Discovering religious history in the modern age

Abstract

Introduction to the American Edition vii Introduction xiii CHAPTER ONE: From the Philosophy of Religion to the History of Religions 1 CHAPTER TWO: Deciphering Unknown Cultures 24 CHAPTER THREE: What Languages Tell of the Early History of the Religions of Europe 36 CHAPTER FOUR: The Presence of the Original Religion in Modern Civilization 51 CHAPTER FIVE: On the Origin of All Social Obligations: The Ritual of Sacrifice 65 CHAPTER SIX: Under Civilization: The Menacing Realm of Magic 81 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Unfathomable Depths of Life in the Mirror of Hellenic Religion 98 CHAPTER EIGHT: The Productive Force of World Rejection 113 CHAPTER NINE: Competing Models of the Recapitulation of the History of Religions 125 CHAPTER TEN: Religion and the Social Bond 136 CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Great Process of Disenchantment 155 CHAPTER TWELVE: Religion as Experience of the Self 175 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: How Descriptions of the History of Religion Reflect Modernization 187 Notes 197 Bibliography 225 Index 257

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