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Part II

IV. The General Moral Attitude. V. The Value of Life: Industry and Indolence. VI. Truthfulness and Deceit: Purity and Impurity. VII. The Ethics of Sex Relations. VIII. Benevolence: other Vices and Virtues. IX. The Ethical in Legal References in Zoroastrian Literature. X. Theological and Metaphysical Conceptions. Index.

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THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELIGIONS

A Systematic Survey

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ALBAN G. WIDGERY M A.,

_Professor of Philosophy and the Comparative Study of Religions, Baroda._

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION: Scientific Theology and the Comparative Study of Religions. I. The Sources and Nature of Religious Truth. II. Supernatural Beings, Good and Bad. III. The Soul: its Nature, Origin, and Destiny. IV. Sin and Suffering: Salvation and Redemption. V. Religious Practices. VI. The Emotional Attitudes and Religious Ideals. Appendices; Maps; Illustrations; Bibliography; and Index.

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_Some Contributors_

Shams-ul-Ulama J. J. Modi, C. I. E., Ph. D. The Very Rev. Hastings Rashdall, D. Lit; D.C.L. S. Khuda Buksch, M. A., B. C. L., (Oxon.) Champat Rai Jain, Author of _The Key of Knowledge_ Israel Abrahams, D. Lit. Alban G. Widgery M. A. (Cantab.)

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A BUDDHIST BIBLIOGRAPHY

CONTENTS

_Preface._

_Introduction._