Project Gutenberg 2009-01-18 Public domain in the USA. 102 Toy, Crawford Howell 1836 1919 Jastrow, Morris 1861 1921 Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Reading ease score: 50.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Paul Murray, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Introduction to the History of Religions" by Crawford Howell Toy is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work serves as an in-depth exploration of religious practices and beliefs across various cultures and time periods, focusing on the underlying customs and ideas that form the foundation of public religion. It aims to examine how these elements have developed and evolved alongside social organization. At the start of the text, the author outlines the purpose of the volume, emphasizing the necessity of understanding the essential nature of religion and its relationship with societal context. Toy begins by discussing the universal characteristics of early human beliefs, particularly focusing on the sense of dependence on mysterious powers that shaped early humanity's religious sentiments. He asserts that religion and science have coexisted throughout human history, gradually evolving as societies developed. This exploration serves to provide a framework for the remaining chapters, which detail diverse religious practices and ideas, ranging from the nature of the soul to specific religious ceremonies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mythology Rites and ceremonies Religions -- History Religion -- History BL Text Browsing: History - Religious Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 2297516 2297491 2024-10-12T05:48:54.476878 2023-09-12T09:11:16.607373 text/html text/html 2321783 2009-01-18T10:04:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 679845 2009-01-18T10:04:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 783434 2024-10-12T05:49:37.517622 application/epub+zip 818998 2024-10-12T05:49:03.412811 application/epub+zip 800697 2024-10-12T05:48:59.216907 application/epub+zip 1641754 2024-10-12T05:49:58.440039 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1569926 2024-10-12T05:49:33.285725 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1410090 2022-09-13T05:06:01.445529 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1618583 2024-10-12T05:48:44.563882 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1618401 2009-01-18T10:03:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 572971 2009-01-18T10:04:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1617122 2009-01-18T10:04:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 572001 2009-01-18T10:04:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1618471 2009-01-18T10:04:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 571389 2009-01-18T10:04:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23834 2024-10-12T05:49:58.641026 application/rdf+xml 19042 2024-10-12T05:49:00.241824 image/jpeg 4398 2024-10-12T05:48:59.716817 image/jpeg 737697 2024-10-12T05:48:54.628834 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