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The modern reader's guide to religions
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Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Publication Date
[1964]
Language
English
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Table of Contents
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What religion is: a general view
The divine addresses of man
Man listening
Religious responses
Conclusion
The religion of modern primitive man
The materials
Primitive cultures
Theories of religious origin
Prehistoric man
Paleolithic man
Mesolithic man
Neolithic man
Egyptian religion
Egyptian religion: it's conditions
Egyptian history
Egyptian rite
Myth and magic
Creation myths
Morals and magic
Babylonian religion
Myths
Babylonian myth
People and king
Divination and magic
Law
Greek religion
Configuration of force
The Greek address
Olympian and Chthonian gods
The public use of the Olympian gods
The mysteries
Philosophy
Roman religion
Cycle and line
Three failures of myth
Celtic myth
Scandinavian myth
Aztec myth.
Hebrew religion, I
The Hebrews
The discovery of Jehovah
Myth into history
Hebrew religion, II
Kingship
The prophets
What a prophet is
Christianity, I
The world
The life
The teaching
Eschatology
Christianity, II
The early church
Paul
Conclusion
Islam
Mohammed's world
Mohammed's career
The Koran
Tradition
Mysticism
Conclusion
Zoroastrianism
Background
Zoroaster
Zoroastrian tradition
Mithraism and Manicheism
Hinduism, I
Geography and history
Hindu teaching
Hindu scripture
Hinduism, II
The god's arrive
The god's withdraw
The god's return
Buddhism, I
The life and the illumination
The teaching: new and old
Buddhism, II
Buddhist tradition
Hinayana
Mahayana
Tantrism
Chinese and Japanese religion
Confucianism
Taoism
Zen Buddhism.
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