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... true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. Matthew Arnold, Literature and Dogma (1873) 9 Religion is so great a thing that it is right that those who will not take the trouble to seek it, if ...
... Levi, Christ Stopped at Eboli (1947) 23 Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith. Simone Weil, Notebooks, i (1956) 24 Religion is unbelief. It is a concern, indeed we 2 1 WHAT IS RELIGION?
... true monotheism can give rise only to misunderstandings. Raffaele Pettazzoni, Essays on the History of Religions (1954) 9 A theistic religion need not be either monotheistic or polytheistic. It may be both. It is a question of the level ...
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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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