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Page 97
... religious incentives are required ? Or are different functions in the organism of humanity allotted to different types of man , so that some may really be better for a religion of consolation and reassurance , while others are better ...
... religious incentives are required ? Or are different functions in the organism of humanity allotted to different types of man , so that some may really be better for a religion of consolation and reassurance , while others are better ...
Page 160
... Religion , in Dr. W. H. Moberly's words , is still 66 66 constantly confused with the quite different attitude towards the same objects , for which the proper name is magic . . . . In magic man is trying to use the gods for his own ends ...
... Religion , in Dr. W. H. Moberly's words , is still 66 66 constantly confused with the quite different attitude towards the same objects , for which the proper name is magic . . . . In magic man is trying to use the gods for his own ends ...
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... religious disputes and struggles of the two succeeding centuries . If ethics and the social im- plications of Christianity tend largely to engage us to - day , the reverse was then the rule . The so - called wars of religion were really ...
... religious disputes and struggles of the two succeeding centuries . If ethics and the social im- plications of Christianity tend largely to engage us to - day , the reverse was then the rule . The so - called wars of religion were really ...
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
AN EXTRAMUNDANE AND HIS WORLD | 34 |
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL | 158 |
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