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Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. 6 (Fiction-Hyksos)

James Hastings1913
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Volume 6 of Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics (1913), covering entries from Fiction to Hyksos. Notable articles include extensive treatments of Fire (worship and symbolism), Gnosticism, God (across numerous traditions), Hebraism, Hinduism, Hittites, Hymns, and Hyksos. The broad comparative sweep across world religions, ancient and modern, makes this volume a particularly rich resource for those studying Gnosticism, Hinduism, and ancient Near Eastern religion.

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 theologyEarly Christian Gnosticism

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Gnosticism and Apocrypha

Gnostic and apocryphal texts covering Pistis Sophia, the Book of Enoch, early Christian gnosis, pseudepigrapha, mystical revelation, and esoteric Christian cosmology.

Gnosticism

Gnostic texts and studies on revelation, emanation, demiurgic cosmology, salvation through knowledge, and esoteric readings of Christianity.

Comparative Religion

Comparative religion texts on ritual, myth, sacrifice, belief, ancient religion, and cross-cultural theories of sacred practice.

Anthropology of Religion

Anthropological texts on ritual, animism, totemism, taboo, early religion, culture, and theories of belief formation.

Contents295 chapters

  1. 01FICTION (Mediæval and Modern)
  2. 02FIJI
  3. 03FILIAL PIETY
  4. 04FINNO-UGRIANS
  5. 05FINNS (Ancient)
  6. 06LITERATURE
  7. 07FINNO-UGRIANS
  8. 08KAARLE KROHN
  9. 09FIRE, FIRE-GODS
  10. 10FIRE-WALKING
  11. 11FIRST CAUSE
  12. 12FIRSTFRUITS (Introductory and primitive)
  13. 13FIRST-BORN
  14. 14TITHES
  15. 15FIRSTFRUITS (Greek)
  16. 16FISH, FISH-GODS
  17. 17FLAGELLANTS
  18. 18FLEECE (Greek and Roman)
  19. 19FLOWERS
  20. 20FETICIDE
  21. 21FOOD
  22. 22FOOD (Hindu)
  23. 23FOOL, FOLLY (Biblical)
  24. 24FORGIVENESS (Hebrew)
  25. 25II. HUMAN
  26. 26LITERATURE
  27. 27FORGIVENESS (NT and Christian)
  28. 28HUMAN
  29. 29FORM (Æsthetic)
  30. 30FORMOSA
  31. 31FORTUNE (Chinese)
  32. 32FATE (Chinese)
  33. 33FENG-SHUI
  34. 34FORTUNE (Greek)
  35. 35LITERATURE
  36. 36FORTUNE (Iranian)
  37. 37FORTUNE (Jewish)
  38. 38FORTUNE (Roman)
  39. 39FOSTERAGE
  40. 40FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION-RITES
  41. 41FRAVASHI
  42. 42FREE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
  43. 43FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
  44. 44FREEDOM
  45. 45FREEMASONRY
  46. 46FREE WILL
  47. 47FRIENDSHIP
  48. 48FRIENDSHIP (Greek and Roman)
  49. 49FRIENDS OF GOD
  50. 50FRIENDS OF THE TEMPLE
  51. 51FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF
  52. 52GABARS
  53. 53GALLICANISM
  54. 54EPISCOPAL GALLICANISM
  55. 55GAMES (Hebrew and Jewish)
  56. 56GANDHĀRA
  57. 57GAŃGAIKANDAPUR, GAŃGAIKONDA-PURAM
  58. 58GAŃGOTRĪ
