The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2702 page)

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World-affirming
,
World-denying
(categorization of sects):
see
SECTS
.
World Alliance of Reformed Churches:
World Buddhist Sangha Council:
see
SA
GHA
.
World Council of Churches:
World Fellowship of Buddhists
.
Founded in 1950 by a Sinhalese Buddhist, Malalasekera. Its objective is to spread understanding of Buddhism and to reconcile the divergent styles and teachings of Buddhism.
World protectors
(in Buddhism):
Worlds, The four
.
Jewish kabbalistic doctrine. The kabbalists identified four stages in the creation process which correspond to the four letters of the
tetragrammaton
: the world of Azilut (the source of all being), Beriah (creation), Yezirah (formation), and Asiyyah (angelic world).

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