THE EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF GOD
Reading edition
AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGINS OF RELIGIONS
BY GRANT ALLEN
AUTHOR OF “PHYSIOLOGICAL ÆSTHETICS” “THE COLOURS OF FLOWERS” “FORCE AND ENERGY” ETC
LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS
1897
CONTENTS
PREFACE
THE EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF GOD.
CHAPTER I.—CHRISTIANITY AS A RELIGIOUS STANDARD.
CHAPTER II.—RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY.
CHAPTER III.—THE LIFE OF THE DEAD.
CHAPTER IV.—THE ORIGIN OF GODS.
CHAPTER V.—SACRED STONES.
CHAPTER VI.—SACRED STAKES.
CHAPTER VIL—SACRED TREES.
CHAPTER VIII.—THE GODS OF EGYPT.
CHAPTER IX.—THE GODS OF ISRAEL.
CHAPTER X.—THE RISE OF MONOTHEISM.
CHAPTER XI.—HUMAN GODS.
CHAPTER XII.—THE MANUFACTURE OF GODS.
CHAPTER XIII.—GODS OF CULTIVATION.
CHAPTER XIV.—CORN- AND WINE-GODS.
CHAPTER XV.—SACRIFICE AND SACRAMENT.
CHAPTER XVI.—THE DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT.
CHAPTER XVII.—THE WORLD BEFORE CHRIST.
CHAPTER XVIII.—THE GROWTH OF CHRISTIANITY.
CHAPTER XIX.—SURVIVALS IN CHRISTENDOM.
CHAPTER XX.—CONCLUSION.
INDEX