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Terms for subject Religion (3849 entries)

Satanic Church Of America	SCA
Satanic Occult Spectrum	SOS
Sato-kagura	'Village kagura'. A collective term for various types of popular performed at shrines and festivals throughout Japan. They derive to some extent from the classical forms but involve masked players who enact scenes from the Shinto myths and other sources. A narrator usually outlines the action
Sato-miya	"Village shrine'. Part of a two-shrine complex dedicated to the same mountain kami. One shrine, the sato-miya, is located conveniently in or near a village. It is paired with another shrine of the same kami in an inaccessible place, such as high up the mountain. There are two interpretations of the function of a sato-miya. It may be seen as a of the second shrine, or it may be the second home of a kami who travels from the mountain to the plain according to the agricultural cycle. See also
Save A Soul	SAS
Save Old Souls	SOS
Save Our Selves	SOS
Save The Faithless Unbelievers	STFU
Saved By Grace	SBG
Saved By The Cross	SBTC
Savior Of Lost Souls	SLS
Savior's Alliance For Lifting The Truth	SALT
SC	Sources chretiennes
SCAP	Supreme Command Allied Powers. The name of the largely American postwar Occupation administration (1945-51) Changes were brought about by the occupying powers in this period in many areas of Japanese life. Legislation on religion profoundly altered the prewar status and character of Shinto. The Religions Division of the Civil Information and Education Section of SCAP produced the Directive (shinto shirei) which disestablished Shinto, reducing it to the same voluntaristic status as all other religions. In the new of Japan produced under SCAP articles were included guaranteeing religious freedom and a radical USA-style separation of religion and state. The emperor announced that it was not necessary to think of him as a divinity, war memorials and ultranationalist tracts were removed from schools and state support for religion (including shrines) became unconstitutional, so that shrines had to re-group on a voluntary basis if there was to be any network supporting them (see Jinja Honcho) On the other hand the emperor remained in place, as did the shrines, so that a considerable degree of continuity was preserved. Since many shrines had been destroyed by bombing, money was short and there was a general disillusionment about the power of the kami to protect Japan, the occupation period was a time of crisis for shrine priests, as it was for many Japanese people faced with the task of rebuilding their lives in new circumstances. While Shinto has benefited from the Japanese "economic miracle' (for which the kami can be held at least in part responsible, see e.g. Fushimi Inari taisha, Ema etc.) and many shrines have been beautifully reconstructed, the long-term relationship between Shinto, the state and the people was by no means resolved under SCAP, and the question of how far Shinto can adapt in a "market-place" of religions (given e.g. its attitude to women) remains open
School Christian Assembly Team	SCAT
School Of Bible And Theology	SBT
School Of The Prophets	SOTP
Science and the Spiritual Quest	SSQ
Score Another For Sinning Evangelists	SASE
Scripture And Leadership Training	SALT