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LEVEL 5

EIGHT: RELIGION
    I. Religion in general
        811. Diverse views about religion
             A. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION(15:591-594)
             B. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION(15:594-595)
                2. d. i. POLYTHEISM(14:784-787)
                          iii. RELIGIOUS DUALISM(5:1066-1070)
                          iv. MONOTHEISM(12:381-384)
                    e. i. DEISM(5:561-563)
                          ii. THEISM(18:265-269)
                          iii. PANTHEISM AND PANENTHEISM(13:948-9540
                          v. ANGELS AND DEMONS(1:871-876)
                    f. i. MYTHS AND DOCTRINES OF CREATION(5:239-243)
                          ii. RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES AND MYTHS OF PROVIDENCE
                              (15:134-136)
                          iii. ESCHATOLOGY(6:958-962)
                          iv. SALVATION(16,:201-204)
                    h. iv. RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES AND MYTHS OF PROVIDENCE(15:134-136)
                          v. REVELATION(15:783-786)
                          vi. SALVATION(16:201-204)
                          vii. MIRACLE(12:269-274)
                          viii. COVENANT(5:226-230)
                          ix. ESCHATOLOGY(6:958-962)
             C. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION(15:585-598)
                1. ATHEISM(2:258-262)
                2. AGNOSTICISM(1:311-314)
                6. a. EXISTENTIALISM(7:73-78)
             D. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION(15:598-603)
             E. THEOLOGY(18:274-276)
        812. Religion as an object of study; religious experience and phenomenology
             A. STUDY OF RELIGION(15:613-627)
                5. CLASSIFICATION OF RELIGIONS(15:628-634)
             B. 1. MAGIC(11:298-302)
                6. SOCIAL ASPECTS OF RELIGION(15:608-611)
             C. RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE(15:647-651)
                5. a. MYSTICISM(12:786-793)
             D. 1. SACRED OR HOLY(16:122-126)
                2. NATURE WORSHIP(12:877-884)
                    b. v. ASTROLOGY(2:219-223)
                    c. iii. ALCHEMY(1:431-436)
                    d. ii. ANIMALS AND PLANTS IN MYTH AND LEGEND(1:911-918)
                3. a. DEATH RITES AND CUSTOMS(5:533-538)
                          iii. ANCESTOR WORSHIP(1:835-837)
                    b. SACRED KINGSHIP(16:118-122)
                    c. HERO WORSHIP(8:822-824)
                          i. PASSAGE RITES(13:1044-1052)
                          ii. DIETARY LAWS AND FOOD CUSTOMS(5:728-736)
                4. a. SOCIAL ASPECTS OF RELIGION(15:606-608)
                    b. i. PRIESTHOOD(14:1007-1012)
                          ii. PROPHECY(15:62-68)
                          iii. SAINT(16:163-167)
                          iv. MONASTICISM(12:335-343)
                          v. DIVINATION(5:916-920)
                          vi. SHAMANISM(16:638-641)
                    c. i. CREED AND CONFESSION(5:243-246)
                          ii. DOCTRINE AND DOGMA(5:927-929)
                          iii. THEOLOGY(18:274-276)
                          iv. SACRED SCRIPTURES(16:126-128)
                          v. MYTH AND MYTHOLOGY(12:793-803)
                    d. i. ASCETICISM(2:135-137)
                          ii. CELIBACY(3:1040-1043)
                          iii. PACIFISM AND NONVIOLENT MOVEMENTS(13:845-853)
                          iv. BIRTH CONTROL(2:1070-1072)
                    e. i. PURIFICATION RITES AND CUSTOMS(15:301-304)
                          ii. SACRAMENT(16:115-118)
                          iii. SACRIFICE(16:128-135)
                          iv. PRAYER(14:948-953)
                          v. RITUAL(15:863-866)
                          vi. CEREMONIAL AND RITUALISTIC OBJECTS(3:1174-1182)
