Project Gutenberg 2008-05-05 Public domain in the USA. 96 Jevons, F. B. (Frank Byron) 1858 1936 Jevons, Frank Byron Jevons, Frank B. The Idea of God in Early Religions E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Jeannie Howse, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "The Idea of God in Early Religions" by F. B. Jevons is a scholarly examination of the concept of divinity in early religious systems, written in the early 20th century. The work delves into how societies have perceived gods, exploring the distinctions between gods, fetishes, and the roles they play within communities. Jevons aims to uncover the evolution of religious consciousness, focusing on the social and emotional aspects of worship and the underlying philosophies that inform early religious practices. At the start of the text, Jevons outlines the foundational premise that individuals are born into a community with pre-existing beliefs and social constructs. He discusses how humans learn to communicate and internalize the norms and ideas of their society, including their concept of higher powers. By examining the differences between fetishism and polytheism, he argues that the idea of a god functioning for the welfare of the community emerged alongside an individual's sense of self-awareness. This opening portion sets the stage for further exploration of ritual, mythology, and the communal consciousness surrounding the divine in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Religion God BL Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 309374 306082 2024-09-11T04:48:25.934880 2023-09-11T08:18:30.044827 text/html text/html 300524 2008-05-05T16:21:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 464875 2008-05-05T16:23:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 468954 2024-09-11T04:48:31.030816 application/epub+zip 469928 2024-09-11T04:48:27.139799 application/epub+zip 163332 2024-09-11T04:48:26.434821 application/epub+zip 562334 2024-09-11T04:48:33.949805 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533361 2024-09-11T04:48:30.438833 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 228076 2022-09-12T03:42:05.343704 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261253 261135 2024-09-11T04:48:25.396865 2023-09-11T08:18:29.387855 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 260999 2008-05-05T16:19:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 86066 2008-05-05T16:19:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 261013 2008-05-05T16:19:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 86058 2008-05-05T16:19:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20256 2024-09-11T04:48:34.087765 application/rdf+xml 18924 2024-09-11T04:48:26.540802 image/jpeg 2565 2024-09-11T04:48:26.487806 image/jpeg 469739 2024-09-11T04:48:25.966823 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia