Part 3 — INDEX.
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A
Absoluteness of primitive faith, 139
Adler, Felix, 367
All-embracing unity, modernity of concept of, 39
Alviella, M. Goblet d’, 254, 277, 352
Amiel, 378, 466
Analysis, effect of, on emotions, 461;
destroys irrational joys only, 466
Ancestor worship, 47
Animal’s prayer, 74;
religion in lower, 76
Animate and inanimate, obviousness of distinction between, 49
Animism, priority of, 52;
dualistic, 82
Anomy, religious, 374
Antagonism between wealth and population, 315
Arnold, Matthew, 23, 92, 143, 156, 174, 189, 247, 259
Art, and religion, 414;
necessary reforms in, 418
Asceticism, 211, 473
Asia, danger from, 321
Association, ideal type of, 392
Augustine, Saint, 147
Aurelius, Marcus, 360
B
Baudelaire’s criminal, 406
Baudrillart, 324, 332
Beneficent error, 14
Bentham, 403
Bertillon, M., 324, 337
Bost, Pastor, 184
Buddhism, 362
Byron, 407
C
Caro, M., 387
Catholicism, 203, 244, 247
Cause, conception of God as first, 88
Celibacy, 306;
tax on, 336
Charity, intolerance a perverted, 147, 400
Christianity, 359, 362;
main strength of, 180;
the error of, 196;
and communism, 240
Civilization, menace to modern, 318
Clergy, impropriety of suppressing the, 274
Colenso, Bishop, 357
Commune, The, 244
Communism and Christianity, 240
Compensation, notion of, 75
Comte, A., 109
Confessional, the, 248
Conservatism, feminine, 7
Constant, Benjamin, 146
Conway, Moncure, 167
Cosmism, 365
Creation hypothesis, 102, 433
Credulity, feminine, 29
Crimes of French Revolution and Commune not due to non-religion, 244
Criminal, Baudelaire’s, 406
Criminology and religion, 241
D
Darwin, 295
Dead, cult for the, 410
Defect of French mind, 20
Definition, by Schleiermacher and Feuerbach, of religion, 3
Delirium, 82
Dependence of religion upon morality, 192
Determinism, concept of, 72;
reconciliation between indeterminism and, 484
Diderot, 222
Dissolution, possibility of arresting, 497
Divine and human love, conflict between, 201
Divine Providence, notion of a, 85;
futility of doctrine of, 440
Divinization, 69
Doctrine of Divine Providence, futility of, 440
Dogma, unfitness as material for education of religions, 272
Dogmatism and intelligence, 150
Doubt, Morality of, 382
Dreams, 67, 82
Dualistic animism, 82
Duty of civilized races to multiply, 319
E
Ecstasy, religious, 222
Education, unfitness of religious dogma as material for, 272;
by the priesthood, 273, 282;
moral, 280;
husband responsible for wife’s, 310
Egoism and mysticism, conflict between, 204
Eighteenth century view of miracles, 91
Espinas, 526
Essence of religion, 1, 10
Ethical Culture Society, 367
Evil of belief in a Divine Providence, 97
Evil, problem of, 433
Experiment in miracles, 158
F
Fainting, 82
Faith, absoluteness of primitive, 139;
complete intellectual rest, incident to, 142;
willfully blind, 143;
transformation of inevitable, 234
Fall of man, doctrine of the, 439
Family, religion of the, 322
Fanaticism, possible scientific, 395
Father’s duty in regard to religious instruction, 286
Feminine credulity, 297;
conservatism, 297;
timidity, 298
Féré, M. Ch., 462
Fetichism, 44, 48, 65
Fetichistic monism, primitive metaphysics a, 81
Feuerbach’s definition of religion, 3
First cause, concept of God as, 88
Fiske, Mr. John, 452, 455, 512
Force, use of justifiable, 146
Fouillée, M. Alfred, 7, 37, 435, 484, 485, 493, 526
France, proposal to Protestantize, 249;
gradual improvement of, 322
French, mind, its defect, 20;
Revolution, 250;
gaiety, 268
G
Gaiety, French, 268
Ghosts, 83
Gift, notion of, 75
God, conceived as first cause, 88, 431;
as ordered, 104;
as creator, 432;
responsible for evil, 433;
His omnipotence, 442;
hypothesis of, a non-omnipotent, 443;
disanthropomorphization of concept of, 452;
possible evolution of by natural selection, 496
God, love of, 131;
belief in, falls with belief in devil, 165;
love of, on the wane, 205
Goethe, 377, 400
Grace, doctrine of, 200
H
Hartmann, Von, 39, 108, 109, 464
Hasheesh, use of, defended, 223
Havet, M., 355
Hellenism, 261
Henneguy, Felix, 290
Henotheism, 27, 39, 108
Hindu tolerance, 32
History and religion, 158
Human and divine love, conflict between, 261
Humanity, religion of, 365
Humanization, 68
Husband responsible for wife’s education, 310
Huxley, 480
Hysteria, 83
I
Ideal type of association, 392
Idealism, 479
Incuriosity of primitive man, 51
Indeterminism, reconciliation between determinism and, 484
Individualism, religious, 12
Infinite, concept of the, 34
Inheritance, injustice of present law of, 338
Initiative, sentiment of personal, 98
Instinct, religious, 40, 229;
of self-preservation and sociality, 44
Instruction, father’s duty in regard to, 286
Insurance and religion, 161
Intolerance, incident to faith, 144;
a perverted charity, 147
Invisible, suffering from the, a modern malady, 35
Immanence of conscious life in nature, 66
Immortality, importance of concept of, 119
J
Javal, M., 337, 341
Jerome, Saint, 355
Jesus, 134, 187, 356
Junqua, Dr., 183
K
Kant, 195, 380, 433, 447
L
Lange, 415, 490
Laveleye, M. de, 249, 252, 284
Lenormant, M., 285
Leopardi, 468
Lethargy, 82
Liberal Protestantism, 182
Littré, 277, 288
Livingstone, 302
Love, conflict between divine and human, 201;
a cerebral stimulant, 307;
makes for sanity, 308;
of mankind, future of, 399
Love of God, 131;
on the wane, 205
Lower animals, religion in, 76
Luther, 193
M
Mainlaender, Phillipp, 458
Malthusianism, 317;
fallacy of, 317;
in France, 325
Marvellous, primitive man’s faith in the, 137
Materialism, 488
Maternity, girls should be trained for, 333
Medical knowledge, progress of, and religion, 162
Ménard, M. Louis, 249, 289
Metaphysics, primitive, a fetichistic monism, 81;
scope of, 383;
instability of, 389;
present direction of, 424
Michelet, 249, 320
Mill, John Stuart, 173, 442, 461
Mind stuff, 490
Misoneism, 125
Miracles, conception of, 87;
not frauds, 90;
eighteenth century view of, 91;
but illusions, 92;
experiment in, 128;
in modern times, 353
Modesty, nature or, 301
Mohammedanism, 257, 361
Molinari, M. de, 409
Monism, 493
Montesquieu, 329
Moral sentiment defined, 7
Moralism, 426
Morality and religion, 114, 241, 362;
dependence of religion upon, 192;
essence of, 197;
apart from religion not hard to teach, 402
Mormonism, 358
Müller, Max, 24, 49, 233
Mystery, fear of thunder due to sense of, 62
Mysticism a perversion, 132;
conflicts with egoism, 204;
and asceticism, 211;
and women, 299
N
Natural phenomena non-existent for primitive man, 64
Natural selection, evolution of gods by, 496
Nature a society, 55;
seeming menace of conscious life in, 66;
love of, 421;
inexhaustible resources of, 500
Neo-Christianity, 184
Neutrality, propriety in religious affairs of state, 277
Newman, Cardinal, 247
Newman, Mr. Francis, 351
Nirvâna, 473
Nonotte, Abbé, 327
Non-religion defined, 8;
the goal of religion, 167;
not responsible for the crimes of the French Revolution and the Commune, 244
Novelty, persistent in the world, 470
O
Omnipotence, God’s, 442
P
Pantheism, 452
Panthelism, 55
Paraphysics, religion primarily a, 79
Parents, not protected against ingratitude, 334;
should be taxed inversely to number of children, 337
