1st Edition
The Concept of Deity A Comparative and Historical Study. The Wilde Lectures in Natural and Comparative Religion in the University of Oxford
By E.O. James
Copyright 1950
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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For good or ill, most, if not all, of the great institutions which have formed the framework of society have had their roots in the idea of Deity as a beneficent providential order of transcendental reality. In being handed down through countless generations the beliefs, concepts and customs have assumed a great variety of new outward forms in the process of transmission and development. To... Read more
1. The Primitive Conception of Providence 2. The Worship of Nature 3. Oriental Pantheism 4. Anthropomorphism 5. Monolatry and Monotheism 6. Dualism 7. The Philosophy of Theism 8. The God of Religion 9. Divine Revelation
Biography
E. O. James
