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.

"To the philosopher the existence of God may seem to rest on a syllogism; in the eyes of the historian it rests on the whole evolution of human thought."—MAX MÜLLER.