Practice and Science of Religion a Study of Method: In Comparative Religion (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Explore how religions grow from social life and shared values, shaping beliefs and practices across cultures.
This book examines how communities form gods and religious ideals from collective life. It traces how a tribe’s ideas about a protective spirit or a sacred animal become the center of social action, rites, and identity, and it compares how different traditions move from emotion and habit to shared beliefs.
- Learn how a god or guardian arises from collective needs and loyalties
- See how initiation rites and totems connect individuals to a wider group
- Compare religious development in tribal, Buddhist, and Christian traditions
- Understand how each system balances personal life with social obligations
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