I. The poison ordeal
  155. 155CURSING AND BLESSING
  156. 156ORDEAL (Arabian and Muhammadan)
  157. 157ORDEAL (Babylonian)
  158. 158ORDEAL (Chinese)
  159. 159ORDEAL (Christian)
  160. 160ORDEAL (Greek)
  161. 161ORDEAL (Hebrew)
  162. 162ORDEAL (Iranian)
  163. 163ORDEAL (Roman)
  164. 164ORDEAL (Slavic)
  165. 165ORDER
  166. 166ORDINAL
  167. 167ORDINATION (Christian)
  168. 168PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON
  169. 169ORDINATION (Christian)
  170. 170MINISTRY
  171. 171ORGANIC SELECTION
  172. 172ORIENTALISM
  173. 173ORIGEN
  174. 174ORIGINAL SIN
  175. 175I. THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
  176. 176ORISSA
  177. 177BENGAL
  178. 178DRAVIDIANS [North India]
  179. 179KANDH
  180. 180ORMAZD
  181. 181OSSETIC RELIGION
  182. 182OUT-CASTES (Indian)
  183. 183OUTLAW
  184. 184LITERATURE
  185. 185OVERSOUL
  186. 186PADMAPĀNI
  187. 187PADMASAMBHAVA, or PADMĀKARA
  188. 188PALMISTRY
  189. 189PALMYRENES
  190. 190PAMPEANS
  191. 191PANCALISM
  192. 192PĀNCHĀLA
  193. 193PANCHPIRIYĀ
  194. 194PANCOSMISM
  195. 195PANDHARPUR
  196. 196PANJĀB AND NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE
  197. 197PANPSYCHISM
  198. 198PANTHEISM (Introductory)
  199. 199PANTHEISM (Greek and Roman)
  200. 200PAPACY
  201. 201JESUS' OWN USE
  202. 202PARABLE (Ethnic)
  203. 203PARASITISM
  204. 204PARASNĀTH
  205. 205PARDON
  206. 206PARENTS
  207. 207PARIAH
  208. 208MODERN PARSIISM
  209. 209PARTHENOGENESIS
  210. 210PARTHIANS
  211. 211PASCAL
  212. 212FIRE
  213. 213JESUS CHRIST
  214. 214PASSIBILITY AND IMPASSIBILITY
  215. 215PASSOVER
  216. 216PASTORAL PEOPLES
  217. 217PATAÑJALI
  218. 218PATARINI
  219. 219PATETS
  220. 220PATH (of the gods or of the soul)
  221. 221PATICCA-SAMUPPĀDA
  222. 222PATIENCE
  223. 223PĀTIMOKKHA
  224. 224PATNA (PĀTALIPUTRA)
  225. 225PATRIOTISM
  226. 226LITERATURE
  227. 227PATRIPASSIANISM
  228. 228PAUL
  229. 229II. The speech at Athens
  230. 230PAULICIANS
  231. 231PEACE
  232. 232PEEVISHNESS
  233. 233PELAGIANISM AND SEMI-PELAGIANISM
  234. 234PENANCE (Roman Catholic)
  235. 235PENANCE (Anglican)
  236. 236PENITENCE
  237. 237PERFECTI
  238. 238PERFECTION (Buddhist)
  239. 239INCENSE
  240. 240ANOINTING
  241. 241FLOWERS
  242. 242INCENSE
  243. 243PERIPATETICS
  244. 244ARISTOTLE
  245. 245PERJURY
  246. 246PERSECUTION (Early Church)
  247. 247PERSECUTION (Modern Christian)
  248. 248LITERATURE
  249. 249PERSECUTION (Indian)
  250. 250PERSECUTION (Muhammadan)
  251. 251PERSONALISM
  252. 252PERSONALITY
  253. 253PERSONIFICATION (Introductory and Primitive)
  254. 254I. CLASSIFICATION
  255. 255PERSONIFICATION (Egyptian)
  256. 256HEROES AND HERO-WORSHIP (Egyptian)
  257. 257PERSONIFICATION (Greek)
  258. 258PERSONIFICATION (Semitic)
  259. 259PERU
  260. 260PESSIMISM AND OPTIMISM
  261. 261PESSIMISM (Indian)
  262. 262PETITE EGLISE (ANTICONCORDATAIRES)
  263. 263PHILADELPHIANS
  264. 264PHILANTHROPY
  265. 265PHILIPPINES
  266. 266PHILISTINES
  267. 267PHILO BYBLIUS
  268. 268PHILO JUDÆUS
  269. 269PHILOSOPHY (Primitive)
  270. 270PHILOSOPHY (Buddhist)
  271. 271PHILOSOPHY (Chinese)
  272. 272PHILOSOPHY (Egyptian)
  273. 273PHILOSOPHY (Greek)
  274. 274PHILOSOPHY (Iranian)
  275. 275PHILOSOPHY (Japanese)
  276. 276LITERATURE
  277. 277M. ANESAKI
  278. 278PHILOSOPHY (Jewish)
  279. 279HENRY MALTER
  280. 280PHILOSOPHY (Muslim)
  281. 281PHOENICIANS
  282. 282A. PERIOD BEFORE THE HEBREW CONQUEST
  283. 283B. PERIOD FROM THE HEBREW CONQUEST TO THE BEGINNING OF GREEK INFLUENCE
  284. 284AMM
  285. 285TAMMUZ
  286. 286PHRENOLOGY
  287. 287AFFECTIVE
  288. 288INTELLECTUAL
  289. 289PHRYGIANS
  290. 290W. M. RAMSAY

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