The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study
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THE NON-RELIGION OF THE FUTURE A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
Part First. THE GENESIS OF RELIGIONS IN PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES.
CHAPTER I. RELIGIOUS PHYSICS.
CHAPTER II. RELIGIOUS METAPHYSICS.
I. Animism.
II. Providence and Miracles.
III. Creation.
I. Animism.
II. Providence and Miracles.
III. Creation.
CHAPTER III. RELIGIOUS MORALS.
I. The laws which regulate the social relations between gods and men.
II. The moral sanction in the society which includes gods and men.
III. Worship and religious rites.
IV. Subjective worship—Adoration and love.
I. The laws which regulate the social relations between gods and men.
II. The moral sanction in the society which includes gods and men.
III. Worship and religious rites.
IV. Subjective worship—Adoration and love.
Part Second. THE DISSOLUTION OF RELIGIONS IN EXISTING SOCIETIES.
CHAPTER I. DOGMATIC FAITH.
I. Narrow dogmatic faith.
II. Broad dogmatic faith.
III. The dissolution of dogmatic faith in modern society.
I. Narrow dogmatic faith.
II. Broad dogmatic faith.
III. The dissolution of dogmatic faith in modern society.
CHAPTER II. SYMBOLIC AND MORAL FAITH.
CHAPTER III. DISSOLUTION OF RELIGIOUS MORALITY.
CHAPTER IV. RELIGION AND NON-RELIGION AMONG THE PEOPLE.
I. Is religious sentiment an innate and imperishable possession of humanity?
II. Will the dissolution of religion result in a dissolution of morality among the people?
III. Is Protestantism a necessary transition stage between religion and free-thought?
I. Is religious sentiment an innate and imperishable possession of humanity?
II. Will the dissolution of religion result in a dissolution of morality among the people?
III. Is Protestantism a necessary transition stage between religion and free-thought?
CHAPTER V. RELIGION AND NON-RELIGION AND THE CHILD.
I. Decline of religious education.
II. Education provided by the state.
III. Education at Home.
I. Decline of religious education.
II. Education provided by the state.
III. Education at Home.
CHAPTER VI. RELIGION AND NON-RELIGION AMONG WOMEN.
CHAPTER VII. THE EFFECT OF RELIGION AND NON-RELIGION ON POPULATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE RACE.
Part Third. NON-RELIGION OF THE FUTURE.
CHAPTER I. RELIGIOUS INDIVIDUALISM.
I. Is a renovation of religion possible?
II. Religious anomy and the substitution of doubt for faith.
III. Substitution of metaphysical hypotheses for dogma.
I. Is a renovation of religion possible?
II. Religious anomy and the substitution of doubt for faith.
III. Substitution of metaphysical hypotheses for dogma.
CHAPTER II. ASSOCIATION. THE PERMANENT ELEMENT OF RELIGIONS IN SOCIAL LIFE.
I. Associations for intellectual purposes.
II. Associations for moral purposes and moral propagandism.
III. Associations for æsthetic purposes—Worship of art and nature.
I. Associations for intellectual purposes.
II. Associations for moral purposes and moral propagandism.
III. Associations for æsthetic purposes—Worship of art and nature.
CHAPTER III. THEISM.
I. Introduction—Progress of metaphysical hypothesis.
II. Theism.
I. Introduction—Progress of metaphysical hypothesis.
II. Theism.
CHAPTER IV. PANTHEISM.
I. Optimistic pantheism.
II. Pessimistic pantheism.
I. Optimistic pantheism.
II. Pessimistic pantheism.
CHAPTER V. REVIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL METAPHYSICAL HYPOTHESES WHICH WILL REPLACE DOGMA—Concluded. Idealism, Materialism, Monism.
I. Idealism.
II. Materialism.
III. Monism. The Fate of Worlds.
IV. The destiny of the human race and the hypothesis of immortality from the point of view of monism.
I. Idealism.
II. Materialism.
III. Monism. The Fate of Worlds.
IV. The destiny of the human race and the hypothesis of immortality from the point of view of monism.
INDEX.
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