1897

CONTENTS

[ PREFACE ]

[ THE EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF GOD. ]

[ CHAPTER I.—CHRISTIANITY AS A RELIGIOUS STANDARD. ]

[ CHAPTER II.—RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY. ]

[ CHAPTER III.—THE LIFE OF THE DEAD. ]

[ CHAPTER IV.—THE ORIGIN OF GODS. ]

[ CHAPTER V.—SACRED STONES. ]

[ CHAPTER VI.—SACRED STAKES. ]

[ CHAPTER VIL—SACRED TREES. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII.—THE GODS OF EGYPT. ]

[ CHAPTER IX.—THE GODS OF ISRAEL. ]

[ CHAPTER X.—THE RISE OF MONOTHEISM. ]

[ CHAPTER XI.—HUMAN GODS. ]

[ CHAPTER XII.—THE MANUFACTURE OF GODS. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII.—GODS OF CULTIVATION. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV.—CORN- AND WINE-GODS. ]

[ CHAPTER XV.—SACRIFICE AND SACRAMENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XVI.—THE DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT. ]

[ CHAPTER XVII.—THE WORLD BEFORE CHRIST. ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII.—THE GROWTH OF CHRISTIANITY. ]

[ CHAPTER XIX.—SURVIVALS IN CHRISTENDOM. ]

[ CHAPTER XX.—CONCLUSION. ]

[ INDEX ]