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Terms for subject Religion (3987 entries)

Rosary - Gold Lustre	RGL
Round- Up Fellowship	RUF
Rowan Helping Ministries	RHM
RTH	Ruth
Rulers Under Satan's Hand	RUSH
Rural Workers Fellowship	RWF
Russian Orthodox Church	ROC
Ryobu Shinto	"Two-sided" or "Dual" Shinto. The full name is Ryobu shugo shinto or Daishiryu-shinto. An interpretation of kami beliefs and practices developed in the period and maintained by the school of esoteric Buddhism. It holds that the sun deity Amaterasu enshrined at Jingu is a manifestation (see Gongen, Honji-suijaku) of the Buddha Dainichi ('Great Sun', Sk. Mahavairochana) Through such theories the status of the native kami was raised from "protectors" of Buddhism to that of beings in need of salvation, and ultimately, through the notion of hongaku or innate enlightenment, to that of living beings potentially equal to the enlightened: A derivative theory which reversed the status of kami and Buddhas was proposed by Yoshida, Kanetomo ; see Han-honji-suijaku. Cf. Sanno-ichijitsu-shinto
Ryobu shugo shinto	Literally "Two sided compromise Shinto"
Ryobu shugo shinto	Ryobu Shinto
Ryugu	The dragon-palace, the other world. See
Ryujin	The dragon-deity. A Chinese and Buddhist deity worshipped in a number of Shinto shrines and associated with water. His undersea or other-worldly realm is ryugu, the palace of the dragon. He is widely invoked as a benevolent family or village oracle (takusen matsuri) See also Jingu
Ryukyu	The group of southernmost islands stretching almost to Taiwan and forming the semi-independent old kingdom of Ryukyu, which became fully part of Japan in 1868, though at the same time maintaining tributary links with China. In the resulting dispute the king of Ryukyu was taken captive to Tokyo and the Ryukyus were incorporated into Japan under the name of Okinawa prefecture. The two main islands are Okinawa and Amami-oshima. Surviving folk customs of the Ryukyus including the activities of female shamans (cf. miko) have provided important insights into the development of Japanese religions. It is a local custom that all women of Okinawa who have reached the age of 30 are initiated as nanchu (the equivalent of miko) in a solemn ceremony called izaiho held once every twelve years (November 15-18 by the old lunar calendar) Shrines and other religious organisations in Okinawa were transferred to the status of Religious Juridical persons only in 1971, when Okinawa reverted (from post-1945 United States rule) to Japan
Sabbath Keeping Youth	SKY
Sacrament Most Holy	SMH
Sacred Heart Cemetery	SHC
Sacred Heart Organization Of Catholic Kids	SHOCK
Sacrifice, Teamwork, And Faith	STAF
Sae no kami	"Sae" has the meaning of 'to block" and sae no kami are deities of the boundary. This kami is represented by a large rock and is believed to prevent evil spirits and malign influences entering the village at crossroads. He is found in the at the boundary between the world of the living and the dead, and between the sexes, hence sae no kami's association with procreation and fertility as well as village boundaries (see Dosojin) He is popularly associated, as the guardian deity of boundaries and children, with the Jizo, widely venerated as the protector of mizuko (aborted or miscarried foetuses) in modern Japan
Safety Awareness Faith Empowerment	SAFE