Origin And Evolution Of Religion

This work is recognized as one of the greatest books on the origins and development of religion ever written, a true classic. From the dawn of religious ideas up through every major cult and religion that developed thereafter. Since its publication the book has universally been hailed as one of tremendous research and authority. Contents: theories of religious origins; worship of stones, hills, trees and plants; worship of animals; worship of elements and heavenly phenomena; worship of the sun; worship of man; worship of ancestors; religious stimuli; the soul; the self as soul; sacrifice; ritual; priest and the church; religion and mythology; religion and ethics; religion and philosophy; the triad; Hindu trinity; Buddhistic trinity; Christian trinity; reality of religion.