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religion
religion a system of thought, feeling, and action that is shared by a group and that gives the members an object of devotion; a code of behavior by which individuals may judge the personal and social consequences of their actions; and a frame of reference by which individuals may relate to their gr... Read more
Roman religion
Roman religion the religious beliefs and practices of the people of ancient Rome. The spirits were held in awe and were placated with offerings and prayers. Origins and Development The indigenous Italic religion, which was the nucleus of the religion of ancient Rome, was essentially animi... Read more
Bacchus
Bacchus , in Roman religion and mythology, god of wine; in Greek mythology, Dionysus . Dionysus was also the god of tillage and law giving. He was worshiped at Delphi and at the spring festival, the Great Dionysia. In Rome, the mysteries of his cult were closely guarded, and he was identified with ... Read more
mysteries
mysteries in Greek and Roman religion, some important secret cults. The conventional religions of both Greeks and Romans were alike in consisting principally of propitiation and prayers for the good of the city-state, the tribe, or the family, and only secondarily of the person. Individuals sought ... Read more
Cornelis Petrus Tiele
Cornelis Petrus Tiele , 1830-1902, Dutch theologian and author of a number of valuable works on the history of religion. Important is his Outlines of the History of Religion (1876, tr. 1877). ... Read more
Demeter
Demeter , in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of harvest and fertility; daughter of Kronos and Rhea. She was the mother of Persephone by Zeus. When Pluto abducted Persephone, Demeter grieved so inconsolably that the earth became barren through her neglect. Searching for her daughter, she wand... Read more
Tethys
Tethys in Greek religion and mythology, a Titan, daughter of Gaea and Uranus. She was the wife of the seagod Oceanus and the mother of the Oceanids. ... Read more
Mithra
Mithra , ancient god of Persia and India (where he was called Mitra). Until the 6th cent. BC, Mithra was apparently a minor figure in the Zoroastrian system. Under the Achaemenids, Mithra became increasingly important, until he appeared in the 5th cent. BC as the principal Persian deity, the god of ... Read more
Auguste Sabatier
Auguste Sabatier , 1839-1901, French Protestant theologian. He was professor (1867-72) of reformed dogmatics at Strasbourg, and from 1877 until his death he was a member of the Protestant theological faculty of the Sorbonne, Paris. Sabatier became noted as a liberal theologian, stressing the subject... Read more
Greek religion
Greek religion religious beliefs and practices of the ancient inhabitants of the region of Greece. Origins Although its exact origins are lost in time, Greek religion is thought to date from about the period of the Aryan invasions of the 2d millennium BC Those invaders encountered two o... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "mystery religion"

Chapter 4: Mystery Religions and Cults
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained Chapter 4 Mystery Religions and Cults Throughout the history of organized religion there have been congregants who became dissatisfied...groups were considered heretical by the mainstream religions, and were branded as "cults." In other instances... Read more
Greek Mystery Schools
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained ...automatically at birth, there were the "mystery religions," which required elaborate...qualify for membership. The mystery religions were concerned with the spiritual...consensus that the most important mystery religions of Greece — the Eleusinian... Read more
Contemporary Mystery Schools and Reincarnation
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained Contemporary Mystery Schools and Reincarnation...and dogmas of structured religion to be too inhibiting, too...Absolute. While the ancient mystery schools were built upon...goddess, the contemporary mystery schools have been built... Read more
mysteries
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition in Greek and Roman religion, some important secret cults. The conventional religions of both Greeks and Romans were alike...Individuals sought a more emotional religion that would fulfill their desires for...indigenous rites. The most important mystery cults in Greece were the Eleusinian, the Orphic, ... Read more
The Mystery Schools
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained ...The followers of the state religion could worship the god or...In addition to the state religion into which every Greek belonged...birth, there were also the "mystery religions," which required elaborate...qualify for membership. The mystery religions were concerned with the ... Read more
Christian Mystery Schools, Cults, Heresies
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained Christian Mystery Schools, Cults, Heresies T he Christian Mystery Schools were largely condemned by the early Church Fathers...any additional blendings of Christianity with the Old Religions. Christianity was a young religion when compared to the worship of the Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and other ... Read more
Egyptian Mystery Schools
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained Egyptian Mystery Schools F or more than 3,000 years, the mystery schools of Egypt have epitomized the ultimate in secret...that the great teachers who presided over the Egyptian mystery schools had to have come from some extraordinary place...he was considered a god and became the founder of the ... Read more
Chapter 9: Places of Mystery and Power
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained Chapter 9 Places of Mystery and Power This chapter visits many sites sacred to world religions, examines the theories of lost civilizations, and evaluates places that harbor ancient mysteries — both legendary and real. Read more
Chapter 1: Afterlife Mysteries
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained ...humans survive physical death? And if so, are they born again? The mystery of what lies on the other side of death has given birth to humankind's magic, mysticisms, religions, and all the diverse creatures of Light and Darkness that populate... Read more
Tribal Mysteries
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained ...Christianity — the majority religion of the conqueror and the slave owner...regarded their culture, customs, and religion as innately superior. Thus, a deeper...Some missionaries dealt with the mystery in the same manner that the early...the perennial dictionary of world religions. san ... Read more

