An Introduction to the History of ReligionMethuen, 1902 - 443 sider |
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... rites and sacrifices with which it is the custom of that particular society to approach its gods . Thus , religious customs and institutions seem , on their social side , to require to be studied , like other social institutions , on ...
... rites and sacrifices with which it is the custom of that particular society to approach its gods . Thus , religious customs and institutions seem , on their social side , to require to be studied , like other social institutions , on ...
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... rite or custom practised by one people may be doubtful or unknown until it is compared with the same or a similar rite performed elsewhere under circumstances which clearly show its object . Again , the Comparative Method is used in ...
... rite or custom practised by one people may be doubtful or unknown until it is compared with the same or a similar rite performed elsewhere under circumstances which clearly show its object . Again , the Comparative Method is used in ...
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... rites prescribed to exorcise them . On the other hand , where we find religion . in the ascendant but sorcery coexisting with it , we may infer that religion had become firmly established in the more progressive section of the community ...
... rites prescribed to exorcise them . On the other hand , where we find religion . in the ascendant but sorcery coexisting with it , we may infer that religion had become firmly established in the more progressive section of the community ...
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... rites on which the post - mortem welfare of the deceased depends ; and amongst savages generally the belief is that the dead stand in actual need of the food that is offered to them . But , as a matter of fact , there are grounds for ...
... rites on which the post - mortem welfare of the deceased depends ; and amongst savages generally the belief is that the dead stand in actual need of the food that is offered to them . But , as a matter of fact , there are grounds for ...
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... rites for a parent bathed his head or body ? " that the period of the mourning rites was a time of " uncleanness " for the son . It seems , therefore , that even if we were to admit that this species of " uncleanness " originated in a ...
... rites for a parent bathed his head or body ? " that the period of the mourning rites was a time of " uncleanness " for the son . It seems , therefore , that even if we were to admit that this species of " uncleanness " originated in a ...
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