Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1892 - 608 pages |
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... Comparative theology . - Schleiermacher's definition of religion . - Religion , either belief or body of doctrines . LECTURE III . EXAMINATION OF DEFINITIONS . 27-50 Natural and revealed religions . - Comparative theology.— Modus ...
... Comparative theology . - Schleiermacher's definition of religion . - Religion , either belief or body of doctrines . LECTURE III . EXAMINATION OF DEFINITIONS . 27-50 Natural and revealed religions . - Comparative theology.— Modus ...
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... Thought ? The first Universities which provided chairs for the comparative study of the religions of the world were those of little , plucky Holland . In 1880 France followed their example , and LORD GIFFORD'S BEQUEST . 11.
... Thought ? The first Universities which provided chairs for the comparative study of the religions of the world were those of little , plucky Holland . In 1880 France followed their example , and LORD GIFFORD'S BEQUEST . 11.
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... Comparative Theology in Germany also , and even in the Roman Catholic University of Frei- burg this new study has now found a worthy repre- sentative 1 . It may seem strange to some that Lord Gifford should have expressed a wish that ...
... Comparative Theology in Germany also , and even in the Roman Catholic University of Frei- burg this new study has now found a worthy repre- sentative 1 . It may seem strange to some that Lord Gifford should have expressed a wish that ...
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... Comparative My- thology or the Science of Mythology . In spite of much opposition , arising chiefly from a failure on the part of my critics to understand the principles which I followed and to comprehend the objects I had in view ...
... Comparative My- thology or the Science of Mythology . In spite of much opposition , arising chiefly from a failure on the part of my critics to understand the principles which I followed and to comprehend the objects I had in view ...
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... Comparative Theology1 , as applied to the origin and growth of religion in India . It was while engaged in these researches that I began to feel the absolute necessity of our possess- ing trustworthy translations , not only of the Veda ...
... Comparative Theology1 , as applied to the origin and growth of religion in India . It was while engaged in these researches that I began to feel the absolute necessity of our possess- ing trustworthy translations , not only of the Veda ...
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