A Dictionary of the Divine

Asatru terms: http://altreligion.about.com/ and http://hem.passagen.se/

Atheist terms: http://members.madasafish.com/

Buddhist terms: http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/

A glossary of Mahayana & Tibetan Buddhism terms: http://users.hunterlink.net.au/

Christian terms:

	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): http://www.kencollins.com/
	Episcopalian: http://www.holycross.net/
	Episcopal/Anglican: http://www.vergers.org/
	Evangelical Christian: http://www.endtimes.org/
	Roman Catholic: http://www.newadvent.org/
	Counter-cult Movement: http://www.watchman.org/

Gnostic terms: http://www.kheper.net/

Hindu terms: http://www.digiserve.com/

Islamic terms: http://www.islam101.com/ and http://www.geocities.com/

Jewish terms: http://www.digiserve.com/ and http://www.ujc.org/

Metaphysical terms: http://thecave.virtualave.net

Mennonite terms: http://www.thirdway.com/

Religion and Society at: http://www.hartfordinstitute.org/

Scientology and Dianetics terms: http://www.scientology.org/

Sikh terms: http://www.sikhs.org and http://www.canteach.ca/

Vampire/Vampyre terms

Wiccan terms: http://www.msu.edu

Zen terms: http://www.symynet.com/ and http://www.geocities.com/

Zoroastrian terms: http://www.avesta.org/

The Glossarist has a list of hyperlinks to -- at last count -- 76 religious glossaries and dictionaries at: http://www.glossarist.com/

	Confusions over the meanings of religious terms
	Differences between definitions of words & phrases used by conservative Christian and by other groups.
	Glossary of terms related to Satanic Ritual Abuse
	Using religious terms in essays, reports, etc.
	Using secular terms in essays, reports, etc. about "hot" religious topics.

The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above essay. The hyperlinks are not necessarily still valid today.

Jim Lawless, "Total Depravity" at: http://www.bibleclass.com/lib/misc/td.htm
Karen Armstrong, "The Battle for God," Knopf, (2000). This book studies Fundamentalism in Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store
David Levinson, "Religion: A cross-cultural dictionary," Oxford University Press, (1998). Read reviews or order this book
The "World Wide Encyclopedia of Christianity" is available online at: http://www.ccel.org/php/wwec.php