ine books, 933-940; Religious and
ethical influence of divination, 941, 942.

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Groups into which the great religions fall, 943, 944.

POLYTHEISM. Differences between the polytheistic schemes of
various peoples: Egyptian, Semitic, Indo-European, Mexican,
Peruvian, 945-950; Extent of anthropomorphization of gods
measured by richness of mythology: in savage and
half-civilized communities, 952-954; Gradations of
anthropomorphization in civilized peoples, 955-964;
Religious role of polytheism, 965, 966; Dissatisfaction with
its discordances, and demand for simplification of the
conception of the divine government of the world, 967.

DUALISM. Belief of lower tribes in two mutually antagonistic
sets of Powers, 968-972; Of the great ancient religions it
is only Zoroastrianism that has constructed a dualistic
system, 973-976; Whether a strictly dualistic scheme has
ever existed, 977; Manichaeism, 978; Problems raised by
dualism, 979.

MONOTHEISM. The general movement toward it, 980, 981; Two
theories of its origin: that it is the natural primitive
form of religion, that it is the result of a primitive
divine revelation, 982; The facts in the case: it is not now
found in low tribes, 983-985; it is not visible in the
popular cults of the great nations of antiquity, 986; But
tendency toward a unitary conception of the divine
government of the world, 987; Disposition to ascribe
absoluteness to some one deity in Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria,
India, 988-991; Chinese headship of Heaven, 992; Peruvian
cult of the sun, 993; Hebrew monolatry, 994, 995; Demand for
unity by Greek poets and philosophers, 996-1001; Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam, 1002; Cults of Isis and
Mithra--Modern reforms: Brahma-Samaj, Parsi, Babist, Shinto,
1003.

PANTHEISTIC AND NONTHEISTIC SYSTEMS. Pantheism is a revolt
against the separation of God and the world, 1004;
Perplexing ethical and religious questions make it
unacceptable to the mass of men, 1005; Nontheistic systems
attempt to secure unity by taking the world to be
self-sufficient, or by regarding the gods as otiose, 1006;
The Sankhya philosophy dispenses with extrahuman Powers, but
recognizes the soul--Buddhism ignores both, 1007; Greek
materialism, 1008.

GENERAL SURVEY OF THE THEISTIC DEVELOPMENT, 1009 ff.
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