refutations 81, 85, 86
Regamey, Constantin 62
reiki 272
relativism, cultural 246
release, rescue 175
relics 266
religion(s) 137
‘after religion’ 177
among children 253
‘before religion’ 177
comparative 4, 16, 20, 56, 97, 117,
141, 143, 147, 160, 194, 196,
222, 223, 235, 243, 312
concept of 11, 17–18, 51, 76, 78,
109, 110–11, 117, 145–46,
147, 176–77, 178, 182, 183,
184, 192, 194, 195, 198, 203,
204, 205, 211, 243–44, 248,
249, 312–13, 318
dat 78
dharm 312
d¥n 78–79, 313
jongkyo 175
madhab(pl. adyÇn) 78
psychological 197–98
not simply Protestant or liberal
198
religio 244
shkyÿ192, 194, 312
see also hishkyÿand mushkyÿ
zongjiao 160
and contemporary culture 226
critique of 104, 163
cultural (in China) 167–69
as culture 164–67
discrediting of 52
eastern 223, 224, 280
emotion in 256, 262
essence or core of 110, 194, 198,
200
evolution of 198, 281, 283
folk, popular 30, 146, 176, 178, 202,
281, 283, 286
history of 20, 21, 24, 59, 96, 116,
178, 179, 203, 224, 243, 250,
302
‘first’ 85, 318
institutionalized 271
Marxist theory of 163
masculine 36, 257
non-traditional 224
as opium 164–65
as an organization 192
origin of 179, 198, 281
practice of 211
primal 223, 226
revival of, in China 163
as sui generis 19, 197, 206
universal definitions of 197
see also san-jiao
Religionsgeschichtliche Schule 201
Religionswissenschaft63, 88, 243
religiosity without religion 275
‘religious culture’, in Korea 182, 184
‘religious culture fever’, in China 168
religious education 31, 96, 118
Religious Information Research Center,
Japan 207
religious studies
1960s as formative period 304–10
‘academic’ 87–90
autonomy of 277
in British colonies 106
conceptualization of 112, 139
critical approach(es) 194, 211
critique of ‘Western’ approaches 137
as discipline 2, 181
empirical 201, 206
as field 2, 181
in Europe 109–10, 111, 140, 179,
203
histories of 20, 21, 184
identity of 181
influence on practice of religion 168,
174
in North America 109–10, 111, 140,
179, 203
in primary and secondary schools 31,
234, 314
see alsoreligious education
institutional basis for 234
institutionalization of 311–13
internationalization of, in Japan 211
lack of
in Belgian, French, and Portuguese
colonies in Africa 106, 308
in Pacific Islands 232
lack of independent academic unit for
127, 147, 311–13
modern 87, 192
shkyÿgaku 193 – 94, 200, 205
multidisciplinary approaches in 109,
111–12, 116, 119, 120, 143, 144,
147, 167, 228
oriented to understanding 192, 198,
206
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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