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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):

RAHNER, Karl (1904-1984):

RAHULABHADRA [Rhula] (6th century B.C.):

RAIKES, Robert (1735-1811):

RAMAKRISHNA, (1836-1886):

RAMANANDA (13th century):

RAMANUJA (1017-1130?):

RAMANA, Maharshi (1879-1951):

RAND, Ayn (1903-1981):

RATIONALIZATION:

RAUSCHENBUSCH, Walter (1861-1918):

REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM:

REFORMED CHURCH:

REFORMED JUDAISM:

REID, Thomas (1710-1796):

REIMARUS, Herman Samuel (1694-1768):

RELIGION AND MODERNITY:

RELIGION, TYPOLOGIES OF REACTION TO MODERNITY:

RELIGIONSGESCHICHTED:

RENAN, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892):

RESURRECTION OF CHRIST:

REVITALIZATION MOVEMENTS:

RICCI, Matteo (1552-1610):

RINZAI:

RITSCHL, Albrecht (1822-1889):

ROBINSON, John A. T. (1919-1983):

ROMAN CATHOLICISM:

ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778):

ROY, RAM MOHAN (1774-1833):

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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RINZAI:

one of the two most important SECTS in ZEN BUDDHISM founded in China in the ninth century and introduced to Japan during the twelfth century. It is distinguished by the practice of ST and unorthodox means to attain ENLIGHTENMENT.