Text extracted from opening pages of book: COMPARATIVE RELIGION ITS ADJUNCTS AND ALLIES BY LOUIS HENRY JORDAN, B. D. ( EoiN.) MEMBER OF THE INSTITUT ETIINOGKAPtlfQWk INTERNATIONAL, PARIS ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE ' REVIEW OF THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY ' AUTHOR OF ' COMPARATIVE RELIGION: ITS GENESIS AND GROWTH' ' THE STUDY OF RELIGION IN THE ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES ' ETC. ETC. HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE BOMBAY 1915 BY THE SAME AUTHOR COMPARATIVE RELIGION: ITS MEANING AND VALUE. A General Exposition. The Aims, Needs, and Outlook of this Science. Svo. Pp. 600. 12s. net. [ Shortly. COMPARATIVE RELIGION : ITS GENESIS AND GROWTH, An Historical Exposition. Representative Founders, Programmes, and Schools. Svo. Pp. 600. 12s. net. [ Out of print. A revised edition, entirely re written, in preparation. COMPARATIVE RELIGION: ITS PRINCIPLES AND PROBLEMS. A Critical Exposition. Processes, Discoveries, and Portents. A Handbook for Students. Svo. Pp. 600. 12s. net. [ In preparation. EACH VOLUME IS COMPLETE IN ITSELF. PRINTED IK ENGLAND AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE . ....... xv THE PURPOSE OF THIS SURVEY ..... xxvi AVENUES OF APPROACH I. ANTHROPOLOGY. Dicserud, The Scope and Content of the Science of Anthro pology 10 Frazer, The Golden Bough . . . . . .12 v. Gennep, Religions, mceurs et legendes . . . .19 Hartland, Ritual and Belief 23 Nilsson, Primitive Religion ...... 26 Quiggin, Essays and Studies 27 Reinach, Cultes, mythes et religions .... 28 Reuter, L'Origine des religions . . . . .31 Temple, Anthropology as a Practical Science ... 32 Supplementary Volumes . . . .33 IT. ETHNOLOGY. Chadwick, The Heroic Age 38 Farnell, The Cults of the Greek States .... 40 Frobenius, Und Afrika sprach ..... 43 Graebner, Methode der Ethnologie ..... 46 Haiiauer, Folk - Lore, of the Holt/ Land : Moslem, Christian, and Jewish ........ 49 Hutchinson, Customs of the World . . . . .51 Lawson, Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion 54 Meinhof, Afrikanische Religionen . . . . .56 Pettazzoni, La Religione primitiva in Sardegna . . 57 Supplementary Volumes ..... 60 vi CONTENTS III. SOCIOLOGY. PAGE Durkheim, Le# Formes elemeMtaires de la vie religieuse . 66 Henderson, Social Programmes in the West ... 69 LeVy-Bruhl, Les Fonctions mentales dans les societes inferieures . . . . . . . .72 Smith, Religion in the Making . . . . .75 Vernos, Hisloire sociale des religions . . . .77 Supplementary Volumes . . . . .79 IV. ARCHEOLOGY. Garstang, The Land of the Hittites 84 Handcock, Mesopotamian Archaeology .... 87 Jessel, The Unknown History of the Jews ... 89 Petrie, The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt . . . 1) 0 Schiffer, Die Aramder ...... 92 Supplementary Volumes ..... 93 V. MYTHOLOGY. Ehrenreich, Die Allgemeine MytJiologie .... 100 Guerber, The Myths of Greece a nd Rome . . .101 Murray, Four Stages of Greek Religion . . . .102 Palmer, The Samson-Saga . . . . . .104 Wundt, Vblkerpsychologie . . . . . .106 Supplementary Volumes ..... 108 VI. PHILOLOGY. Conybeare, Harris and Lewis, The Story ofAhikar . .116 Deissmann, Licht vom Osten . . . . .118 Evans, Scripta Minoa ... 120 Marucchi, Epigrafia crisliana . . . . .122 Meyer, Der Papyrusfund von Elephantine . . .123 Rogers, Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament . .126 Sachau, Aramflische Papyrus und Ostraka aus einer judischen Militar-Kolonie zu Elephantine . . .127 Sayce, The Archceology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions . 130 Supplementary Volumes . . . . .134 CONTENTS vii VII. PSYCHOLOGY. PAGE Ames, The Psychology of Religious Experience . .142 Cook, The Foundations of Religion . . . .143 Hill, Religion and Modern Psychology .... 146 Hocking, The Meaning of God in Human Experience . 147 King, The Development of Religion . . . .149 Leuba, A Psychological Study of Religion . . .151 Pratt, The Psychology of Religious Belief . . .153 Stratton, Psychology of the Religious Life . . 1 55 Tailing, The Science of / Spiritual Life . . . .157 W --This text refers to the Paperback edition.