ABSTRACT

First published in 2002. This is Volume VI of seven in the Library of Philosophy series on the Philosophy of Religion. Written in 1911, the present study an attempt is made to describe some of the more significant features of religion, and to discover the causes that give them their peculiar character.

chapter |19 pages

Introduction

Expressions of the Sense of Conflict

part |109 pages

Conflicts in Regard to Feeling and Emotion

part |58 pages

Conflicts in Regard to Action

part |133 pages

Conflicts in Regard to Religious Thought

chapter |7 pages

The Place of Relief

chapter |10 pages

Images of the Divine

chapter |14 pages

The Escape from Imagery

chapter |16 pages

Many Gods and One God

The Motives for Increase

part |45 pages

Central Forces of Religion

chapter |14 pages

The Idealizing Act

chapter |15 pages

Standards of Religion