  59. 59GAONISM
  60. 60RABBINISM
  61. 61GARHMUKTESAR
  62. 62GARLAND
  63. 63CROWN
  64. 64GATE
  65. 65DOOR
  66. 66GĀTHĀS
  67. 67AVESTA
  68. 68GAUR
  69. 69W. CROOKE
  70. 70DEMONS AND SPIRITS (Indian)
  71. 71ĀJĪVIKAS
  72. 72GEOGRAPHY (Mythical)
  73. 73GERMAN CATHOLICISM
  74. 74GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH
  75. 75GESTURE
  76. 76GHAIR MAHDI
  77. 77GHATS
  78. 78AL-GHAZĀLĪ
  79. 79GHEBERS
  80. 80GHOST
  81. 81GIANTS
  82. 82GIFTS (Primitive and Savage)
  83. 83GILDS (Greek and Roman)
  84. 84GILYAKS
  85. 85GIRDLE
  86. 86GIRNAR
  87. 87GLASITES (SANDEMANIANS)
  88. 88GNOSTICISM
  89. 89GOD (Primitive and Savage)
  90. 90GOD (Arabian, pre-Islamic)
  91. 91GOD (Assyro-Babylonian)
  92. 92GOD (Chinese)
  93. 93A. WIEDEMANN
  94. 94GOD (Greek)
  95. 95GREEK RELIGION
  96. 96GOD (Hindu)
  97. 97A. S. GEDEN
  98. 98GOD (Iranian)
  99. 99GOD (Japanese)
  100. 100GOD (Jewish)
  101. 101GOD (Slavic)
  102. 102GOD (Teutonic)
  103. 103GODĀVARI
  104. 104GOETHE
  105. 105GOKARN
  106. 106GOKUL
  107. 107GOLDEN RULE
  108. 108GONDS
  109. 109GONGS AND BELLS
  110. 110GOOD
  111. 111GOOD AND EVIL, SUMMUM BONUM
  112. 112GOOD AND EVIL
  113. 113II. GOOD AND EVIL ACTIVE AND PASSIVE
  114. 114GOOD NATURE
  115. 115GOODNESS
  116. 116GOODWILL
  117. 117GOOD WORKS
  118. 118GORAKHNĀTH
  119. 119YOGĪS
  120. 120LITERATURE
  121. 121GORAKHPANTHI
  122. 122GORGON
  123. 123GOSPELS
  124. 124GOSPELS (Apocryphal)
  125. 125GOSSIP
  126. 126GOTRA
  127. 127GOVERNMENT
  128. 128DIVINE RIGHT
  129. 129REVOLUTION
  130. 130HOLY SPIRIT
  131. 131GRACE, DOCTRINE OF (Roman Catholic)
  132. 132I. The supernatural order: sanctifying (or habitual) grace
  133. 133GRÆCO-EGYPTIAN RELIGION
  134. 134GRANTH
  135. 135GRATITUDE
  136. 136GREAT MOTHER
  137. 137GREAT SYNAGOGUE
  138. 138GREAT VEHICLE
  139. 139I. THE PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
  140. 140II. SECOND PERIOD: 900-500 B.C
  141. 141SERPENTS AND SERPENT-WORSHIP
  142. 142ORPHISM
  143. 143III. THIRD PERIOD: 500-338 B.C
  144. 144IV. FOURTH PERIOD
  145. 145BCH xxvi. 390-439
  146. 146GREGORIAN ARMENIAN CHURCH
  147. 147GRIFFIN
  148. 148GROTIUS
  149. 149GROWTH (Biological)
  150. 150III. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
  151. 151LITERATURE
  152. 152GUARANI
  153. 153GUARDIAN ANGELS
  154. 154GUEST, GUEST-RIGHT
  155. 155GUIANA
  156. 156LITERATURE
  157. 157E. IM THURN
  158. 158GUILD
  159. 159GILD
  160. 160GUILT
  161. 161SIN
  162. 162GUINEA (Africa)
  163. 163NEGROES AND WEST AFRICA
  164. 164GŪJAR
  165. 165GUNA
  166. 166GURKHĀ, GORKHĀ
  167. 167GURU
  168. 168BHAKTI-MĀRGA
  169. 169GWĀLIOR
  170. 170HABIT
  171. 171HADES
  172. 172HADES, DESCENT TO
  173. 173HAGGADA
  174. 174HAGIOLOGY
  175. 175HAIDA
  176. 176HAIL
  177. 177HAIR AND NAILS
  178. 178HAJJ
  179. 179HALAKHA
  180. 180HALĒBID
  181. 181HALLĀJ
  182. 182HAMITES AND EAST AFRICA
  183. 183HANDICRAFT
  184. 184HANDS, LAYING ON
  185. 185HANGING
  186. 186ḤANĪFA
