The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (519 page)

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Chang T’ien Shih
(Celestial Master)
:
Ch’an-na
.
Chin. for
dhy
na
.
Channing, William Ellery
(1780–1842).
American Christian pastor, originally a
Congregationalist
: in the schism between conservatives and liberals, Channing espoused the liberals, rejecting the
Trinity
and the radical consequence of
original sin
. He is thus regarded as a leading
Unitarian
thinker, but he said that he belonged only to ‘the community of free minds’. He supported social reform, though not at first the abolition of slavery. Rebuked for this, he published
Slavery
(1835), which became a key text for the opponents of slavery.
Cha-no-yu
(way of tea)
:
see
CHAD
.
Chantry
.
Provision (Christian) made for the saying (or singing) of
mass
for the souls of the dead, especially for the one making the endowment, but also for family and friends. The term thus applies to the endowment and the office, and also on occasion (if the bequest was large enough) to the chapel in which the masses were said.
Ch’an-tsung
(Jap., zenshu, literally ‘the Ch’an school’). By this term, the different routes or paths in Zen Buddhism are recognized. For details, see
BUDDHIST SCHOOLS
.

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