Confucius, by James Legge, author of The Religions of China.
Sikhism, by Max Macauliffe, whose book The Sikh Religion is accepted by the Sikhs as authoritative.
Zoroaster, by Karl Geldner, professor at Marburg, and the article Parsees.
Mahommedan Religion (Vol. 17, p. 417; equivalent to 45 pages in this Guide), by G. W. Thatcher, warden of Camden College, Sydney.
Mahomet, by D. S. Margoliouth, Laudian professor of Arabic, Oxford; Mahommedan Institutions and Mahommedan Laws, by D. S. Macdonald, professor of Semitic languages, Hartford Theological Seminary.
Bábiism, by E. G. Browne, professor of Arabic, Cambridge, and author of History of the Báb.
Greek Religion (Vol. 12, p. 527), by L. R. Farnell, fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, author of Cults of the Greek States; and such articles as Demeter, Hecate, Hera, Hermes, Hestia, Nike, Phoebus, Themis and Zeus.
Roman Religion (Vol. 23, p. 577), by Cyril Bailey, fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and author of The Religion of Ancient Rome; and such articles as Anna Perenna, Arval Brothers, Bona Dea, Concordia, Fama, Faunus, Juno and Jupiter; and the valuable articles on Eastern cults in Rome, Great Mother of the Gods, Attis, Mithras, etc., by Professor Grant Showerman of the University of Wisconsin.
Christianity (Vol. 6, p. 280; equivalent to 35 pages of this Guide), by G. W. Knox, professor of philosophy and history of religion, Union Theological Seminary, New York; Jesus Christ (Vol. 15, p. 348; equivalent to 35 pages of this Guide), by the Very Rev. Joseph Armitage Robinson, Dean of Westminster; Gospel (Vol. 12, p. 265), by Rev. V. H. Stanton, Ely professor of divinity, Cambridge; articles on the separate gospels; Paul the Apostle (Vol. 20, p. 938), by the Rev. James Vernon Bartlett, professor of church history, Mansfield College, Oxford.
On Church History there is an excellent key article in volume 6 (p. 331; equivalent to 45 pages of this Guide). It begins with an outline of the work of the great church historians and divides the subject into three parts: first, up to 590 B.C.,—this part and the general introduction are by A. C. McGiffert, professor of church history in Union Theological Seminary, New York City; second, the Church in the Middle Ages, by Albert Hauck, professor of church history at Leipzig; and The Modern Church, by W. Alison Phillips, author of Modern Europe. This sketch may be filled in by reference to the following articles (among many):