FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY IN PRIMITIVE RELIGION BY R. R. MARETT FELLOW OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY i 932 COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. All rights reserved no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Set up and printed. Published March, 1932. SET UP BY BROWN BROTHERS LINOTYPERS PRINTED IN THE UNITED ...
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FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY IN PRIMITIVE RELIGION BY R. R. MARETT FELLOW OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY i 932 COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. All rights reserved no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Set up and printed. Published March, 1932. SET UP BY BROWN BROTHERS LINOTYPERS PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY TO PRESIDENT LOWELL OF HARVARD PREFACE THESE Lectures were originally given in Boston in the Fall of 1930 under the auspices of the Lowell Institution. They were then amplified and, as Gif ford Lectures, were delivered before the University of St. Andrews during the academic year 1931-2. In both cases I could reckon on dealing with a culti vated audience, though one not entirely composed of experts and so felt justified in trying to steer a middle course between the technical and the popu lar. Thus, on the one hand, I have passed somewhat lightly over the anthropological details, but, on the other hand, have presumed on a general acquaint ance with the principles and language of psychology. It remains only to apologize for the fact that my theological knowledge is nil, unless a certain train ing in philosophy and especially in Greek philosophy can be held to imply an approach in that direction. Finally, I would most sincerely thank both those who appointed me and those who were kind enough to listen to me for an experience which has been for me at once an honour and a pleasure as full as any that have fallen to my lot.EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD Feb. 15, 1932 CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE Vli CHAPTER I.-THE RELIGIOUS COMPLEX I II. HOPE 28 III. FEAR 53 IV. LUST 75 V. CRUELTY 97 VI. FAITH 120 VII. CONSCIENCE 146 VIII. CURIOSITY 172 IX. ADMIRATION 195 X. CHARITY 217 INDEX 237 FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY IN PRIMITIVE RELIGION
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