Religion

Kshatriya

Kshatriya: the traditional warrior-ruler varna in South Asia

Kundalini

Kundalini: the coiled spiritual energy in Hindu and Tantric traditions

Kurma

Kurma — Vishnu's Tortoise Avatar

Lakewood Church

Lakewood Church (Houston, Texas)

Lakshmi

Lalmai Chandi Temple

Lalmai Chandi Temple (Chandimura Mandir)

Lamedh

Lamed — Twelfth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet

Lamrim

Lamrim: The Tibetan Buddhist Stages of the Path

Langar

Last Supper

The Last Supper: Christian accounts, rituals, and cultural impact

Latin cross

Latin cross (Crux immissa)

Laxmi Narayan Mandir, Dhaka

Laxmi Narayan Mandir, Dhaka: Hindu temple devoted to Lakshmi

Lay clerk

Lay clerk (lay vicar): professional singer in cathedral and collegiate choirs

Left Hand Path

Lehi

Lehi — prophet and patriarch in the Book of Mormon

Lent

Lent: the Christian season of preparation before Easter

Letter of Jeremiah

Levite

Levite (member of the Israelite tribe of Levi)

Libation

Libation: Ritual Pouring of Liquids in Religious and Cultural Practice

Liberal Christianity

Liberal Christianity: ideas, history, and contemporary significance

Liberation theology

Liberation theology: principles, history, and influence

Linga

Liturgy

Liturgy: Forms, Structure, and Significance

Lollardy

Lollardy: a medieval English movement for religious reform

Lord's Prayer

Lord's Prayer (Our Father, Pater Noster)

Lotus position

Lotus position (Padmasana): description, history, uses, and variations

Lucifer

Lucifer: name, origins, and cultural development

Luther Bible

Lutheran Church–Canada

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod: history, beliefs, and organization

Lutheranism

Macumba

Madh'hab

Maghrebi Jews

Maghrebi Jews (North African Jewish communities)

Mahajir (Pakistan)

Mahayana

Mahayana Buddhism: the Great Vehicle

Mahdavia

Mahdavia (Mahdawi) movement: origins, beliefs, and legacy

Maliki

Mandaeism

Mandir

Manichaeism

Mantle (vesture)

Mantle (ecclesiastical vesture)

Marcionism

Maronite Church

Maronite Church: history, liturgy, and role in Lebanon and the diaspora

Eastern Catholic church of Syriac tradition centered in Lebanon. Overview of origins, liturgy, organization, historical development, cultural identity and contemporary presence.

Marozia

Martinism

Martinism: Christian mystical tradition of reintegration

Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary, mother of Jesus: life, legacy, and religious significance

Masjid al-Haram

Masjid al-Haram — The Sacred Mosque of Mecca