origins of 16–17, 31, 219
outside of departments of religious
studies 147, 231, 271
personal prequisites for scholars 198
position in contemporary universities
311
postmodern, in Europe and North
America 205
pre-modern 78–87
‘proto-scientific’ 82
rationalistic 192
revival of, in China 163
and right-wing politics 248–49, 305
see alsofascism, National Socialism
share of university faculty 307
social role of 205, 211, 284
social scientific 274
students in 25–26
teaching staff 26
terminology 5, 7, 24, 62–63, 76,
251–52, 318
and theology 233
UNESCO classification of 309
see alsodemarcation
Rémusat, Abel 64
Renan, Ernest 56
Ren Ji-yu 162, 165
Renmin University, China 167
Research Network on European History
of Religions 37
Ress, Mary Judith 285
Ricci, Mateo 160, 169
Ricoeur, Paul 252
Ries, Julien 19
Ringgren, Helmer 21, 28
rites of passage 114
Ritner, Robert 265
ritual 59, 180, 183, 195, 204, 249,
250–52, 272, 283
of fertility 273
see alsomyth and ritual complex
Ritzer, George 215
Riverina College of Advanced
Education, Australia 222
Robert College, Istanbul 91–92
Robertson, Roland 315
Robinson, Joanne 266
Robinson, Rowena 130, 311
Roehampton, England 3
Roerich, George Nicolai 57, 60
Romania 2, 51, 52, 56, 58, 62, 64, 65,
66, 305
folklore of 64history of 58
Romanian Academy 58
Romanticism, European 17, 58
Rome, Italy 23, 30, 57
ancient
culture of 55
religions of 20, 64, 65, 223
conference 32
School of 30
University of 22
Rosicrucianism 54
Roth, Harold 264
Rowe, John 282
Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies,
Amman 94, 98
Rozenberg, Otto O. 58
Rudolph, Kurt 16–17
Rujiao 170
see alsoConfucianism
Rule, Paul 222, 225, 226
Russia 51, 52, 54, 62, 63, 65, 67, 177
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
67
Russian Imperial Academy, St Petersburg
54, 58, 63, 64
Ryba, Thomas 6Sabbatucci, Dario 17, 30, 243
Sabians 83
sacred, the; sacredness 18, 175, 203,
251, 312
Japanese alternative to (hare, ke,
kegare) 203
sacrifice 130, 225, 248, 267
Saeed, Javaid 138
Said, Edward 193, 211
Sa‘¥d ibn Aªmad al-Andals¥ 84
St Andrew’s Trust Publications 224
St Andrews University, Scotland 96
St John’s College, Auckland 221
St Mark’s National Theological Centre,
Canberra 233
St Petersburg 54, 55, 63
Imperial Academy 54, 58, 63, 64
State University 65
University of 55
saints, cults of 134, 271, 273, 280
Sakurai, Tokutarÿ203, 206
Saler, Benson 244
Salisbury College of Advanced
Education, Australia 222
salvation 5, 176
Samarqand, Uzbekistan 81346
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