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Tables of Contents for Progress & Religion
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
Introduction
xxi
Preface
3
2
Dawson's Table of Contents
5
10
PART I
Sociology and the Idea of Progress
15
15
History and the Idea of Progress
30
17
Anthropology and the Theory of Progress: The Material Foundations of Culture
47
16
The Comparative Study of Religions and the Spiritual Element in Culture
63
18
PART II
Religion and the Origins of Civilization
81
16
The Rise of the World Religions
97
23
Christianity and the Rise of Western Civilization
120
20
The Secularization of Western Culture and the Rise of the Religion of Progress
140
18
The Age of Science and Industrialism: The Decline of the Religion of Progress
158
23
Conclusion
181
12
Bibliography, compiled
193
2
Index of Proper Names
195