Project Gutenberg 2009-09-02 Public domain in the USA. 122 Menzies, Allan 1845 1916 History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems E-text prepared by Ron Swanson "History of Religion" by Allan Menzies is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book examines the development of religious beliefs from primitive roots to major world religions, emphasizing the comparative aspects and continuity in religious evolution. Menzies seeks to present religion as an organic whole and explores the origins, practices, and transformations of various belief systems throughout history. At the start of the text, the author introduces the concept of studying the history of religion as a new scientific field, drawing connections between contemporary religions and primitive beliefs. He asserts that all civilizations have descendants of a savage state, leading to a universal nature of early religious practices and beliefs. The opening portion delves into the components that constitute the essence of religion, touching upon worship, belief in higher powers, and the progression from primitive forms of worship, such as nature-worship and ancestor-worship, to more structured religions. The author proposes that understanding these aspects is essential to grasp the evolution of religious expression and practice through history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Religions BL Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 1037246 970096 2024-09-12T16:25:45.246908 2023-09-13T08:17:26.855913 text/html text/html 941922 2009-09-02T17:53:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 334543 2009-09-02T17:55:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 393251 2024-09-12T16:25:58.248882 application/epub+zip 411771 2024-09-12T16:25:47.547931 application/epub+zip 411771 2024-09-12T16:25:46.261946 application/epub+zip 734823 2024-09-12T16:26:05.880842 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 648214 2024-09-12T16:25:57.289877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 688824 2022-09-13T18:19:38.989336 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 871944 871931 2024-09-12T16:25:42.236917 2023-09-13T08:17:24.476905 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 871794 2009-09-02T17:51:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 322489 2009-09-02T17:51:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 871898 2009-09-02T17:51:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 322366 2009-09-02T17:51:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19631 2024-09-12T16:26:06.023832 application/rdf+xml 12685 2024-09-12T16:25:46.689956 image/jpeg 3480 2024-09-12T16:25:46.475917 image/jpeg 383644 2024-09-12T16:25:45.341936 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