Encyclopedia of Religion, Volumen 6

Abū ancient animals Asclepius associated Ayurvedic belief bhakti BIBLIOGRAPHY body Buddhist century BCE Christian church classical concept contemporary context Corpus Hermeticum cult cultural death deities disciple disease divine doctrine early earth edited Egypt Egyptian example female festival functions goddess worship gods Grail Greek Gregory guru ḥadīth Haida halakhah halakhic Hasidic healers healing heaven Hellenistic heresy hermeneutics Hermes Hermes Trismegistos Hermetica Hermetism hero Hesiod hierophany Hindu Hinduism human illness images Inanna India interpretation Islam isnād Jewish Judaism king later literature madhhab magic male medicine modern mother movement Muslim mystical myth mythology nature original Orthodox period person philosophy practice prayer priests Prophet Qur'an rabbinic religion religious rites ritual role Roman sacred sacrifice scholars scripture sexual Sikh social society spirit śruti symbolic Talmud teachings temple term texts theology theory tion tradition translated Vedic women York Zeus