Comparative Religion

by J. Estlin Carpenter

COMPARATIVE
RELIGION

BY

J. ESTLIN CARPENTER

D.LITT.

PRINCIPAL OF MANCHESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
LONDON
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE

CONTENTS

CHAP.

I [INTRODUCTORY]
II [THE PANORAMA OF RELIGIONS]
III [RELIGION IN THE LOWER CULTURE]
IV [SPIRITS AND GODS]
V [SACRED ACTS]
VI [SACRED PRODUCTS]
VII [RELIGION AND MORALITY]
VIII [PROBLEMS OF LIFE AND DESTINY]
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
[INDEX]

"Those first affections,
Those shadowy recollections,
Which, be they what they may,
Are yet the fountain light of all our day,
Are yet a master light of all our seeing;
Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make
Our noisy years seem moments in the being
Of the eternal Silence."
WORDSWORTH.

"To the philosopher the existence of God may seem to rest on a syllogism; in the eyes of the historian it rests on the whole evolution of human thought."—MAX MÜLLER.