Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1907 - 608 pages |
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... character . - Religion and science . - What imparts a religious character . — Moral influences of physical phenomena.— Vedic prayers . - Early morality . - Moral influence of ancestral spirits . Ancestral law in China . - Moral ...
... character . - Religion and science . - What imparts a religious character . — Moral influences of physical phenomena.— Vedic prayers . - Early morality . - Moral influence of ancestral spirits . Ancestral law in China . - Moral ...
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... character . - Stanley . - Necessity of an historical study of religion . - Criticisms answered - - — 239-279 LECTURE XI . MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF NATURAL RELIGION . - Language , Myth , Customs and Laws , Sacred Books . - Lan- guage ...
... character . - Stanley . - Necessity of an historical study of religion . - Criticisms answered - - — 239-279 LECTURE XI . MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF NATURAL RELIGION . - Language , Myth , Customs and Laws , Sacred Books . - Lan- guage ...
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... character of gods . - Acci- dental similarities of names . - Foreign gods . - Mythological names which admit of no ... Characters common to gods and heroes of different names . - Rudra , Apollon , Wuotan . — Myths agreeing in one and ...
... character of gods . - Acci- dental similarities of names . - Foreign gods . - Mythological names which admit of no ... Characters common to gods and heroes of different names . - Rudra , Apollon , Wuotan . — Myths agreeing in one and ...
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... character and the private circumstances of his life . Nor do they all agree in the estimate they formed of him . Some represented him to me as a keen , hardworking , and judicious man , engrossed by his professional work , yet with a ...
... character and the private circumstances of his life . Nor do they all agree in the estimate they formed of him . Some represented him to me as a keen , hardworking , and judicious man , engrossed by his professional work , yet with a ...
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... character , as a part of nature , nay , as her highest achievement , so that , if religion can be shown to be a natural out- come of our faculties , we may readily accept the Science of Religion as one of the natural sciences , in the ...
... character , as a part of nature , nay , as her highest achievement , so that , if religion can be shown to be a natural out- come of our faculties , we may readily accept the Science of Religion as one of the natural sciences , in the ...
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