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World Religions
Biographies
World Religions
Biographies
VOLUME 1
Michael J. O’Neal and J. Sydney Jones
Neil Schlager and Jayne Weisblatt, Editors
World Religions: Biographies
Written by Michael J. O’Neal and J. Sydney Jones
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World religions reference library / edited by Neil Schlager and Jayne Weisblatt;
written by J. Sydney Jones and Michael O’Neal; Nancy Matuszak, content project editor.
p. cm. -- (World religions reference library)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Reader’s Guide
ix
Timeline of Events
xiii
Words to Know
xix
VOLUME 1
Abraham
1
Akhenaten
9
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h
41
Black Elk
51
The Buddha
59
Caitanya Mahaprabhu
67
John Calvin
75
Confucius
83
Dalai Lama
91
Dayananda Sarasvati
101
Anagarika Dharmapala
107
Dipa Ma
115
Enheduanna
121
Mahatma Gandhi
129
Gerald Brousseau Gardner
137
v
Al¯ ibn Ab¯ T
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lib
17
Anaxagoras
25
Aristotle
33
Bah
´
u
CONTENTS
Abu H¯mid Muhammad al-Ghaz¯l¯
145
Gobind Singh
153
Ibn Khald
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n
163
Israel ben Eliezer
171
Jal
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l ad-D
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¯
179
Jesus Christ
187
Khadijah
195
Where to Learn More
xxxvii
Index
xxxix
VOLUME 2
Laozi
203
Nechama Leibowitz
211
Ignatius of Loyola
217
Martin Luther
225
Madhva
235
Mahavira
241
Moses Maimonides
249
Karl Marx
257
Moses Mendelssohn
267
Moses
277
Muhammad
285
Nichiren
293
Saint Paul
301
Plato
311
R¯bi
vi
World Religions: Biographies
ah al-Adawiyah
319
Ramanuja
327
Mother Maria Skobtsova
335
Malidoma Patrice Som
´
343
Mother Teresa
351
Thich Nhat Hanh
359
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
367
Usuman Dan Fodio
375
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