  187. 187HAOMA
  188. 188HAPPINESS (Greek and Roman)
  189. 189HARIŚCHANDĪS
  190. 190HARMONY SOCIETY
  191. 191HARPIES
  192. 192HARRANIANS
  193. 193HASAN 'ABDĀL
  194. 194HASAN AL-BAṢRĪ
  195. 195HASIDÆANS, HASIDISM
  196. 196HASTINĀPUR
  197. 197HATRED
  198. 198I. Psychological analysis
  199. 199HEALTH AND GODS OF HEALING (Greek)
  200. 200B. 5
  201. 201HEALTH AND GODS OF HEALING (Roman)
  202. 202HEARTH, HEARTH-GODS
  203. 203HEDONISM
  204. 204HEMACHANDRA
  205. 205HENOTHEISM
  206. 206HERACLITUS
  207. 207HERDER
  208. 208$AB$ : $Ab$ : $aB$ : $ab$
  209. 209LITERATURE
  210. 210HEREDITY (Ethics and Religion)
  211. 211HERESY (Jewish)
  212. 212HERMESIANISM
  213. 213HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
  214. 214HEROES AND HERO-GODS (General and primitive)
  215. 215HEROES AND HERO-GODS (American)
  216. 216HEROES AND HERO-GODS (Babylonian)
  217. 217I. BABYLONIAN HEROES MENTIONED BY BEROSUS
  218. 218III. 1
  219. 219III. 3
  220. 220IV. 3
  221. 221HEROES AND HERO-GODS (Chinese)
  222. 222HEROES AND HERO-GODS (Egyptian)
  223. 223HEROES AND HERO-GODS (Greek and Roman)
  224. 224HEROES AND HERO-GODS (Indian)
  225. 225HEROES AND HERO-GODS (Iranian)
  226. 226HEROES AND HERO-GODS (Japanese)
  227. 227HEROES (Slavic)
  228. 228HESIOD
  229. 229HIERODOULOI (Græco-Roman)
  230. 230LITERATURE
  231. 231HIEROI
  232. 232HIGH PLACE
  233. 233HILLEL
  234. 234HINDUISM
  235. 235BRAHMANISM
  236. 236YOGA
  237. 237ASCETICISM
  238. 238AUSTERITIES
  239. 239BRAHMANISM
  240. 240CELIBACY
  241. 241BRAHMANISM
  242. 242HINGLĀJ
  243. 243I. The development, function, and results of modern historiography
  244. 244HITTITES
  245. 245HOS
  246. 246HOBBES
  247. 247HOFFMANNITES
  248. 248HOLI
  249. 249DEATH AND DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD
  250. 250FIRSTFRUITS
  251. 251HOLY ORDERS
  252. 252HOLY PLACES
  253. 253HOLY SPIRIT
  254. 254HOLY WATER
  255. 255HOLY WEEK
  256. 256HOME
  257. 257HOMER
  258. 258I. RELIGION
  259. 259ETHICS
  260. 260HOOKER
  261. 261HOOLIGANISM
  262. 262HOPE (Christian)
  263. 263HORACE
  264. 264HORNS
  265. 265I. Divinities with horns
  266. 266HORROR
  267. 267HOSPITALITY (Celtic)
  268. 268LITERATURE
  269. 269HOSPITALITY (Christian)
  270. 270HOSPITALITY (Greek and Roman)
  271. 271LITERATURE
  272. 272HOSPITALITY (Semitic)
  273. 273I. IN BABYLONIA AND EGYPT
  274. 274HOSPITALITY (Teutonic and Balto-Slavic)
  275. 275HOTTENTOTS
  276. 276HOURS
  277. 277HOUSE
  278. 278HOVAS
  279. 279HUGUENOTS
  280. 280HUICHOLS
  281. 281HUMANISM
  282. 282HUMANITARIANISM
  283. 283HUMAN SACRIFICE (Introductory and Primitive)
  284. 284HUMAN SACRIFICE (Chinese)
  285. 285LITERATURE
  286. 286HUMAN SACRIFICE (Iranian)
  287. 287HUMAN SACRIFICE (Semitic)
  288. 288HUME
  289. 289HUMOUR
  290. 290HUNGARIANS
  291. 291HUNTING AND FISHING
  292. 292HUNTINGDON'S (COUNTESS OF) CONNEXION
  293. 293HUPA
  294. 294HUTCHINSONIANS
  295. 295HYKSOS

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