Produced by Al Haines _Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History_ _By Auguste Sabatier_ _Author of the "Apostle Paul" etc._ NEW YORK JAMES POTT & COMPANY 119-121 WEST 23D STREET. 1910 CONTENTS PREFACE BOOK I.--RELIGION CHAPTER I THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ORIGIN AND THE NATURE OF RELIGION 1. First Critical Reflections 2. Initial Contradiction of the Psychological Consciousness 3. Religion the Prayer of the Heart CHAPTER II RELIGION AND REVELATION 1. The Mystery of the Religious Life 2. Mythological Notion of Revelation 3. Dogmatic Notion 4. Psychological Notion 5. Conclusion CHAPTER III MIRACLE AND INSPIRATION 1. The Notion of Miracle in Antiquity 2. Miracle and Science: Miracle and Piety 3. Religious Inspiration CHAPTER IV THE RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANITY 1. The Social Element in Religion 2. Progress in the Outward Forms of Religion 3. Progress in the Representation of the Divine 4. The History of Prayer 5. Conclusion BOOK II.--CHRISTIANITY CHAPTER I HEBRAISM, OR THE ORIGINS OF THE GOSPEL 1. Prophetism 2. The Dawn of the Gospel CHAPTER II THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY 1. The Problem 2. The Christian Principle 3. The Gospel of Jesus 4. A Necessary Distinction 5. The Corruptions of the Christian Principle CHAPTER III THE GREAT HISTORICAL FORMS OF CHRISTIANITY 1. The Evolution of the Christian Principle 2. Jewish or Messianic Christianity 3. Catholic Christianity 4. Protestant Christianity 5. Conclusion BOOK III.--DOGMA CHAPTER I WHAT IS A DOGMA? 1. Definition 2. Genesis of Dogma 3. The Role and the Religious Value of Dogma CHAPTER II THE LIFE OF DOGMAS AND THEIR HISTORICAL EVOLUTION 1. Three Prejudices 2. The Two Elements in Dogma 3. The Crisis of Dogma CHAPTER III THE SCIENCE OF DOGMAS 1. Mixed Character of the Science of Dogmas 2. The Science of Dogmas and the Church 3. The Science of Dogmas and Philosophy CHAPTER IV CRITICAL THEORY OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE 1. Antiquated Theories 2. The Kantian Theory of Knowledge 3. The Two Orders of Knowledge 4. Subjectivity of Religious Knowledge 5. Teleology 6. Symbolism 7. Conclusion APPENDIX Reply to Criticisms PREFACE This volume contains three parts which are related to each other as the three stories of one and the same edifice. The first treats of religion and its origin; the second of Christianity and its essence; the third of Dogma and its nature.