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... Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911) 13 The old religionist cries out for his God. The new religionist cries out for some god to be his. G.K.Chesterton, All Things ...
... fears and anxieties from which they would otherwise be free. A.R.Radcliffe-Brown, Structure and Function in Primitive Society (1952) 13 Magic does not dominate the spiritual life of 'primitive' societies everywhere by any means; it is ...
... witch-hunting and witch-punishing is no more than temporary and their capacity to allay anxieties no more than illusory: for if witchcraft beliefs resolve certain fears and tensions, they also produce others... We MONOTHEISM 5 23.
Geoffrey Parrinder. resolve certain fears and tensions, they also produce others... We may liken witchcraft beliefs to a safety valve: but let us be clear that the engine which needs it has been badly constructed; nor is the safety valve ...
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Contents
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II THE SUPERNATURAL | 37 |
III THE NATURE OF GOD | 51 |
IV THE UNIVERSE | 76 |
V HUMANITY | 89 |
VI THE SACRED | 97 |
VII SACRED PERSONS | 105 |
XI SPIRITUAL EXERCISES | 151 |
XII RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY | 164 |
XIII RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY | 189 |
XIV VIRTUE AND THE GOOD | 205 |
XV MORALITY | 225 |
XVI MEN AND WOMEN | 246 |
XVII SOCIETY | 263 |
XVIII LAST THINGS | 291 |
VIII SACRED WORDS | 120 |
IX SACRED ACTIONS | 128 |
X SPIRITUALITY | 136 |
TEXT AND AUTHOR INDEX | 318 |
SUBJECT INDEX | 330 |
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