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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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ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778):

radical French philosopher who advocated DEISM and a SOCIALIST vision of SOCIETY. Although he wrote at great length an influential book, Emile (1762), about the education of children, he abandoned his own children to almost certain death in the workhouse. His important political work The Social Contract 1762) contains a chapter entitled "CIVIL RELIGION" which has provoked renewed debate in recent years.

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