Religious type is hit on the rebound (5)
I believe the answer is:
parsi
'religious type' is the definition.
(Parsis are followers of Zoroastrianism)
'is hit on the rebound' is the wordplay.
'hit' becomes 'rap' (rap can mean to knock or hit).
'on the rebound' says the letters should be written in reverse (to rebound is to go backwards).
'is'+'rap'='israp'
'israp' in reverse letter order is 'PARSI'.
(Other definitions for parsi that I've seen before include "Iranian dialect" , "Zoroastrianism adherent" , "Indian" , "Member of a monotheistic Asian sect" , "Ancient Persian dialect" .)