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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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RAMAKRISHNA, (1836-1886):

one of the principal figures in the nineteenth century HINDU Renaissance. He trained in the classical TRADITIONS of HINDU MYSTICISM but went beyond the boundaries of Hindu spiritual practice by experiencing ENLIGHTENMENT in a way which embraced both DUALISM and NON-DUALISM. He married but claimed to lead a completely "renounced life" without sexual contact. His wife, rad, was known as the "Holy Mother" and recognized as a SAINT. He abandoned traditional PRIESTLY FOOD, taboos, and spoke of his sense of identification with JESUS OF NAZARETH and ALLAH. His most prominent disciple was VIVEKANANDA.

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