The Origins Of Religion And Other Essays Classic Reprint

Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331986440
Total Pages : 138 pages
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Download or read book The Origins of Religion, and Other Essays (Classic Reprint) written by Andrew Lang and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Origins of Religion, and Other Essays With regard to the essay on Apollo and the Mouse, it is to be remembered that animals acquire sacredness in religion in many ways besides what they may inherit from totemism. The works of Mr. J. G. Frazer show that, among agricultural peoples, the Corn Spirit is recognised in a vast number of animal forms, which are prominent in agricultural magic and religion. Thus a sacred animal associated with a god, say the Pig with Demeter, is not necessarily a survival. Of a totem. That the indo-european peoples were once totemic cannot be certainly proved, though many facts point in that direction. When we first meet them in history they have reached a point in civilisation at which we could not expect to discover more than faint and dubious totemic traces. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : F. C. Cook
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330554111
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Religion and Language, Considered in Five Essays (Classic Reprint) written by F. C. Cook and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Origins of Religion and Language, Considered in Five Essays The name given to this book on the title-page was suggested by a friend, and it was adopted by the publisher in its first announcement, under the impression that I had proposed or approved it. I felt, however, and still feel, that such a title may seem to promise too much; but after full consideration I have retained it, on the ground that it expresses, clearly and concisely, the. principles which have guided me throughout the work. In the three Essays on the oldest forms of religion of which we have contemporary or trustworthy records, my object has been to prove that they were derived from a common source, and that all that is true, ennobling, and spiritual in them is due to that origin. In the Essay on the Rig Veda, I have first called attention to the certain fact that, at the period when the hymns were produced, two systems co-existed; the one resting upon a moral and spiritual basis; the other wholly naturalistic, personifying and adoring physical forces and agencies. In the second place, I have insisted upon the no less certain, though too often unnoticed fact that, of these two systems, the former was by far the more ancient, and that it represents the fundamental principles which were recognised by the ancestors of the Aryan race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 144 pages
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Download or read book The Origins of Religion, and Other Essays written by Andrew Lang and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays mainly on pseudo-religious topics (spiritualism, mythical lore, art, origins of religion), partly taken from authors Custom and myth; includes p. 15-21; the bullroarer; p. 36-45; star myths; p. 62-75; the art of savages; pl 107-128; theories of the origins of religion; astronomy.

Author : Otto Pfleiderer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331535515
Total Pages : 326 pages
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Download or read book Evolution and Theology written by Otto Pfleiderer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Evolution and Theology: And Other Essays The editor is responsible for the translation of all the Essays except numbers IV., V., VIII, and IX. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781358532450
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Origins of Religion, and Other Essays written by Andrew Lang and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Paul Carus
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484804929
Total Pages : 142 pages
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Download or read book The Dawn of a New Religious Era written by Paul Carus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dawn of a New Religious Era: And Other Essays In allowing this book to go forth I wish it Godspeed, and h0pe it will recommend itself to the reading public as the product-of honest labor in the search for truth. Paul carus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Ernest Renan
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266952138
Total Pages : 490 pages
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Download or read book Religious History (Classic Reprint) written by Ernest Renan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Religious History Twenty-seven years ago I published, under the title of Studies of Religious History, ' a series of essays relating to the various creeds of antiquity, of the Middle Ages and of the East. The following are essays which may be considered as a sequel to those Which were favourably received in 1857. In the present work, I but incidentally dwell upon Greek and Latin antiquity; to compensate for Which I submit a lengthy work upon Buddhism, and some minute discussions relative to medi&val questions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : George P. Fisher
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331774689
Total Pages : 608 pages
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Download or read book Essays on the Supernatural Origin of Christianity written by George P. Fisher and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays on the Supernatural Origin of Christianity: With Special Reference to the Theories of Renan, Strauss, and the Tubingen School Although this volume does not claim the charac ter of a complete treatise, yet the Essays which com pose it form a connected whole and deal with the most important aspects of the general theme under which they are placed. That theme is the origin of the religion of Christ - whether it be from heaven or of men. The validity of the distinction between the Natural and the Supernatural is assumed, and some thing is done in various parts of the work - for exam ple, in the Essay on Miracles - to elucidate this dis tinction. The fact of the constant presence and agency of God in Nature is held to be perfectly con sistent with the proposition that the world is a reality distinct from Him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Francis Aidan Gasquet
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484329040
Total Pages : 372 pages
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Download or read book England Under the Old Religion and Other Essays (Classic Reprint) written by Francis Aidan Gasquet and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from England Under the Old Religion and Other Essays My thanks are due to those who have allowed me to reprint my papers, and to Dom Norbert Birt who has seen this volume through the press and has added a general Index. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Joseph Compton -Rickett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331052005
Total Pages : 290 pages
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Download or read book Origins and Faith written by Joseph Compton -Rickett and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Origins and Faith: An Essay of Reconciliation Anyone who comes into frequent contact with the religious mind of the day must recognise the difficulties lying behind that working Faith which suffices for most of us. It is not that there is an active opposition to religion; it is that Christianity has ceased to provide for many a sufficient answer to the insurgent challenges of modern thought. Although much splendid work has been done by way of reconciliation, the note has been too apologetic, the vindication too partial. The present need is to find a reasonable basis for belief which shall bring into practical agreement the religious and scientific systems, preserving at the same time the essential truth of great traditions. It would indeed he a satisfaction to realise that I have made some contribution to this end. I have intentionally avoided loading the book with references and footnotes, so that it may he followed more easily by the ordinary reader. I acknowledge gratefully the assistance rendered by my friend, the Rev. F. A. Russell, of the King's Weigh House Church, London, in the work of revising for the press. My son, Dr. Arthur Compton-Rickett, has given me similar help. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.