...o have wanted to keep his personal relationship with Socrates a completely private matter. INTRODUCTION vii duation” meant attaining a state of unity... ...d coverings in church. When it comes to indigenous populations, it becomes virtually or totally impossible to distinguish between daily life and relig... ... act of loving is made manifest. At first glance the two statements appear virtually identical. But when we examine how they are used, we find that qu... ...creed which is accompanied by a set of intellectu- al teachings about God. Virtually from their beginning, main- stream Judaism and Christianity place... ...l. But in most parts of the Empire problems were easily avoided. Held in a private home, the Christians’ meal of bread and wine hardly gave Roman auth... ... Last Supper which our whole, Christian meetings were tolerated if held in private. Secret meetings, such as those held in the catacombs, were the exc... ... by outsiders and particularly the imperial authorities, provided a social network for this “something radical.” This may be the reason why Chris- THE... ...21). In their interconnections, all existing entities and creatures form a network of brotherhood of beings which conjointly manifest Wakan Tanka’s po... ...alisms in Iroquois metaphysics. In Iroquois metaphysics there is a sort of network of good entities and creatures that is constantly threat- ened and ...