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Chapter I. Introduction.—Ethnic and Catholic Religions
§ 3. Ethnic Religions. Injustice often done to them by Christian Apologists
§ 4. How Ethnic Religions were regarded by Christ and his Apostles
§ 5. Comparative Theology will furnish a new Class of Evidences in Support of Christianity
§ 7. Comparative Theology will probably show that the Ethnic Religions are one-sided, each containing a Truth of its own, but being defective, wanting some corresponding Truth. Christianity, or the Catholic Religion, is complete on every Side
§ 8. Comparative Theology will probably show that Ethnic Religions are arrested, or degenerate, and will come to an End, while the Catholic Religion is capable of a progressive Development
Chapter II. Confucius and the Chinese, or the Prose of Asia
§ 2. Chinese Government based on Education. Civil-Service Examinations
§ 3. Life and Character of Confucius
§ 4. Philosophy and subsequent Development of Confucianism
§ 6. Religious Character of the "Kings."
§ 8. The Tae-ping Insurrection
Note
Chapter III. Brahmanism
§ 2. Difficulty of this Study. The Complexity of the System. The Hindoos have no History. Their Ultra-Spiritualism
§ 3. Helps from Comparative Philology. The Aryans in Central Asia
§ 4. The Aryans in India. The Native Races. The Vedic Age. Theology of the Vedas
§ 5. Second Period. Laws of Manu. The Brahmanic Age
§ 6. The Three Hindoo Systems of Philosophy,—Sánkhya, Vedanta, and Nyasa
§ 7. Origin of the Hindoo Triad
§ 8. The Epics, the Puranas, and modern Hindoo Worship
§ 9. Relation of Brahmanism to Christianity
Chapter IV. Buddhism, or the Protestantism of the East
§ 2. Extent of Buddhism. Its Scriptures
§ 4. Leading Doctrines of Buddhism
§ 5. The Spirit of Buddhism Rational and Humane
§ 6. Buddhism as a Religion
§ 8. Good and Evil of Buddhism
§ 9. Relation of Buddhism to Christianity
Chapter V. Zoroaster and the Zend Avesta
§ 2. Greek Accounts of Zoroaster. Plutarch's Description of his Religion
§ 3. Anquetil du Perron and his Discovery of the Zend Avesta
§ 5. Spirit of Zoroaster and of his Religion
§ 6. Character of the Zend Avesta
§ 7. Later Development of the System in the Bundehesch
§ 8. Relation of the Religion of the Zend Avesta to that of the Vedas
§ 10. Relation of this System to Christianity. The Kingdom of Heaven
Chapter VI. The Gods of Egypt
§ 2. Religious Character of the Egyptians. Their Ritual
§ 3. Theology of Egypt. Sources of our Knowledge concerning it
§ 5. Sources of Egyptian Theology. Age of the Empire and Affinities of the Race
§ 6. The Three Orders of Gods
§ 7. Influence of Egypt on Judaism and Christianity
Chapter VII. The Gods of Greece
§ 2. Idea and General Character of Greek Religion
§ 3. The Gods of Greece before Homer
§ 4. The Gods of the Poets
§ 5. The Gods of the Artists
§ 6. The Gods of the Philosophers
§ 7. The Worship of Greece
§ 8. The Mysteries. Orphism
§ 9. Relation of Greek Religion to Christianity
Chapter VIII. The Religion of Rome
§ 2. The Gods of Rome
§ 3. Worship and Ritual
§ 4. The Decay of the Roman Religion
§ 5. Relation of the Roman Religion to Christianity
Chapter IX. The Teutonic and Scandinavian Religion
§ 2. Idea of the Scandinavian Religion
§ 4. The Gods of Scandinavia
§ 5. Resemblance of the Scandinavian Mythology to that of Zoroaster
§ 7. Social Character, Maritime Discoveries, and Political Institutions of the Scandinavians
§ 8. Relation of this System to Christianity
Chapter X. The Jewish Religion
§ 2. Abraham; or, Judaism as the family Worship of a Supreme Being
§ 3. Moses; or, Judaism as the national Worship of a just and holy King
§ 4. David; or, Judaism as the personal Worship of a Father and friend
§ 5. Solomon; or, the Religious Relapse
Proverbs Having a Semi-christian Character
§ 6. The Prophets; or, Judaism as the Hope of a spiritual and universal Kingdom of God
§ 7. Judaism as a Preparation for Christianity
Chapter XI. Mohammed and Islam
§ 2. The Arabs and Arabia
§ 4. Change in the Character of Mohammed after the Hegira
§ 5. Religious Doctrines and Practices among the Mohammedans
§ 6. The Criticism of Mr. Palgrave on Mohammedan Theology
§ 7. Mohammedanism a Relapse; the worst Form of Monotheism, and a retarding Element in Civilization
Note to the Chapter on Mohammed
Chapter XII. The Ten Religions and Christianity
§ 2. Christianity a Pleroma, or Fulness of Life
§ 4. Christianity compared with the Avesta and the Eddas. The Duad in all Religions
§ 5. Christianity and the Religions of Egypt, Greece, and Rome
§ 7. The Fulness of Christianity is derived from the Life of Jesus
§ 8. Christianity as a Religion of Progress and of Universal Unity
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