A History of Religion

includes index and biblioraphy

BOOK I. THE PRINCIPLES OF PRIMITIVE RELIGION CHAP. I. THE MEANING AND SCOPE OF RELIGION . . ii II. WHAT IS PRIMITIVE RELIGION ? . . . .21 III. THE CREED OF PRIMITIVE RELIGION ... 30 IV. THE RELIGION OF NATURISM .... 46 V. THE CREED OF SPIRITISM . . . .66 VI. THE RELIGION OF SPIRITISM .... 78 BOOK II. THE PRIMITIVE RELIGIONS INTRODUCTION ....... 93 VII. THE RELIGIONS OF AUSTRALASIA AND THE PACIFIC 95 VIII. THE PRIMITIVE RELIGIONS OF AFRICA . .112 IX. THE PRIMITIVE RELIGION OF ASIA—I. . .127 X. THE PRIMITIVE RELIGION OF ASIA—II. . . 142 XI. PRIMITIVE RELIGION IN THE AMERICAS . .158 XII. THE PRIMITIVE RELIGION OF THE KELTS . .172 XIII. THE PRIMITIVE RELIGION OF THE TEUTONS . . 181 XIV. THE RELIGION OF THE PRIMITIVE SLAVS . . 192 BOOK III. THE STATE RELIGIONS OF ANTIQUITY CHAP. PAGE INTRODUCTION . . . . . .199 XV. THE RELIGION OF THE EUPHRATES VALLEY . 201 XVI. THE RELIGION OF EGYPT .... 217 XVII. THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT PERSIA . . 237 XVIII. THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT GREECE . . 255 XIX. THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT ROME . . 275 XX. RELIGION OF THE AMERINDIAN EMPIRES . .291 BOOK IV. THE RELIGIONS OF THE ORIENT XXI. THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA—I. . . . 303 XXII. THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA—II. . . . 321 XXIII. THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA—III. . . . 336 XXIV. THE RELIGIONS OF CHINA—I. . . . 350 XXV. THE RELIGIONS OF CHINA—II. . . . 367 XXVI. THE RELIGIONS OF JAPAN . . . .381 XXVII. BUDDHISM IN SOUTHERN ASIA . . . 400 BOOK V. THROUGH JUDAISM TO THE CHRIST INTRODUCTION . . . . . .413 SECTION I.—JUDAISM, THE MIDDLE TERM XXVIII. THE EVOLUTION OF HEBREW RELIGION . . 415 XXIX. JUDAISM FROM THE CHRISTIAN ERA . . 433 SECTION II.—CHRISTIANITY TO THE RISE OF ISLAM CHAP. XXX. THE FOUNDER .... XXXI. THE GREAT FORTY YEARS XXXII. CHRIST versus CXSAK XXXIII. CONTROVERSIES, COUNCILS, CREEDS XXXIV. CHRISTIANITY AND THE BARBARIANS SECTION III.—THE STORY OF ISLAM XXXV. I.—TO THE ABBASID KHALIFATE . 523 XXXVI. II.—FROM THE ABBASIDS TO THE PRESENT DAY 541 SECTION IV.—THE SECOND MILLENNIUM OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH XXXVII. CHRISTIANITY IN THE MIDDLE AGES . . 556 XXXVIII. THE REFORMATION MOVEMENT . 576 XXXIX. FROM THE "COUNTER-REFORMATION" TO THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY . 595 XL. CHRISTIANITY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 616 XLI. CHRISTIANITY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 634 XLIL ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE FUTURE . . 654 XLIII. EPILOGUE.—BEYOND THE VEIL . . . 668