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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Breadth and Depth of Religious Experience | |
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| A Brief Outline of the Phenomenological Method | |
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| Attitudes and Institutions in the Study of Religion | |
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| A Final Word | |
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| Notes | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Toward a Definition of Religion | |
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| The Search for a Definition of Religion | |
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| Elements of Religion | |
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| Religion and Human Thought | |
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| Religion and Feeling | |
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| Religion and Action | |
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| Individual and Social Existence | |
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| Values and Religion | |
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| Substance or Function? | |
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| Toward Resolution | |
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| A Proposal | |
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| In Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Nature of the Sacred | |
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| The Complex Character of the Sacred | |
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| The Concept of Sacred Reality | |
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| Specially Distinctive | |
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| To Some Extent, Beyond the Volitional Control of Human Beings | |
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| Specially Prominent with Respect to Human Welfare | |
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| Properly Determinative of Various Aspects of Human Existence | |
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| Summary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Appearance of the Sacred | |
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| Types of Sacred Appearance | |
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| Varieties of Media | |
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| Sacred Persons | |
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| Sacred Objects | |
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| Sacred Time | |
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| Sacred Space | |
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| Sacred Appearance and the Complexity of Traditions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Language(s) of the Sacred | |
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| Myth | |
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| Stories | |
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| Story as Parable | |
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| The Preservation of Sacred Language | |
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| Oral Cultures | |
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| Scriptural Cultures | |
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| A Summary and Synthesis | |
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| The Language of Theology | |
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| The Visual Language of Religion | |
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| Language and Truth | |
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| Notes | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Ritual | |
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| Myth(os) and Ritual | |
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| The Passover | |
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| Holy Communion (The Eucharist) | |
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| Rites of Passage | |
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| Birth Rituals | |
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| Rituals of Initiation | |
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| Rituals of Mourning and Death | |
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| Temporal Rites and Celebrations | |
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| The Religious Meaning(s) of Ritual | |
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| Adoration | |
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| Thanksgiving | |
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| Petition | |
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| Penance/Purification | |
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| Ritual as a Problem | |
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| Ritual as a System | |
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| Notes | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Sacred Communities | |
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| The Social Character of Religion | |
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| Religion and Social Resistance | |
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| Heresy/Schism/Division | |
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| Tradition and Innovation | |
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| The Social Aspects of Worship | |
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| A Word of Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Problem of Evil | |
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| Identifying Evil | |
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| Responses to Evil: Some Classic Patterns | |
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| Evil and Karma: The Indian Context | |
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| The Consolation of Promise | |
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| The Appeal to Sovereignty | |
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| Dualism | |
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| Are the Answers Adequate? | |
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| Notes | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Religion and Morality | |
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| Defining the Issues | |
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| Religion, Morality, and Justification | |
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| Justification: General Considerations | |
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| Practical Justification: Three Cases | |
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| Hinduism: The Caste System | |
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| Islam: The Justification and Limitation of War | |
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| Christianity: Why Pray? | |
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| Religion and Morality: Patterns | |
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| Notes | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Quest for Salvation | |
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| Concepts of Salvation | |
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| Individual Salvation in This World | |
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| The Search for Meaning | |
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| The Desire to Be Remembered | |
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| The Ideal of Completion | |
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| Individual Salvation in Another World | |
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| Joining the Spirit World | |
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| Cosmic Cycling or Expansion | |
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| The Idea of Judgment | |
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| Group Salvation in This World | |
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| Salvation Through the People | |
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| Salvation Through the Tradition | |
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| Salvation in the Kingdom of God in This World | |
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| Group Salvation in Another World | |
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| Now That Distinctions Have Been Made | |
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| Paths to Salvation | |
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| The Path of Knowledge | |
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| The Path of Action | |
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| The Path of Aesthetics | |
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| The Path of Submission | |
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| The Path of Grace | |
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| A Closing Reminder | |
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| Notes | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |