1617, 1717
in Remembering the Reformation
September 2016; p ublished online August 2016 .
Chapter. Subjects: Christianity. 8484 words.
This chapter focuses on the first two centenary jubilees of the Reformation in 1617 and 1717 and argues that they are similar in many respects. It makes clear that these commemorations were...
1883
in Remembering the Reformation
September 2016; p ublished online August 2016 .
Chapter. Subjects: Christianity. 9087 words.
After briefly mentioning some Reformation-related commemorations that took place after the tercentenary in 1817, this chapter profiles the 400th anniversary of Martin Luther’s birth in 1883...
1893–1914
in An Avant-garde Theological Generation
March 2018; p ublished online April 2018 .
Chapter. Subjects: Christian Theology. 12478 words.
This chapter examines the Catholic Modernists who belonged to the generation of 1890 (Dreyfus). The primary figures include Alfred Loisy, George Tyrrell, Eduard Le Roy, Maurice Blondel, and...
1899–1999
in The Journal of Theological Studies
October 1999; p ublished online October 1999 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Religious Studies. 0 words.
1968
in The Religious Crisis of the 1960s
October 2007; p ublished online January 2008 .
Chapter. Subjects: Religious Studies. 9166 words.
This chapter examines the social and religious upheavals of 1968. In the later 1960s, hopes for speedy and radical changes in both church and society were at a very high level. Christian...
A
in A Dictionary of the Bible
January 2009; p ublished online January 2010 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Biblical Studies. 85 words.
The symbol employed in textual criticism for a MS of the New Testament in Greek written on parchment in Egypt
A
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
January 2000; p ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Religious Studies. 53 words.
Symbol of emptiness (śūnyatā) and of the undifferentiated source of appearance in Zen Buddhism. In Japanese esoteric
A
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
January 2000; p ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Religious Studies. 13 words.
Letter of negation in several languages, as in, e.g., atheism, adharma.
<i>A</i>
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
January 2000; p ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Religious Studies. 28 words.
(Gk., alpha).
First letter of the Greek alphabet, combined with the last, Ω (omega), to refer to God as the
A
in The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism
P ublished online July 2017 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Buddhism. 215 words.
The first vowel and letter in the Sanskrit alphabet. The phoneme “a” is thought to be the source of all
