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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):
 
RYOBU-SHINTO:
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RAMANANDA (13th century):

a BRAHMIN who rejected the CASTE system to become a leading advocate of BHAKTI. He sought to synthesize HINDUISM and ISLAM and drew his closest disciples from all walks of life including an outcaste and two women. His ideas and the movement he founded influenced the development of the SIKHS and several other sectarian GROUPS which renounced caste and promoted Bhakti

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