An Introduction to the Study of Comparative ReligionJevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)
Religion
An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion
Jevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)
Religion
Religion, is a fact, 5; never unknown to man, 160, 161; essentially
practical, 160, 175; its evolution, 239; as a survival of barbarism,
24; lowest forms to be studied first, 26, 27; is a yearning after and
search for God, 28, 115, 136; a bond of community from the first, 43,
59, 176; implies gods and their worship, 121, 122, 177, 217; implies
rites and prayers, 176; "under the guise of desire," 44, 115, 149, 158,
166, 173; but it is the desire of the community, 44; and morality, 37,
81, 83, 84, 211, 215; and animism, 136; and fetichism, 106-109, 115,
131, 132, 136; and magic, 70, 71, 72, 92-95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 150, 151,
152, 154; mechanical, 150; applied science of, 105; and its value, 109.
Religious values, 9, 16.
Resemblances, not more important than differences, for the method of
comparison, 22; their value, 23, 24.
Resentment and justice, 224.
Responsibility, collective, 227, 228, 234.
Revelation, 172, 255; and evolution, 173.
Revenge and justice, 229.
Rheumatism, 76.
Rhys Davids, 64.
Saa, 180.
Sacrament, in Central Australia, 197, 200.
Sacramental meals, 183 ff., 197, 199, 200, 201, 203.
Sacrifice, 92, 93, 94, 175 ff.; to fetiches, 113; and worship, 137,
177; and prayer, 172, 177; and the gift theory, 206; and communion,
207, 208; its ultimate form, 209, 210; and the etymology of "god," 133
ff., 137.
Saffron, 89.
Science, has truth, not assignment of value, for its object, 10, 11,
108; and history, 108; does not deal with ends, 255; and evolution,
257; and magic, 70, 71, 72, 101; of the savage, 159, 189.
Science of religion, 256; pure and applied, 2 ff.; supposed to be
incompatible with religious belief, 4; really has nothing to do with
the truth or value of religion, 5, 10; and prayer, 140, 141; and the
missionary, 105.
Sea Dyaks, 228.
Search for God, the, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 252, 258, 262.
Seed time, 188, 205.
Self-realising spirit, 213, 214.
Seminole Indians, 194.
Shakespeare, 16, 17.
Sheol, 54, 58.
Similarity, between higher and lower forms of religion, 27; the basis
for the missionary's work, 28.
"Singing," 164, 165.
Slavery, 241, 243.
"Smelling out," 84.
Social purpose, and magic, 91.
Society, a means, 253; as an end, 261; perfection of, 254, 261; and the
family, 98.
Society Islands, 181.
Solidarity, 212, 213, 251; religious, 220.
Solomon Islands, 180.
Soul, the, 37; separable from the body, 37; its continued existence, 38.
Spells, and prayers, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 157, 160, 164.
Spencer and Gillen, 45, 46, 164, 197.
Spinning, 78, 79.
Spirits, 162, 170; not essential to magic, 89, 90, 91; and fetiches,
118, 119; of fetichism and gods of polytheism, 128; guardian, 111;
"momentary," and gods, 135; and prayer, 166; and morality, 215, 217,
219; not worshipped, 216.
Spring customs, 192, 198, 203.
Squirrel, 76, 78.
State, the, and justice, 224.
St. John, Mr., 228.
Stones, 92, 93, 94.
Struggle for existence, 264.
_Suhman_, 122, 123, 126, 136.
Sun, 153, 157.
Superstition, 150.
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