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  • Comparative Religion

    An Introductory and Historical Study

    by E. O. James ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1938, Comparative Religion presents a comparative study of the history of religion intended primarily as a textbook for students, with references and full bibliography of relative literature. It is also designed to give the general reader an account of religious thought and practice in the light of recent research from rudimentary beginnings, through the great religions of ... Read more

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  • Primitive Ritual and Belief

    An Anthropological Essay

    by E.O. James ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology of Religion
    This book, first published in 1917, investigates the rites and beliefs of people who had remained in a ‘primitive’ state of culture throughout the ages. Special attention was paid to the ritual and mythology of the Aborigines of Australia, in what was then some of the first studies of their beliefs. ... Read more

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  • The Concept of Deity

    A Comparative and Historical Study. The Wilde Lectures in Natural and Comparative Religion in the University of Oxford

    by E.O. James ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology of Religion
    For good or ill, most, if not all, of the great institutions which have formed the framework of society have had their roots in the idea of Deity as a beneficent providential order of transcendental reality. In being handed down through countless generations the beliefs, concepts and customs have assumed a great variety of new outward forms in the process of transmission and development. To ... Read more

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  • A History of Christianity in England

    by E.O. James ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1949, A History of Christianity in England is a kaleidoscopic view of the religious situation in England for readers and students who wish to eventually take it up as a serious study. The author asserts that the influence of the Church and the State in the development of the English national life and character has also led to the growth of a unique English Christianity. English ... Read more

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  • The Beginnings of Religion

    An introductory and Scientific Study

    by E.O. James ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology of Religion
    In this book, first published in 1948, an attempt has been made to provide an intelligible introduction to a somewhat complex aspect of scientific inquiry. And secondly, to construct a background of ‘primitive’ ritual and belief against which the more developed religions can be placed. This book is a valuable, early attempt at explaining the beginnings of religion from a modern scientific ... Read more

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  • Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning

    Edward Carpenter was a prominent English philosopher and poet. Carpenter was well-known by his peers throughout the world and he is also famous for being an early advocate of rights for homosexuals.Pagan and Christian Creeds is Carpenter's attempt to find the root of religion. Carpenter believed that self-consciousness and fear led to the different religions throughout history. ... Read more

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  • Introduction to the History of Religions

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    It appears probable that primitive men endowed with their own qualities every seemingly active object in the world. Experience forced them to take note of the relations of all objects to themselves and to one another. The knowledge of the sequences of phenomena, so far as the latter are not regarded as acting intentionally on him, constitutes man's science and philosophy; so far as they are held ... Read more

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  • Oriental Religions and Christianity: A Course of Lectures Delivered on The Ely Foundation Before The Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891

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    Over the chancel-arch of the church at South Leigh, a few miles west of Oxford, is a fresco of the Last Judgment and the Resurrection, of the type well known in mediæval art. On the adjoining south wall stands the stately figure of the archangel Michael. In his right hand he holds a pair of scales. In one scale is the figure of a soul in the attitude of prayer; beside it is Our Lady carrying a ... Read more

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    In "Comparative Religion," J. Estlin Carpenter offers a profound exploration of the world's major faiths, illuminating the common threads that weave through diverse spiritual traditions while simultaneously respecting their unique characteristics. The text is characterized by its analytic rigor and eloquent prose, reflecting Carpenter's scholarly approach to understanding religion as a social and ... Read more

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