Outlines of a Philosophy
of Religion based on
Psychology and History
By Auguste Sabatier
Author of the "Apostle Paul" etc.
NEW YORK
JAMES POTT & COMPANY
119-121 WEST 23D STREET.
1910
CONTENTS
BOOK I.—RELIGION
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ORIGIN AND THE NATURE OF RELIGION
1. First Critical Reflections
2. Initial Contradiction of the Psychological Consciousness
3. Religion the Prayer of the Heart
RELIGION AND REVELATION
1. The Mystery of the Religious Life
2. Mythological Notion of Revelation
3. Dogmatic Notion
4. Psychological Notion
5. Conclusion
MIRACLE AND INSPIRATION
1. The Notion of Miracle in Antiquity
2. Miracle and Science: Miracle and Piety
3. Religious Inspiration
THE RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANITY
1. The Social Element in Religion
2. Progress in the Outward Forms of Religion
3. Progress in the Representation of the Divine
4. The History of Prayer
5. Conclusion
BOOK II.—CHRISTIANITY
HEBRAISM, OR THE ORIGINS OF THE GOSPEL
1. Prophetism
2. The Dawn of the Gospel
THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY
1. The Problem
2. The Christian Principle
3. The Gospel of Jesus
4. A Necessary Distinction
5. The Corruptions of the Christian Principle
THE GREAT HISTORICAL FORMS OF CHRISTIANITY
1. The Evolution of the Christian Principle
2. Jewish or Messianic Christianity
3. Catholic Christianity
4. Protestant Christianity
5. Conclusion
BOOK III.—DOGMA
WHAT IS A DOGMA?
1. Definition
2. Genesis of Dogma
3. The Role and the Religious Value of Dogma
THE LIFE OF DOGMAS AND THEIR HISTORICAL EVOLUTION
1. Three Prejudices
2. The Two Elements in Dogma
3. The Crisis of Dogma
THE SCIENCE OF DOGMAS
1. Mixed Character of the Science of Dogmas
2. The Science of Dogmas and the Church
3. The Science of Dogmas and Philosophy
CRITICAL THEORY OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE
1. Antiquated Theories
2. The Kantian Theory of Knowledge
3. The Two Orders of Knowledge
4. Subjectivity of Religious Knowledge
5. Teleology
6. Symbolism
7. Conclusion
Reply to Criticisms