Parvé, M. Steyn, 283
Pascal, 202, 440
Pattison, Mark, 365
Paul, Saint, 356
Paul, Vincent de, 399
Personal initiative, sentiment of, 98
Pessimism, 457;
an optical illusion, 468
Pillon, M., 249
Polydemonism, 85
Population, antagonism between wealth and, 315;
importance of, 316;
inability of priest to cope with question of, 327;
decrease of, encouraged by the church, 328
Positivism, 24, 109, 365
Possession, 83
Prayer, the animal’s, 74;
kinds of, distinguished, 217;
durable element in, 217;
highest form of, 225
Priest and prophet, antagonism between, 128
Priesthood, origin of, 126;
education by the, 273, 282
Primary instruction and religion, 159
Primitive man, incurious, 51;
unaware of natural phenomena as such, 64;
and novelty, 125;
and the marvelous, 137
Primitive metaphysics, a fetichistic monism, 81
Problem of evil, 433
Prophet and priest, antagonism between, 128
Protestantism, 152, 167, 252;
liberal, 182
Providence, notion of a Divine, 85;
evil of belief in, 97;
futility of doctrine of, 440
R
Realism, 482
Reconciliation between determinism and indeterminism, 484
Relics, belief in, 86
Religion, essence of, 1, 10;
and science, difference between, 3;
Feuerbach’s definition of, 3;
Schleiermacher’s definition of, 3, 487;
of natural origin, 22;
and superstition, 78;
primarily a paraphysics, 79;
morally retrograde, 114;
and physiology, psychology, and history, 158;
and primary instruction, 159;
and development of commerce, 160;
and insurance, 161;
and progress of medical knowledge, 162;
tends toward non-religion, 167;
dependent upon morality, 192;
and crime, 241;
not essential to morality, 241;
deserted by genius, 355;
of humanity, 365;
and art, 414
Religious individualism, 12;
instinct, 40, 229;
ecstasy, 222;
instruction, father’s duty in regard to, 286
Renan, 17, 23, 40, 119, 126, 158, 172, 227, 232, 236, 306, 321, 373
Renouvier, 249
Revelation, essence of faith in, 140
Réville, M., 49, 114, 128, 417
Revolution, French, 244, 250
Richet, M., 337
Romanes, George, 62
S
Sanction, superfluity of religious, 405
Scepticism, feebleness of, 376
Schelling, 524
Schleiermacher’s definition of religion, 3, 487
Schoolmaster, importance of the, 277
Schultz, Professor Hermann, 184
Science and religion, difference between, 3
Secrétan, M., 437
Secularism, 365
Self-preservation, and sociality, instincts of, 44
Sentiment, definition of moral, 7
Sermon, transformation of the, 416
Shadows, 82
Sin, morbid preoccupation with, 213
Socialism, 369
Sociality, and self-preservation, instincts of, 44
Society for Ethical Culture, 367
Sociomorphism, religion a, 2
Somnambulism, 83
Special Providence, 440;
mankind to be its own, 450
Spencer, Herbert, 44, 384, 427, 451, 490
Spinozism, 454
Spirit, genesis of concept of, 82
Stoicism, 520
Strauss, 23, 417, 431
Suffering from the invisible, a modern malady, 35
Suicide, as a resource, 472
Superstition and religion, 78
Symbolism, 9
T
Taine, 227, 479, 490, 493
Tax on celibacy, 306
Theism, 429
Theresa, Saint, 134
Thunder, sense of mystery responsible for fear of, 63
Timidity, feminine, 298
Tolerance, 149;
Hindu, 32
Totality, concept of, 39
Transformation of the sermon, 416
Trent, Council of, 141
U
Unity, modernity of concept of an all-embracing, 39
Universal Providence, 441
V
Vernes, M. Maurice, 281, 283
Verrier, Dr., 344
W
Wealth, antagonism between population and, 315
Wife, husband responsible for education of, 310
Women and mysticism, 299;
importance of early education of, 309
Worship of ancestors, 47;
public, 126;
subjective, 130
Z
Zoölatry, 47
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