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al-Aʿrāf
(474 words)
al-Aʿrāf (pl. of
ʿurf, “elevated place”, “crest”), appears in an eschatological judgement scene in Qurʾān 7:46, where a dividing wall is spoken of, which separates the dwellers of Paradise from the dwellers of Hell, and men “who are on the
al-aʿrāf and recognise each by his marks” (Q 7:48, “those of the
al-aʿrāf”). The interpretation of this passage is disputed. Richard Bell makes a doubtful conjecture that the word is
al-iʿrāf and translates: “(Presiding) over the recognition are men, who recognise… .” According to Tor Andrae the “men on the elevated places” are …
Source:
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Date:
2021-07-19
Preface to the second edition
(1,725 words)
This encyclopedia describes empirical Christianity—those facts about the world Christian movement that are measurable. It does this by setting out summaries of the survey data produced every year by a vast decentralized investigation quietly undertaken by churches and religious workers across the world. In fact, for over 150 years now, most of the Christian world’s denominations and agencies have been conducting an annual census which is probably the world’s largest single detailed enumeration. …
Preface to the first edition
(978 words)
In 1968, a group of church demographers met and decided that the time was ripe to undertake, for possibly the first time in Christian history, a comprehensive survey of all branches of global Christianity. It was expected that the task of compiling this resulting encyclopedia would take about three years; in the event, it has taken twelve years. The reason for this lengthy period was that all those originally involved, including the editor, seriously underestimated the immense size and complexit…
DUPREE, LOUIS
(775 words)
Following the completion of his Ph.D. degree, Dupree taught at the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base and Pennsylvania State University. Between 1959 and 1983 he was affiliated with the American Universities Field Staff (A.U.F.S.) as its expert on Afghanistan and Pakistan. A version of this article is available in print Volume VII, Fascicle 6, pp. 588-589
DUPREE, LOUIS (b. Greenville, N.C., 23 August 1925; d. Durham, N.C., 21 March 1989; Plate LIV), American anthropologist who specialized in Afghan studies (Plate XLIV. During World War II Dupree,…
Source:
Encyclopaedia Iranica Online
Date:
2017-09-12
Ritual Texts: Tibet: New Tantras (Gsar ma)
(8,817 words)
The “new” (
gsar ma) tantric ritual literature was the product of the translation activity of the “latter transmission” (
phyi dar) of Buddhist teachings to Tibet, which began in the late 10th century and concluded circa the 14th century, when the flow of texts and practices between Tibet and India was reduced to a trickle. It includes translations of Indian Buddhist works as well as Tibetan ritual literature composed by scholars in the “new” schools of Tibetan Buddhism that were established on the basis of the new …
The Second Quebec Conference Revisited: Waging War, Formulating Peace: Canada, Great Britain, and the United States in 1944-1945
(168 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 13: The U…
Source:
The SHAFR Guide Online
Pinstripes and Reds: An American Ambassador Caught between the State Department and the Romanian Communists, 1981-1985
(116 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 25: The U…
Source:
The SHAFR Guide Online
"Colonies in the Beginning, Examples from North America." In Explorers and Colonies: America, 1500-1625, ed. David B. Quinn, 127-50
(108 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 2: The Se…
Source:
The SHAFR Guide Online
Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part One: 1783-1953
(90 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 11: The U…
Source:
The SHAFR Guide Online
The United States Executive Branch: A Biographical Directory of Heads of State and Cabinet Officials
(132 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 1: Refere…
Source:
The SHAFR Guide Online
"Exploration and the Expansion of Europe." In Explorers and Colonies: America, 1500-1625, ed. David B. Quinn, 127-50
(110 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 2: The Se…
Source:
The SHAFR Guide Online
After the War: The Press In a Changing America, 1865-1900
(190 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 8: Expans…
Source:
The SHAFR Guide Online
Last 100 Days: FDR at War and at Peace
(83 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 13: The U…
Source:
The SHAFR Guide Online
New American World: A Documentary History of North America to 1612. 5 vols
(195 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 2: The Se…
Source:
The SHAFR Guide Online
The Young America Movement
(62 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 3: From t…
Source:
The SHAFR Guide Online
"James I and the Beginning of Empire in America." In Explorers and Colonies: America, 1500-1625, ed. David B. Quinn, 321-39
(98 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 2: The Se…
Source:
The SHAFR Guide Online