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Stephanos Nirmalendu Ghosh Lectures 1938. The Foundation of Living Faiths — An Introduction to Comparative Religion

1938

The decay of traditional faith among the Greeks and the Romans, which the sceptical and the serious philosophers alike hastened by their exposure of the unworthy picture of the gods worshipped by the multitude, led to the spread of the Mystery religions where at least some of the demands of a genuine religious life could be satisfied. [...] Gentile Christianity and the Mystery"THE MYSTERY RELIGIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 18 the religion of Rome and the aesthetic character of the reli- gion of Greece, they attracted in a time of decadence, scepti- cism and mysticism large numbers by their gorgeous ritual, the magic spell of their Mysteries, their demand for an ascetic life, the blissfulness of the ecstatic state, and their promise of de [...] The Jews of the Dispersion could not continue their temple-service outside the holy ground of Jerusalem, and the Synagogue, the precursor of the Christian Church, came into existence and prayer replaced sacri- fice. ' But the successful Maccabaea. n revolt not only restored the worship in the Temple but also brought into being the puritanic Pharisees who took up the task of interpreting and observi [...] The mind of the race had, however, been already infected by the virus of a less formal religion; and so, in spite of the combined efforts of the doctors of the law (the Pharisees), the priestly aristocracy (the Sadducees) and the learned scholars (the Scribes), the old religion of sacrifice. , so earnestly denounced by the Pro- phets on account of its want of inwardness and its dissocia- tion from [...] When the protests come from the rational side of man, who fails to see the significance and the utility of many of the beliefs, formalities and institutions of the religious organisation to which he belongs, they take the form of reforming movements.
philosophy religion
Pages
538
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100014
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-xii Haridas Bhattacharyya view
Chapter I. The Living Faiths
1-39 unknown view
Chapter II. The Prophets
40-90 unknown view
Chapter III. The Revelations
91-150 unknown view
Chapter IV. The Gods of Hinduism : Vedic
151-201 unknown view
Chapter V. The Gods of Hinduism : Pauranic
202-248 unknown view
Chapter VI. God in Judaism
249-311 unknown view
Chapter VII. God in Christianity
312-346 unknown view
Chapter VIII. God in Islam
347-412 unknown view
Chapter IX God in Zoroastrianism : Gathic
413-472 unknown view
Chapter X. God in Zoroastrianism : Post-Gathic
473-526 unknown view

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