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Terms for subject Religion (3987 entries)

Summer Witness In Missions	SWIM
Summer Workshop In Ministries	SWIM
Sumo	Japanese wrestling. As the "sport of emperors' it is performed in shrines and has acquired many Shinto features, such as the shide on wrestlers" loincloths, the salt sprinkled prior to a contest, and the used to construct the arena. A curious festival called nakizumo (crying sumo) held at the Ikiko jinja, Tochigi in late September features two sumo wrestlers who rock babies in their arms, the winner being the one whose baby cries first
Sunday's At Westminster	SAW
Sunset Youth Ministries	SYM
Super Cool Undersea Bible Adventure	SCUBA
Superior Evolutionary Element Destined	SEED
Superiority For Christ	SFC
Support Empathy Truth	SET
Support Management Information Love And Encouragement	SMILE
Support Meaningful Involvement Love And Education	SMILE
Support Prayer Encouragement And Challenge	SPEC
Support, Truth, Empowerment, And Purpose	STEP
Supreme Allah	SA
Supreme Elemental Evolution Destined	SEED
Supreme Omnipotent Being	SOB
Survivors Of Abusive Religions	SOAR
Susa-no-o (no-mikoto)	The "brother" of Amaterasu, born from the nose of Izanagi during his lustrations in a stream following his narrow escape from the underworld. Susa-no-o is the 'impetuous male' storm-god, author of various boorish and tabooed actions directed against Amaterasu, which cause her to retreat into a cave from which the other 'heavenly deities" then devise a means of luring her (see Iwato-biraki) Despite, or because of, his propensity to inflict disaster Susa-no-o is regarded as a protector against calamity, as in the matsuri held at the most important Susa-no-o temple, the jinja in Kyoto. There are about 3,000 shrines in Japan established with the of Yasaka jinja, where Susa-no-o is identified with tenno, the Ox-head emperor. He is worshipped under a variety of other names which connect him mainly with forestry and agriculture. There are only a dozen shrines, such as the Susa Jinja in Shimane, which revere him under the name Susa-no-o
Sustainable Energy And Economy Network	SEEN
Sustaining Health And Pastoral Excellence	SHAPE