Maªmd of Ghazna 84
maintenance 268
al-Majlis¥ 86
Makerere College, Uganda 107, 108
makotono michi(way of living in
sincerity) 194
Malaysia 140, 145, 146, 147
Malaysian studies 231
Malawi 109, 112, 118, 121
Malinowski, Bronislaw 127
Mäll, Linnart 67
Mallimaci, Fortunato 271
Mallorca, Spain 3
Manchester, England 20
University of 96
Mandaeans, study of 35
Manichaeism 80, 81, 97, 161, 167,
232, 258
Maoism 162
Maori
mythology 223
religion 223, 235
theology 235
Mao Zedong 162–63, 305
maqÇlÇt 81, 83, 85, 86
al-Maqb¥l¥ 86
al-Maqdis¥ 84
al-Maqriz¥ 86
Marburg, Germany 10, 23, 26, 29
Marcos, Sylvia 286
Marcotte, Roxanne 236
marginal groups 203, 286
marginal position
of non-Hindu religions in the study of
religions in south Asia 127, 129
of religious studies in Japanese
universities 203, 208, 309
of Sub-Saharan Africa in the study of
religion 103
Mariátegui, José Carlos 282
Mariz, Cecilia 286
Marquis islands 220
Marr, Nikolai J. 57
Marrakech, Morocco 93
Martin, Dale 266
Martin, Luther 253
Marty, Martin 254
Marx, Karl 9, 165, 309
Marxism 57, 128, 131, 136, 165, 200,
205, 246, 274, 278, 282
theory of religion 163
Marxism-Leninism 162, 179
Marzal, Manuel 283, 285Masaryk University, the Czech Republic
65
Masferrer Kan, Elio 280
Mashad, Iran, University of 93
Maspéro, Henri 59, 258
Massenzio, Marcello 29
Massey University, New Zealand 221,
225, 232, 235
master-disciple relationship 204
Master Hongyi(film) 173
al-Mas’d¥ 83
Matisic, Zdravka 67
matriarchy 61
matsuri 206
Matto de Turner, Clorinda 281–82
Mauss, Marcel 18, 201
Mawdudi, Maulana 136
Maxwell, Patrick 117
Mayaram, Shail 135
Mazdaism 84
Mbiti, John 109, 110, 114–15, 116
McCauley, Robert 251, 253, 320
McCormack, Sabine 266
McDaniel, June 259
McDermott, Rachel 259
McFarland, H. Neill 203
McKenzie, Peter 113
McKibbin, Penny 229
McNeill, William 257
McRae, John 260–61
media 232, 314
electronic 3, 15, 36, 230
mass 173
print 230
and religion 275
visual 183
medicine 144
meditation studies 223
Mediterranean
ancient 256, 265
pre-Christian, religions of 55
region 77
Mehmet the Conqueror 96
Meiji era 193–94, 195, 200
Melanesia 235, 302
Melbourne, Australia 220, 225
University of 221, 231, 233
Melbourne College of Divinity 221, 233
memoir 246
memory 34, 135
Mensching, Gustav 23, 29
Meslin, Michel 34
messianism 272, 284340
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