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Description:_The Origin and Growth of Religion: Facts and Theories_ (1931) by Jesuit priest Wilhelm Schmidt (1868 - 1954) here translated by H. J. Rose provides a fascinating account of the origin and growth of religion and in particular the theory that the earliest religion was in fact monotheistic (the worship of the High God). Fr. Wilhelm Schmidt was a German Roman Catholic Jesuit priest who performed valuable work in linguistics and anthropology and was perhaps most famous for maintaining that the earliest worship was that of the High God (monotheism). This book examines the comparative history of religion, showing the role of various theories of religion and the development of worship amongst the world's most primitive peoples, and extrapolating from this the origin of religion in monotheism. This book remains important because whereas other theories had focused on the origin of religion in magic, polytheism, etc., this theory remained the first to consider monotheism as the source of all religion. Schmidt's work came to be respected even by non-Catholic and even non-Christian anthropologists (including atheists) for his thorough research.By New Age of Barbarism "zosimos" (EVROPA.)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Origin and Growth of Religion: Facts and Theories. To get started finding The Origin and Growth of Religion: Facts and Theories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 302

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Methuen

Release: 1935

ISBN: 0815404085

Description: _The Origin and Growth of Religion: Facts and Theories_ (1931) by Jesuit priest Wilhelm Schmidt (1868 - 1954) here translated by H. J. Rose provides a fascinating account of the origin and growth of religion and in particular the theory that the earliest religion was in fact monotheistic (the worship of the High God). Fr. Wilhelm Schmidt was a German Roman Catholic Jesuit priest who performed valuable work in linguistics and anthropology and was perhaps most famous for maintaining that the earliest worship was that of the High God (monotheism). This book examines the comparative history of religion, showing the role of various theories of religion and the development of worship amongst the world's most primitive peoples, and extrapolating from this the origin of religion in monotheism. This book remains important because whereas other theories had focused on the origin of religion in magic, polytheism, etc., this theory remained the first to consider monotheism as the source of all religion. Schmidt's work came to be respected even by non-Catholic and even non-Christian anthropologists (including atheists) for his thorough research.By New Age of Barbarism "zosimos" (EVROPA.)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Origin and Growth of Religion: Facts and Theories. To get started finding The Origin and Growth of Religion: Facts and Theories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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