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.