 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
 | Alexander Goldenweiser - 1922 - 466 sider
...Magic is related to religion as well as to science. In this connection Frazer defines religion as "a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to...believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life."2 Thus, religion is opposed to magic as well as to '//-/,/. p. 221. 'li'ld, p. 222.... | |
 | 1925 - 682 sider
...classed as magic in primeval civilizations. Moreover, the primitive man understands by religion "A propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to...believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life." 7 After every offence to his deities they must be propitiated or they will send down... | |
 | Frank Challice Constable - 1924 - 304 sider
...superior to 4 As to the continuity between Science and Religion cf. Riddlet of the Sphinx, Appendix III. man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life." This is not herein accepted as a definition of religion : it paves the way, however,... | |
 | Roy Wood Sellars - 1926 - 568 sider
...select one of these three elements and to neglect the others. Thus . Frazer defines religion as "a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to...believed to direct and control the course of Nature and of human life. ' ' l There is in this definition too much stress, perhaps, upon behavior. Pratt .defines... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1927 - 468 sider
...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. Thus defined, religion consists of two elements, a theoretical and a practical, namely,... | |
 | Angus Stewart Woodburne - 1927 - 396 sider
...than history for either conclusion. We ought to observe that Frazer's definition of religion is "a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to...believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life." 1B Lang says that by religion he means What Mr. Frazer means — and more. The conciliation... | |
 | Ernest Rutherford Groves - 1928 - 592 sider
...processes failed brought forth religion. Fraser, to use his own words, says that religion comes as "propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to...believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life." Again he says, ' ' religion consists of two elements, a theoretical and a practical,... | |
 | American Sociological Association - 1910 - 626 sider
...is the attempt to placate and win over powers that may listen — or may not. It is defined as the ''propitiation or conciliation of powers superior...believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life." 8 Unfortunately when we test this scheme and the definitions which it involves, the... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1927 - 830 sider
...ritual, and Frazer's definition of religion as "A propitiation or concilation of powers superior to men which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life,"7 tho superior to Tylor's in that it recognizes the essential element in religion, namely... | |
 | 1905 - 498 sider
...different grades of experience. Hence as regards Frazier's definition of religion as " the propitiation and conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed...and control the course of nature and human life," we can only say that it depends for its truth entirely upon the stage of culture and upon the form... | |
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