The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1489 page)

n
, one of the five Muslim contributors.

 
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RAHNER, KARL
.

 
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(Skt., ‘path’; P
li,
magga
). In Hinduism and Buddhism, the way or path to release or enlightenment.

 
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Mari
.

A Mesopotamian centre of the 3rd millennium BCE. Important documentary finds at Mari have added extensively to our understanding of the organization of early Israelite society, including indications of functionaries resembling
prophets
.

 
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Maria Legio
or Legio Maria
.

The largest independent church with
Roman
Catholic origins in Africa. It arose in Kenya from a heavenly visit experienced in 1962 by a Luo farmer and Roman Catholic catechist, Simeon Ondeto. In 1963, he was joined by a 20-year-old Roman Catholic Luo woman, Gaudencia Aoko after an experience of death and resurrection. Called at first ‘Legion of Mary’, it grew rapidly to over 50,000 members, with several thousands more among Luo migrants in Uganda and Tanzania.

 
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