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mystery
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...early Church were the pagan mystery religions in which initiates were admitted...risen from the grave. Similar mystery religions were founded on the legends...some of the features of these mystery religions may have been incorporated... Read more
mysteries
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable mysteries the secret rites of Greek and Roman pagan religion, or of any ancient or tribal religion, to which only initiates are admitted. Read more
Knowledge
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...human competence in most religions. Gnosis (Gk., ‘knowledge...Hellenistic world, leading to both mystery religions (with initiates alone gaining...knowledge) and to gnostic religions. Christian history unfolds...x2BF;a is suspect. In Indian religions, the tension is equally evident... Read more
Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...Italian nobleman, scholar, and writer on philosophy and religion. Besides being a classical scholar, he knew Hebrew, Aramaic...generous view of the existence of truth in non-Christian religions and was an early exponent of syncretism . Read more
Isis
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...Greece, and Rome, where she was identified with various local goddesses, and became the focus of one of the major mystery religions, involving enactment of the myth of the death and resurrection of Osiris . Read more
new birth
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...same doctrine but a different vocabulary in Rom. 6: 3–4. The terms of 1 Pet. were also common in the pagan mystery religions, and it has been suggested that if 1 Pet. is a late and pseudonymous document, it could have been influenced by... Read more
mysticism
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...increased interest in the subject. Language connected with ‘mystery’ was common in the early Church; its use depends on...hand, by the quest for mystical elements common to different religions, and on the other, by attempts to identify a specifically Christian... Read more
syncretism
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible syncretism A combination of two religions, as in Israel when the worship of Yahweh , who had led...theory that Paul blended primitive Christianity with pagan mystery religions of a dying and rising god has had powerful and attractive... Read more
rationalization
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology ...progressive disenchantment of the world, the eradication of mystery, emotion, tradition, and affectivity, and its replacement by...by Weber to affect economic life, law, administration, and religion. It underpins the emergence of capitalism , bureaucracy , and... Read more
Mithra
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Mithra. God worshipped in four different religions: in Hinduism (as Mitra ); in Zoroastrianism (Mithra); in Manichaeism (Mithra), and in the Roman Mithraic mysteries (Mithras). Why... Read more

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Inside the spiritual Jacuzzi: what JewBus, Unitarian Pagans, and the Hot Tub Mystery Religion tell us about traditional faiths.(amalgamated faith groups)
Magazine article from: Reason; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Dallas area called the Hot Tub Mystery Religion. Its adherents hold to no particular...constitute one of the smallest religions in the world: With well under...faith. Atheists have long regarded religion as, at best, a collective work... Read more
Resurrection makes sense as only mystery can.(Religion)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 4/11/2009; 528 words ; ...the raised body. While grounded in the mystery of God - the awareness of being related...adventurous and curious, I taste-tested other religions to find that sense. One day, not long...vibrant, simple beauty. The sense of mystery found me: I had been dead and brought...truth in my life and made sense as ... Read more
Filling in the gaps. (unseen mysteries in science, psychology and religion)(Column)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 3/24/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...All the more so because of opposition by my parents who felt religion to be an unhealthy superstition best avoided. (Intellectuals...recognize, resonate with, or remember Newman's paean to the mystery of animal life. The animals, he maintains, give us a message... Read more
Mystery of life through death.(Religion)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 4/19/2003; 498 words ; ...greatest hopelessness, encounter occurs. The mystery of this Easter story hinges on that small...human grief to again reveal the unitive mystery: I am with you. I have always been with...rising to new life: This is the Easter mystery of life through death, a mystery that... Read more
Downloading the mysteries.(religion and the internet)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 3/30/2001; ; 695 words ; ...Sunday obligation? The line of questioning still holds. Can mystery light up our lives if it has to pass first through a screen...theologians. For now, I'll play it safe and savor the greatest mystery of them all: that I can stick a message in a bottle and toss... Read more
Expanding mystery.(religion and genome research)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 3/14/2001; ; 481 words ; ...About science, and about research into things like the human genome, Berry observes: The radii of knowledge have only pushed back and enlarged the circumference of mystery. We live in a world famous for its ability both to surprise and deceive us. Read more
The Mystery of the Child.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 10/16/2007; ; 700+ words ; The Mystery of the Child. By...people accused religion scholars of ignoring...reclaim the role of religion in redefining them. The Mystery of the Child is...The Child in Law, Religion, and Society. Also...sentimental about their mystery. Starkly stated...those of other religions ... Read more
The Mystery We Celebrate, The Song We Sing.(The Mystery We Celebrate, the Song We Sing: A Theology of Liturgical Music)(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch; 7/1/2008; 113 words ; The Mystery We Celebrate, The Song We...com Music has been a part of religion for as long as both existed. The Mystery We Celebrate, The Song We...relevance and its contributions to religion as a whole. A scholarly examination...enhanced with an index, The Mystery We Celebrate, The Song We... Read more
The Mystery We Celebrate, The Song We Sing.(The Mystery We Celebrate, The Song We Sing: A Theology of Liturgical Music)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Bookwatch; 7/1/2008; 113 words ; The Mystery We Celebrate, The Song We...com Music has been a part of religion for as long as both existed. The Mystery We Celebrate, The Song We...relevance and its contributions to religion as a whole. A scholarly examination...enhanced with an index, The Mystery We Celebrate, The Song We... Read more
Mystery and science ...(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 3/11/2008; ; 124 words ; ...Atkinson has really captured the mystery and delight of first-person...more explicit answer to the mystery of the proper relationship between ostensibly revealed religion and science. Is religion the equivalent of his snow-stalker... Read more