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" A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultrarational sanction for that large class of conduct in the individual where his interests and the interests of the social organism are antagonistic, and by which the former are rendered subordinate to the... "
International Journal of Ethics - Page 169
1896
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Development of Social Theory

James Pendleton Lichtenberger - Sociology - 1923 - 504 pages
...Social Evolution, pp. 305-6. "Ibid., p. 106. "Ibid., p. 107. "Ibid., pp. 114-16. ''Ibid., pp. 108-9. sanction for that large class of conduct in the individual...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing." M We cannot do better than conclude this survey by quoting Giddings' forceful and appreciative summary:...
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The Reformed Church Review

Theology - 1898 - 594 pages
...definition of religion, therefore, from the standpoint of social evolution may be formulated as follows : " A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultrarational...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing." Considering the various systems of religious belief from the standpoint of this definition, we discover...
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The Elements of Crime: (psycho-social Interpretation)

Boris Brasol - Crime - 1927 - 466 pages
...ever-increasing appreciation on the part of the men of science, gives this definition of religion: " A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultra-rational...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing." l Religion, and ethics in general, are not merely subjective concepts, since they do more than determine...
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Contemporary Sociological Theories

Pitirim Aleksandrovich Sorokin - Sociology - 1928 - 824 pages
...which are not more superior intellectually than many extinct groups.23 This factor is religion, as a form of belief, providing an ultra-rational sanction...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing . . . No form of belief is capable of functioning as a religion in the evolution of society which does...
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International Journal of Ethics, Volume 11

Electronic journals - 1901 - 562 pages
...destroy it, religion steps in, "providing," in the words of Mr. Benjamin Kidd which Mr. Headley adopts, "an ultra-rational sanction for that large class of...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing." Thus, it seems, moral decay was checked, but physical decay is still going on. For Mr. Headley will...
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Affluent Suburb (HC): Housing Needs and Attitudes

George Sternlieb, Lynne B. Sagalyn, Lynne B. Sagalyn - 292 pages
...explained Wilberforce, in a letter to Pitt, 'is the basis of all politics.' Benjamin Kidd argued that: 'A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultra-rational...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing.' 1 This puts the matter very neatly. It was formerly supposed that the individual participated in the...
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Religion in Victorian Britain, Volume 3

Gerald Parsons, James Richard Moore - History - 1988 - 562 pages
...alone science is concerned with religion as a social phenomenon, must run somewhat as follows: — A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultra-rational...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing. We have here the principle at the base of all religions. Any religion is, of course, more than this...
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Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860-1945: Nature as ...

Mike Hawkins - History - 1997 - 360 pages
...significant conduct by endowing the relevant actions with moral approbation. 'A religion', maintained Kidd, 'is a form of belief providing an ultra-rational sanction...large class of conduct in the individual where his interest and the interest of the social organism are antagonistic, and by which the former are rendered...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 3-4; Volume 77

William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1898 - 898 pages
...been in fact the most important factor in human social progress, and he defines religion as follows : A religion is a form, of belief providing an ultra-rational...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing. This is the essential of all religion. Creeds and observances are merely the machinery by means of...
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The North American Review, Volume 161

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1895 - 856 pages
...irrelevant all discussion as to a creed's truth. Mr. Kidd then defines religion as being " a form of beliaf providing an ultra-rational sanction for that large...rendered subordinate to the latter in the general interest of the evolution which the race is undergoing," and says that we have here the principle at...
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