The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1090 page)

BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
9.63Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Infancy Gospels
.
The
apocryphal
gospels retailing stories about the birth and childhood of Jesus. The best known are the
Protogospel of James
(2nd cent.),
Infancy Gospel of Thomas
(a little later?), and
Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
(8th or 9th cent.).
Infant baptism
:
Infralapsarians
(relation of election to Fall)
:
Inga
.
The cause-and-effect nature of
karma
(cf.
innen
) in Zen Buddhism.
Ingathering of the exiles
(Heb.,
kibbutz galuyyot
). The return of Jewish exiles to the
Promised Land
. Since the establishment of the modern State of Israel, the ingathering is often now understood as the immigration of Jews from over a hundred countries to the land of their forefathers, and is thus divested of the messianic character. See also
GALUT
.
Ingen
(introducer of
baku-sh
to Japan)
:

Other books

Tropical Storm by Graham, Stefanie
Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor
Love Entwined by Danita Minnis
One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury
The Beautiful Visit by Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Strategist by John Hardy Bell
Fish Tails by Sheri S. Tepper