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... questions to ask is " Was man active or passive in the making of religion ? " This ques- tion is perhaps the most divisive that can be asked . It seems to separate men into naturalists and super- naturalists . The believer in the ...
... questions to ask is " Was man active or passive in the making of religion ? " This ques- tion is perhaps the most divisive that can be asked . It seems to separate men into naturalists and super- naturalists . The believer in the ...
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... question that low - grade people can only live in small groups , no matter what their other advantages . The organization of the group must increase in definiteness as it increases in size . The clan may have a small organization , but ...
... question that low - grade people can only live in small groups , no matter what their other advantages . The organization of the group must increase in definiteness as it increases in size . The clan may have a small organization , but ...
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... questions about its truth or its falseness . For science it is enough that religion exists , therefore it must be studied , but when it is seen to be not only an important social fact , but also the greatest social fact , the study of ...
... questions about its truth or its falseness . For science it is enough that religion exists , therefore it must be studied , but when it is seen to be not only an important social fact , but also the greatest social fact , the study of ...
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... task . It does not question the permanent value or even the divine origin of the Sermon on the Mount to say that its literal use for the reconstruction of society is an impossible performance . 36 RELIGION IN THE MAKING.
... task . It does not question the permanent value or even the divine origin of the Sermon on the Mount to say that its literal use for the reconstruction of society is an impossible performance . 36 RELIGION IN THE MAKING.
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... was the influence of numbers and of strength . Of this we shall see more as we study the development of religious institutions . More definitely to consider the question of the Hebrew people 52 RELIGION IN THE MAKING.
... was the influence of numbers and of strength . Of this we shall see more as we study the development of religious institutions . More definitely to consider the question of the Hebrew people 52 RELIGION IN THE MAKING.
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Abraham altar Ancestor worship ancient animal Azazel became become Bethel Bible Book of Judges burnt-offerings called children of Israel clan Cloth common covenant cubits David definite divine early earth Egypt Elohim ephod Ezekiel fact faith fast fathers feast festival function furnished gods hand hath Hebrew high places high priest Holy of Holies Holy Place human idea important inner court institutions interpretation Israel Jacob Jehovah Jerusalem Joshua Judges Keilah king land later Levites living modern monotheism Moses mountain nation offered organization Philistines priest priesthood priestly prophets race religion religious ritual Sabbath sacrifice sanctity Saul seems Semitic Shechem significance social group sociology Solomon soul stone story synagogue taboo temple thee thing thou shalt thought tion totem tree tribe of Levi universal unto Jehovah unto the Lord worship of Jehovah
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Page 178 - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains : and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry I would not tell thee : for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page 150 - What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear ? And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites : for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God ; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Page 178 - If I were hungry I would not tell thee : for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats ? Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most high.
Page 98 - An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Page 104 - When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Page 161 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Page 72 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 181 - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Page 195 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Page 152 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.