Propitiation
51Western Shugden Society — Infobox Organization name = Western Shugden Society image border = size = caption = msize = mcaption = abbreviation = WSS motto = formation = 2008 type = community or confederation status = purpose = Freedom of religion headquarters = location =… …
52Bon — /bon/; Fr. /bawonn/, n. Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943. Also called Ras Addar. /bawn/, n. an annual festival of the Japanese Buddhists, welcoming ancestral spirits to household altars …
53Bön — /bohn/, n. a shamanistic Tibetan sect, absorbed by the first Buddhist sects of the 7th century and later. * * * I Indigenous religion of Tibet. It was originally concerned with magical propitiation of demonic forces, and its practices included… …
54sacrifice — sacrificeable, adj. sacrificer, n. /sak reuh fuys /, n., v., sacrificed, sacrificing. n. 1. the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage. 2. the person, animal, or thing so… …
55Religion — • The voluntary subjection of oneself to God Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Religion Religion † …
56Christian Calendar — Christian Calendar † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christian Calendar GENERALITIES All civilized peoples and even those which seem to be only just emerging from utter barbarism keep some kind of record of the flight of time and are… …
57Burmese dance — A village group dance in the early 1900s Traditio …
58Atonement in Christianity — For other uses, see Atonement. Part of a series on Atonement in Christianity Moral inf …
59ANCÊTRES (CULTE DES) — Selon les régions et les époques, le culte des ancêtres revêt deux aspects différents, suivant qu’il s’adresse à l’ensemble des ancêtres ou à un héros particulier: ancêtre mythique, dispensateur des éléments de culture, organisateur des… …
60BOUDDHISME - Bouddhisme tibétain — Selon la tradition tibétaine, le bouddhisme fut introduit au Tibet au VIIe siècle, en même temps que l’écriture était inventée et que le pays entrait dans l’histoire grâce à une expansion rapide qui inquiéta la Chine au point qu’un chapitre… …
