Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1892 - 608 pages |
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... RELIGION . Definition of religion , why wanted . - Great differences in defining religion . - Is Buddhism a religion ? -Definition of definition . - Etymological definition . - Historical definition.- Dogmatic definition ...
... RELIGION . Definition of religion , why wanted . - Great differences in defining religion . - Is Buddhism a religion ? -Definition of definition . - Etymological definition . - Historical definition.- Dogmatic definition ...
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... religion , which new religion calls itself not the de- struction , but the fulfilment of the old . There is nothing in the idea of revelation that excludes progress , for whatever definition of revelation we may adopt , it always ...
... religion , which new religion calls itself not the de- struction , but the fulfilment of the old . There is nothing in the idea of revelation that excludes progress , for whatever definition of revelation we may adopt , it always ...
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... religion ; secondly , in a comparison of religions with a view of bringing to light what is peculiar to each , and what they all share in common ; thirdly , in an attempt to discover , on the strength of the evidence thus collected ...
... religion ; secondly , in a comparison of religions with a view of bringing to light what is peculiar to each , and what they all share in common ; thirdly , in an attempt to discover , on the strength of the evidence thus collected ...
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... Religion at the Collège de France . In 1886 a special school was founded at the École des Hautes Études in Paris for the study of religions . In Germany lectures on the great religions of the world were generally given by the professors ...
... Religion at the Collège de France . In 1886 a special school was founded at the École des Hautes Études in Paris for the study of religions . In Germany lectures on the great religions of the world were generally given by the professors ...
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... religion ; nay , to my mind , the more interesting , if not the more important part of the Science of Religion , is certainly concerned with what we call the historical development of religious thought and language . It is the same with ...
... religion ; nay , to my mind , the more interesting , if not the more important part of the Science of Religion , is certainly concerned with what we call the historical development of religious thought and language . It is the same with ...
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