art, art history 36, 92, 166, 231, 232,
313
concept of 244
as import from ‘West’ 177
arts, the 208, 211
Aryan invasion, alleged 260, 316
Asad, Talal 17, 18, 249
ascetic, asceticism 203, 258, 259
al-Ash‘ar¥al-Qummi 83
Ash‘arite school 84, 85
Asia
Central 34, 57, 58
religions of 63
East 108, 254, 304, 315
religions of 20
religions of 59, 98
religious thought 207
South 2, 84, 254, 304, 305, 311, 317
religions of 67, 268
Southeast 2, 140, 304, 305, 313, 317
West 98, 142, 304, 305, 307, 318
ancient 29, 59, 221, 223, 225, 265
nomenclature 76–77
relations with North America and
Western Europe 76
religions of 64
Asian studies 97, 98, 201, 231
Asmussen, Jes P. 28
Asociación de Cientistas Sociales de la
Religión en el Mercosur 270, 272
Asociación Latinoamericana para el
Estudio de las Religiones 270
Assemblies of God 233
Assmann, Jan 16, 34
Associação Brasileira de Antropologia
276
Associação Brasileira de História das
Religiões 276
Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação
e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais
276
Association for Korean New Religions
182
Association for Korean Shamanistic
Studies 182
Association for the Study of Religions in
Southern Africa 119
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
140
Association of Theological Institutions in
Southern and Central Africa 119
associations, professional 20, 119, 164,
228
Assumption University, Thailand 142–43
astronomy 313
Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal 96
atheism 162, 164
in pre-colonial Africa 105, 319
methodological 33
scientific 52
Athos, Mount 54
Atran, Scott 253
Aubrée, Marion 286
Auckland, New Zealand 221
Religious Studies colloquium 230
University of 228, 232
Aum Shinrikyo 205
Aune, David 265
Australia 5, 26, 88, 303, 304, 311, 312,
316, 317, 319
indigenous religions of 224
Northern Territory 219
South 222
Western 222
Australian Academy of the Humanities
225
Australian and New Zealand
Association of Theological
Schools 230
Australian Association for Byzantine
Studies 230
Australian Association for the Study of
Religion 228–29, 230, 231–32,
233, 236, 303
Australian Bicentennial Authority 224
Australian Broadcasting Commission
230
Australian Capital Territory 222
Australian Catholic University 222, 227
Australian College of Theology 221
Australian National University 222, 227,
231
Austria 2, 3, 24, 66
Avesta 57
ayahuasca 275
Aymara people, Peru 282
Aziz, Khursheed Kamal 137
Aztecs 267, 280
Baal, Jan van 33
Baaren, Theo van 32
Baath Party, Syria 93
Babinger, Franz 62
Bäckman, Louise 35
Bacon, Francis 136
Bacot, Jean 59
1111
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1011
1
2
3111
4 5 6 7 8 9
20111
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
30111
1
2
3
4
35
6
7
8
9
40111
42222
3
411
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