The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2025 page)

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Rudra Cakrin
(final king of Shambhala):
Ruether, Rosemary Radford
.
A
Roman Catholic
theologian at the forefront of feminist theology. Ruether has written extensively on the question of Christian credibility, addressing issues of
ecclesiology
and its engagement with Church–world conflicts; Jewish–Christian relations;
christology
; politics and religion in America; feminism and feminist theology; and God and creation. Two of her books,
Sexism and God-Talk
(1983), and
Woman-guides: Readings Towards Feminist Theology
(1985) have served as key texts in her own teaching. She has been involved in writing over twenty-two books and at least 500 articles. Her other most notable works are
Gaia and God
(1992);
Women-Church
… (1986);
New Woman
,
New Earth
… (1975).
R
(spirit):
see
NAFS
.
Rum
l
(Pañj
b
‘cloth’). The cloth which covers the Sikh scriptures. It measures about 1 metre by 1.25 metres, and covers the open
di
Granth when it is not being read.

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