                          vii. RELIGIOUS DRESS AND VESTMENTS(15:634-639)
                    g. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION(15:640-646)
                5. FEAST AND FESTIVAL(7:197-202)
                6. WITCHCRAFT(19:895-900)
     II. Particular religions
        821. Prehistoric religion and primitive religion
             A. PREHISTORIC RELIGION(14:984-989)
             B. PRIMITIVE RELIGION(14:1040-1047)
                2. c. ANIMISM(1:922-924)
                4. c. TOTEMISM(18:529-533)
        822. Religions of ancient peoples
             A. 1. ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN RELIGIONS(12:916-921)
                2. MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGIONS(11:1001-1006)
                    b. MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGIOUS LITERATURE AND MYTHOLOGY
                        (11:1007-1012)
                3. EGYPTIAN RELIGION(6:503-509)
                4. RELIGIONS OF ASIA MINOR(2:189-193)
                5. SYRIAN AND PALESTINIAN RELIGIONS(17:966-969)
                6. ARABIAN RELIGIONS(1:1057-1059)
             B. IRANIAN RELIGIONS(9:867-872)
                4. ZOROASTRIANISM AND PARSIISM(19:1171-1176)
                5. MITHRAISM(12:288-290)
             C. GREEK RELIGION(8:406-410)
                2. GREEK MYTHOLOGY(8:402-406)
             D. ROMAN RELIGION(15:1059-1066)
             E. 1. HELLENISTIC RELIGIONS(8:749-751)
                2. MYSTERY RELIGIONS(12:778-785)
                3. GNOSTICISM(8:214-219)
                4. MANICHAEISM(11:442-447)
             F. 3. SLAVIC RELIGIONS(16:874-876)
             G. 1. CELTIC RELIGION(3:1068-1071)
                2. GERMANIC RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY(8:33-40)
             H. 1. BALTIC RELIGION(2:664-667)
                2. FINNO-UGRIC RELIGION(7:310-313)
             I. 1. INCA RELIGION(9:259-261)
                2. MAYAN RELIGION(11:719-722)
                3. AZTEC RELIGION(1:548-552)
        823. Hinduism and other religions of India
             A. HISTORY OF HINDUISM(8:908-920)
             B. 1. HINDU SACRED LITERATURE(8:932-940)
                2. HINDU MYTHOLOGY(8:927-932)
                3. INDIAN PHILOSOPHY(9:313-317)
                4. HINDU MYSTICISM(8:923-926)
             C. HINDUISM(8:888-907)
                3. c. i. CASTE SYSTEMS(3:982-991)
             D. 1. JAINISM(10:8-14)
                2. SIKHISM(16:743-747)
                3. ZOROASTRIANISM AND PARSIISM(19:1172-1175)
        824. Buddhism
             A. HISTORY OF BUDDHISM(3:403-413)
             B. 1. BUDDHIST SACRED LITERATURE(3:431-441)
                2. BUDDHIST MYTHOLOGY(3:418-424)
                3. BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY(3:425-431)
                4. BUDDHIST MYSTICISM(3:414-418)
             C. BUDDHISM(3:374-402)
        825. Indigenous religions of East Asia: China, Korea, and Japan
             A. CHINESE RELIGION(4:422-428)
                6. CHINESE MYTHOLOGY(4:410-415)
             B. 1. HISTORY OF CONFUCIANISM(4:1099-1103)
                2. CLASSICAL CONFUCIAN TEXTS(4:1104-1107)
                3. CONFUCIANISM(4:1091-1099)
             C. 1. HISTORY OF TAOISM(17:1044-1050)
                2. TAOIST LITERATURE(17:1051-1055)
                3. TAOISM(17:1034-1044)
             D. KOREAN RELIGION(10:530-534)
             E. JAPANESE RELIGION(104-115)
                3. SHINTO(16:671-676)
                6. JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY(10:97-100)
        826. Judaism
             A. HISTORY OF JUDAISM(10:302-328)
             B. 1. BIBLICAL LITERATURE(2:879-938)
                3. TALMUD AND MIDRASH(17:1006-1013)
                4. BIBLICAL EXEGESIS AND HERMENEUTICS(7:60-66)
                5. JEWISH MYSTICISM(10:183-190)
                6. JEWISH PHILOSOPHY(10:208-216)
                7. JEWISH MYTH AND LEGEND(10:191-195)
             C. JUDAISM(10:284-301)
