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Concise Dictionary of Religion


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RA:
 
RABBI:
 
RABINIC JUDAISM:
 
RABI'AH al-ADAWYYA (717-801):
 
RAD, Gerhard von (1901-1971):
 
RADCLIFFE-BROWN, Alfred Reginald (1881-1955):
 
RADHA SOAMI MOVEMENT:
 
RADHAKRISHNAN, Sarvepalli (1888-1975):
 
RAHIT:
 
RAHNER, Karl (1904-1984):
 
RAHULABHADRA [Rhula] (6th century B.C.):
 
RAIKES, Robert (1735-1811):
 
RAJAGHA:
 
RAMA:
 
RAMADAN:
 
RAMAKRISHNA, (1836-1886):
 
RAMANANDA (13th century):
 
RAMANUJA (1017-1130?):
 
RAMANA, Maharshi (1879-1951):
 
RAMYANA:
 
RAMTHA:
 
RAND, Ayn (1903-1981):
 
RAPTURE:
 
RASTAFARIAN:
 
RATIONAL:
 
RATIONALISM:
 
RATIONALIZATION:
 
RAUSCHENBUSCH, Walter (1861-1918):
 
REACTIONARY:
 
REALISM:
 
REALITY:
 
REASON:
 
REBIRTH:
 
REDEMPTION:
 
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM:
 
REDUCTIONISM:
 
REFORM:
 
REFORMATION:
 
REFORMED CHURCH:
 
REFORMED JUDAISM:
 
REFORMED:
 
REFORMER:
 
REGENERATION:
 
REID, Thomas (1710-1796):
 
REIFICATION:
 
REIFY:
 
REIMARUS, Herman Samuel (1694-1768):
 
REINCARNATION:
 
RELATIONAL:
 
RELATIVISM:
 
RELATIVITY:
 
RELIGION AND MODERNITY:
 
RELIGION, TYPOLOGIES OF REACTION TO MODERNITY:
 
RELIGION:
 
RELIGIONSGESCHICHTED:
 
RENAISSANCE:
 
RENAN, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892):
 
REQUIEM:
 
RERUM NOVARUM:
 
RESURRECTION:
 
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST:
 
RETALIATION:
 
REVELATION:
 
REVITALIZATION MOVEMENTS:
 
REVIVALISM:
 
REVOLUTION:
 
RG VEDA:
 
RHETORIC:
 
RICCI, Matteo (1552-1610):
 
RIG VEDA:
 
RIGHTEOUSNESS:
 
RINZAI:
 
RITSCHL, Albrecht (1822-1889):
 
RITUAL:
 
ROBINSON, John A. T. (1919-1983):
 
ROMAN CATHOLICISM:
 
ROMANTICISM:
 
ROSARIES:
 
ROSICRUCIANS:
 
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778):
 
ROY, RAM MOHAN (1774-1833):
 
RTA:
 
RUSHDOONY, Rousas John (1916-):
 
RUSKIN, John (1819-1900):
 
RUSSELL, Bertrand Arthur William Earl (1872-1970):
 
RUSSELL, Charles Taze (1852-1916):
 
RUTHERFORD, Joseph Franklin, "Judge" (1869-1941):
 
RUTHERFORD, Samuel (1600-1661):
 
RYLE, Gilbert (1900-1976):
 
RYLE, John Charles, "J. C." (1816-1900):
 
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RADCLIFFE-BROWN, Alfred Reginald (1881-1955):

British ANTHROPOLOGIST and first professor of SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY at the University of Oxford. He pioneered the techniques of FIELDWORK and PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION. His works include Structure and Function in Primitive Society (1952) and Method in Anthropology (1958).

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