ABSTRACT
Religion, in common estimation, may be said to imply: the holding of certain beliefs about the existence of a divine Power or Powers and about their relations with mankind; and the practice of certain forms of worship in which these beliefs find expression, and their effect on the general conduct of life. In each of the great religions of mankind acceptance of particular doctrines associated with its founder has been felt to be of immense importance, affecting both the present and future welfare of the believer. Science, though within its limits the most powerful of instruments for the discovery of truth, covers only a part of the total field of experience. In being a matter of emotional rather than intellectual apprehension, religion is more closely akin to art than to science or philosophy.