                1. e. MESSIAH AND MESSIANIC MOVEMENTS(11:1017-1018)
                2. c. JEWISH RELIGIOUS YEAR(10:217-222)
        827. Christianity
             A. CHRISTIANITY BEFORE THE SCHISM OF 1054(4:533-545)
                1. b. i. PAPACY(13:955-956)
             B. HISTORY OF EASTERN ORTHODOXY(6:152-162)
             C. HISTORY OF ROMAN CATHOLICISM(15:1002-1019)
                1. a. PAPACY(13:957-959)
             D. HISTORY OF PROTESTANTISM(15:108-120)
                1. REFORMATION(15:547-556)
                    d. PURITANISM(15:304-306)
                2. b. PIETISM(14:455-457)
                    d. PURITANISM(15:306)
                    e. i. PURITANISM(15:306-308)
             E. 1: BIBLICAL LITERATURE(2:879-975)
                    e. BIBLICAL EXEGESIS AND HERMENEUTICS(7:60-68)
                2. PATRISTIC LITERATURE(13:1077-1086)
                5. CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM(4:545-550)
                6. CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY(4:555-562)
                7. CHRISTIAN MYTH AND LEGEND(4:550-554)
             F. CHRISTIANITY(4:459-532)
                3. a. i. CANON LAW(3:773-780)
                    b. iv. CHURCH YEAR(4:600-607)
             G. 1. EASTERN ORTHODOXY(6:142-152)
                2. ROMAN CATHOLICISM(15:985-1002)
                    d. EASTERN RITE CHURCHES(6:162-165)
                3. PROTESTANTISM(15:99-108)
             H. 1. LUTHERAN CHURCHES(11:196-201)
                2. REFORMED AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES(15:557-563)
                3. ANGLICAN COMMUNION(1:886-890)
                4. FREE CHURCHES(7:710-711)
                    c. i. BAPTISTS(2:713-717)
                          ii. DISCIPLES OF CHRIST(5:834-837)
                          iii. CONGREGATIONALISTS(4:1127-1131)
                          iv. METHODISTS(12:60-62)
                          v. FRIENDS(7:743-745)
                          vi. UNITARIANS AND UNIVERSALISTS(18:859-862)
             I. ECUMENISM(6:293-296)
             J. 1. INDEPENDENT CHURCHES OF EASTERN CHRISTIANITY(6:136-141)
                2. b. OLD CATHOLIC CHURCHES(13:552-555)
                3. a. HOLINESS CHURCHES(8:993-996)
                    b. PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES(14:30-35)
                    c. MILLENNIALISM(12:200-203)
                          i. ADVENTISTS(1:100-103)
                          ii. JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES(10:131-132)
                    d. i. MENNONITES(11:904-905)
                          ii. MORAVIAN CHURCH(12:435-437)
                          iii. BRETHREN(3:156-158)
                    e. FUNDAMENTALIST AND EVANGELICAL CHURCHES(7:777-780)
                    f. NEGRO CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES(12:936-942)
                4. a. NEW THOUGHT(13:14-16)
                    b. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE(4:562-564)
                    c. MORMONISM(12:442-444)
        828. Islam
             A. HISTORY OF ISLAM(9:926-937)
             B. 1. QUR'AN(15:341-345)
                2. HADITH(8:536-538)
                3. ISLAMIC LAW(9:938-942)
                4. ISLAMIC THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY(9:1012-1025)
                5. ISLAMIC MYSTICISM(9:943-948)
                6. ISLAMIC MYTH AND LEGEND(9:949-952)
             C. ISLAM(9:911-926)
        829. Other religions and religious movements in the modern world
             A. NEW TRIBAL RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS(18:697-705)
             B. NEGRO CULTS IN THE UNITED STATES(12:942-944)
             C. THEOSOPHY(18:277-278)
             D. SPIRITUALIST GROUPS(17:511-513)
             E. 1. BAHA'I FAITH(2:587-589)
                2. DRUZES(5:1060-1062)
                3. BLACK MUSLIMS(2:1093-1096)
             F. 3. HEALING CULTS(8:685-687)
                4. PHARMACOLOGICAL CULTS(14:199-203)

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