Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Volume 10: Picts - Sacraments

The volume opens with a substantial study of the Picts, discussing their name, ethnic and linguistic identity, classical references, traditions of origin, social customs, religion, Christianization, and later historical development. It then treats Pietism and an extensive comparative section on Pilgrimage, including Arabian and Muslim, Babylonian, Buddhist, Christian, Hebrew and Jewish, Indian, and Japanese traditions. Other important articles address Plato and Platonism, Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism, Polytheism, Positivism, Prayer, Priesthood, Prophecy, Purification, Qur’an, Rationalism, Reality, Religion, Religious Orders, Repentance, Righteousness, and Roman Religion.

Buddhist studies are notably represented through articles on pilgrimage, prayer, precepts, priesthood, purification, reality, righteousness, the Pratyekabuddha, and Indian religious orders. Hindu materials include discussions of pilgrimage, priesthood, Purāṇas, Rāmānuja, Rāmakṛṣṇa, Rāmāyaṇa, renunciation, and various devotional movements. Christian traditions receive extensive attention through Protestantism, Reformation movements, ecclesiastical orders, preaching, prayer, sacraments, and denominational histories. The final entries on Sabbath, Sacerdotalism, and Sacraments explore sacred time, priestly mediation, ritual institutions, and sacramental theology across Christian and comparative contexts.