The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2356 page)

 
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Suffering
:

see
THEODICY
.

 
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Suffering servant
.

The figure in Deutro-
Isaiah
who bears suffering in hope of redemption, perhaps an individual, but understood as Israel in
exile
. It was applied to Jesus.

 
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Suffragan
.

A Christian
bishop
, who gives his suffrage (help). It may be any bishop, subordinate to his
metropolitan
or
archbishop
. In the Church of England, it is a bishop appointed as an assistant to the bishop of a diocese.

 
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Sufi Order in the West
.

Established in London in 1910 by Hazrat Inyat Khan (1882–1927), from Baroda, India. He was succeeded by Pir Vilayat Inyat Khan (b. 1916), eldest son of the founder. The stated aims of the Order are to provide a vehicle for the transmission of spiritual truth in a manner that is consistent with modern, Western culture, and generally to act as a bridge between East and West. This form of the
S
f
way focuses on the evolution of consciousness by realizing the common ground on which all things rest. This is referred to as the state of ‘the one’, the reality of the absolute which people strive to attain and which is found in God,
Buddha
, and
Christ
.

 
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