Outlines Of The History Of Religion To The Spread Of The Universal Religions

C.P. Tiele

Concept Publishing Company, 2005 - Religions - 249 pages

Contents

• RELIGION UNDER THE CONTROL OF ANIMISM: 7
• Influence of National Character: 16
• And of Locality and Occupation: 17
• Original Religions of America: 18
• The Peruvians and Jesicans: 20
• The Finns: 23
• CHAPTER II: 25
• RELIGIOS AJONG THE CHINESE: 27
• Absence of a Priestly Caste: 29
• Reforms of Kongfutse: 30
• His Religious Doctrine: 31
• Religious Literatur: 32
• Mengtse: 33
• The Taosse: 35
• Laotse: 36
• Later Writings of the Taosse: 37
• The Chinese and Egyptian Religions: 38
• CHAPTER III: 39
• PAGE: 40
• 221: 42
• Sources of our Knowledge: 44
• Ancient Animistic Usages: 45
• Polytheistic and Monotheistic Tendencies: 46
• Triumph of Light over Darkness: 47
• Doctrine of Creation: 49
• Religion under the First Six Dynasties: 50
• Under the Middle Empire: 52
• Conception of AmunRâ: 54
• Modifications under Influence of Greece: 55
• African Aryan and Mesopotamian Elements: 57
• Religion among the Semites: 60
• Southern and Northern Semites: 61
• Primitive Arabian Religion: 63
• Contact of Northern Semites with the Akkadians: 67
• Religion among the Bubylonians and Assyrians: 69
• Relation of Babylonians and Assyrians: 71
• Their Religion: 73
• Different Developments of Religion: 76
• The Mesopotamian Semites reach a higher Stage: 78
• The Sabeans: 79
• Its Mesopotamian Origin: 81
• Sources of Cosmogony and Myths: 83
• Special Character of Phenician Religion: 84
• The Religion of Israel: 85
• Growth of Yahyism: 86
• Adoption of Native Elements: 87
• The Prophets: 88
• Influence of Persia Greece and Rome: 90
• Islam: 91
• Religion in Arabia before Mohammed: 92
• His early Career: 94
• His Conquests and Death: 95
• The Five Pillars of Islâinthe Unity of God: 97
• Gloomy Conceptions of the World: 99
• The Divine Mission of Mohammed: 100
• Theocratic Character of Islâmnism: 101
• Its Position among other Religions: 102
• CHAPTER IV: 105
• Religion of the Ancient IndoGermans: 106
• Formation of Separate Nations: 108
• The Aryan Religion: 109
• Religion among the Hindus: 110
• a The Vedic Religion III: 111
• Indra and Agni: 113
• Different Forms of the SunGod: 114
• Rise of the Brâhmans: 115
• Ethical Character of the Vedic Religion: 117
• The Four Castes: 120
• Religious Literature: 122
• Need of a Supreme God: 124
• Sacrifices 126: 126
• Moral Ideal of the Brâhmans: 127
• Their Social Ideal: 129
• The Conflict of Brahmanism with Buddhism: 130
• Decline of their Power: 131
• Cultus of Dionysos and Athena: 132
• Effect of Poetry and Sculpture: 133
• Historical Foundation of the Legend of the Buddha: 134
• Relation of Buddhism to Brâhmanism: 135
• Spread of Buddhism: 137
• Its Decline: 139
• The Jainas: 140
• The Changes in Brâhmanism under the Influence of its Conflict with Buddhism: 142
• Necessity of Modifications in Brâhmanism: 143
• Doctrine of the Avataras: 145
• Krishna Worship: 147
• Vishgu as Rudra and Șiva: 149
• Ganesa Hariharau and the Trimûrti: 152
• The Puranas and the Two Great Epics: 153
• Doctrine of the Authority of the Veda: 155
• The Vaishnava and Saiva Sects: 157
• The Şakta Sects: 158
• Religion among the Erânian NationsMazdeism: 160
• The Religion of Zarathustra: 163
• The ZendAvesta and the Bundehesh: 165
• Doctrine of Ahura Mazdão: 166
• The Amesha Speñita: 169
• Mithra and Anahita: 170
• The Yazatas: 171
• The Fravashis: 173
• Its Influence on Worship and Life: 175
• Its Eschatology: 176
• Foreign Elements in later Zarathustrianism: 177
• Religion among the Tends or LettoSlavs: 179
• Doctrine of the Soul ISI 112 Doctrine of Spirits among the Old Russians: 182
• Deities worshipped by Letts and Slavs: 184
• Relation between Man and the Higher Powers: 186
• Religion among the Germans: 188
• Superiority over that of the Wends ISS 116 Its Cycle of Gods: 191
• Odhinn Thôrr and Loki: 192
• Ethical Character of Germanic Religion: 194
• The Drama of the World: 197
• Doctrine of the Soul and Cultus: 198
• CHAPTER V: 201
• The Religion of the Pelasgi: 203
• Causes of Development of Greek Religion: 205
• National and Foreign Elements: 207
• Poetic Treatment of NatureMyths: 211
• Civilisation of Asia Minor and Crete: 212
• The Homeric Theology: 213
• Approach to Monotheism: 214
• Growing Connection of Morality and Religion: 215
• Religion among the Romans: 228
• Personification of Abstract Ideas: 229
• Continued Development of this Character 137 Transition from Polydæmonism to Polytheism 138 Fusion of Different Elements 139 Importance of th...: 235

Bibliographic information

• Title: Outlines Of The History Of Religion To The Spread Of The Universal Religions
• Author: C.P. Tiele
• Translated by: Joseph Estlin Carpenter
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Concept Publishing Company, 2005
• ISBN: 8172681232, 9788172681234
• Length: 249 pages