The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2370 page)

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Sumbulon
(Christian creed):
Sumeru
(sacred mountain in Indian religions):
see
MERU
.
Summa
.
‘Total’ or ‘totality’, used by medieval writers to denote a compendium of theology, philosophy, or canon law. They became handbooks for the
Scholastics
, succeeding
Peter Lombard's
Sentences
, and consisted of ‘questions’ systematically arranged. The most famous are
Aquinas'
Summa Theologiae
and
Summa contra Gentiles
.
Sumohadiwidjojo, Muhammad Subuh
(founder):
see
SUBUD
.
Sundar Singh, Sadhu
(1889–
c.
1929).
Indian Christian teacher and mystic. Born of wealthy Sikh parents (though describing himself as a seeker, not a Sikh), he was converted to Christianity by a vision, and in 1905 was baptized into the Anglican Church. He wore the robe of a
s
dhu
to point to the possibility of Christianity in a Hindu context. His Eastern connections aroused great interest in Europe (shown in the writings of B. H. Streeter and N.
Söderblom
among others), but in Germany also some accusations that he was a charlatan or a victim of his own fantasies. He was last heard of in Apr. 1929.

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