A Comparative View of Religions - A Comparative View of Religions by Johannes Henricus Scholten
Excerpt: The conception of religion presupposes, a, God as object; b, man as subject; c, the mutual relation existing between them. According to the various stages of development which men have reached, religious belief manifests itself either in the form of a passive feeling of dependence, where the subject, not yet conscious of his independence, feels himself wholly overmastered by the deity, or the object of worship, as by a power outside of and opposed to himself; or, when the feeling of independence has awakened, in a one-sided elevation of the human, whereby man in worshiping a deity deifies himself. In the highest stage of religious development, the most entire feeling of dependence is united in religion with the strongest consciousness of personal independence.
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The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons
by Henry Steel Olcott
Excerpt:
The thoughtful student, in scanning the religious history of the race, has one fact continually forced upon his notice, viz., that there is an invariable tendency to deify whomsoever shows himself superior to the weakness of our common humanity
The Ancient Church The Ancient Church - The Ancient Church by W. D. (William Dool) Killen
Excerpt:
The appearance of another history of the early Church requires some explanation
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EBook - As a Man Thinketh - by James Allen As a Man Thinketh
by James Allen
Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
Quotes:
"Don't accept that others know you better than yourself. Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results
Mohammedanism Mohammedanism - The American Lectures on the History of Religions are delivered under the auspices of the American Committee for Lectures on the History of Religions
The Wonders of Prayer The Wonders of Prayer
by Various
Excerpt:
The incidents which are published in this volume, are vouched for upon the strongest proofs of authenticity possible to obtain, and are either of circumstances known amid my own experience, or connected with the lives of my correspondents and their friends
The Faith of Islam The Faith of Islam
by Edward Sell
Excerpt:
The following pages embody a study of Islám during a residence of fifteen years in India, the greater part of which time I have been in daily intercourse with Musalmáns. I have given in the footnotes the authorities from which I quote
Light, Life and Love Light, Life and Love - Light, Life, and Love by William Ralph Inge
Excerpt:
TO most English readers the "Imitation of Christ" is the representative of mediaeval German mysticism. In reality, however,
this beautiful little treatise belongs to a period when that movement had nearly spent itself
Handwork in Wood Handwork in Wood
by William Noyes
Excerpt:
This book is intended primarily for teachers of woodwork, but the author hopes that there will also be other workers in wood, professional and amateur, who will find in it matter of interest and profit
