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Tables of Contents for Discovering Religious History in the Modern Age
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction to the American Edition
vii
Introduction
xiii
From the Philosophy of Religion to the History of Religions
1
23
Deciphering Unknown Cultures
24
12
What Languages Tell of the Early History of the Religions of Europe
36
15
The Presence of the Original Religion in Modern Civilization
51
14
On the Origin of All Social Obligations: The Ritual of Sacrifice
65
16
Under Civilization: The Menacing Realm of Magic
81
17
The Unfathomable Depths of Life in the Mirror of Hellenic Religion
98
15
The Productive Force of World Rejection
113
12
Competing Models of the Recapitulation of the History of Religions
125
11
Religion and the Social Bond
136
19
The Great Process of Disenchantment
155
20
Religion as Experience of the Self
175
12
How Descriptions of the History of Religion Reflect Modernization
187
10
Notes
197
28
Bibliography
225
32
Index
257
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