An Introduction to the History of ReligionMethuen, 1902 - 443 sider |
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... institutions , that this Introduction deals . Now , religious institutions are not the only institutions which an early people possesses : it has also social institutions , such as those which regulate marriage , the organisation of the ...
... institutions , that this Introduction deals . Now , religious institutions are not the only institutions which an early people possesses : it has also social institutions , such as those which regulate marriage , the organisation of the ...
Side 2
... institutions . forms one branch of the science of anthropology . But religious institutions also all have their social side : religious worship is a public institution ; the gods are the gods of the community as a whole , and all the ...
... institutions . forms one branch of the science of anthropology . But religious institutions also all have their social side : religious worship is a public institution ; the gods are the gods of the community as a whole , and all the ...
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... institution reached its final form in other countries . Thus by the Comparative Method we are enabled to apply the theory of evolution to the study of social institutions , and amongst others to the study of religious customs and ...
... institution reached its final form in other countries . Thus by the Comparative Method we are enabled to apply the theory of evolution to the study of social institutions , and amongst others to the study of religious customs and ...
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... Institutions not only grow but decay also , and decay as well as growth is a process of evolution . Florid art is evolved out of something simpler , but is not therefore superior to it . The Roman Empire was evolved out of the Roman ...
... Institutions not only grow but decay also , and decay as well as growth is a process of evolution . Florid art is evolved out of something simpler , but is not therefore superior to it . The Roman Empire was evolved out of the Roman ...
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... institutions of the various peoples of the world . And even so , he will not be able to work back to the time of our first parents ; anthropology carries us no further back than the period just before the civilised races appear to our ...
... institutions of the various peoples of the world . And even so , he will not be able to work back to the time of our first parents ; anthropology carries us no further back than the period just before the civilised races appear to our ...
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