 I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.  The Origin of Priesthood - Side 8af Gunnar Landtman - 1905 - 217 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | James George Frazer - 1900
...to employ the word consistently in that sense throughout his work. By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to...believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life. In this sense it will readily be perceived that religion is opposed in principle both... | |
 | 1901
...or personal agency " is fundamentally different from the Religion which in Mr Frazer's phrase is "a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to...believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life." So Mr Frazer marshals his facts and draws his conclusions, until at the last he is... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1901 - 316 sider
...over the sky, and dwelling therein. If this is not religion, by Mr. Frazer's own definition, namely 'a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to...believed to direct and control the course of nature,' what is religion ? 2 Yet in Australia ' nobody dreams of propitiating gods or spirits by prayer and... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1901
...itself. Mr. Frazer defines it (G. £., I. 63), as "a propitiation or conciliation (the italics are ours) of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature." This definition identifies Religion with Worship. Mr. Lang (pp. 48, 69) contends that there may be... | |
 | 1902
...air if the definitions of the debaters differ. "By religion," Mr. Frazer warns us, "I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to...believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life." Such propitiation is undoubtedly "religious," but does Mr. Frazer think his definition... | |
 | James Hastings, Ann Wilson Hastings, Edward Hastings - 1902
...consistently in that sense and throughout his work, Mr. Frazer says : ' By religion I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to...believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life. In this sense it will be perceived that religion is opposed in principle both to magic... | |
 | 1902
...air if the definitions of the debaters differ. ' By religion,' Mr Frazer warns us, ' I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to...believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.' Such propitiation is undoubtedly 'religious'; but does Mr Frazer think his definition... | |
 | 1902
...air if the definitions of the debaters differ. ' By religion,' Mr Frazer warns us, ' I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to...believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.' Such propitiation is undoubtedly 'religious'; but does Mr Frazer think his definition... | |
 | India. Census Commissioner - 1902
...some kind, and by religion we may understand " a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior toman which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life." .. , In this sense it will readily be perceived The jolden Bough, I, page 63. . , ,.... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - 1903 - 442 sider
...even opposition of principle between magic and religion.'"2 On this view he defines religion as "a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control i Since this was written there has appeared the essay Sar le tutemimae of M. Durkheim (L'Annee Nociolo,tique,... | |
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