Project Gutenberg 2009-01-18 Public domain in the USA. 1470 Toy, Crawford Howell 1836 1919 Jastrow, Morris 1861 1921 Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Produced by Paul Murray, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Introduction to the History of Religions" by Crawford Howell Toy is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work serves as an in-depth exploration of religious practices and beliefs across various cultures and time periods, focusing on the underlying customs and ideas that form the foundation of public religion. It aims to examine how these elements have developed and evolved alongside social organization. At the start of the text, the author outlines the purpose of the volume, emphasizing the necessity of understanding the essential nature of religion and its relationship with societal context. Toy begins by discussing the universal characteristics of early human beliefs, particularly focusing on the sense of dependence on mysterious powers that shaped early humanity's religious sentiments. He asserts that religion and science have coexisted throughout human history, gradually evolving as societies developed. This exploration serves to provide a framework for the remaining chapters, which detail diverse religious practices and ideas, ranging from the nature of the soul to specific religious ceremonies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 50.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Mythology Rites and ceremonies Religions -- History Religion -- History BL Text Category: History - Religious Category: Religion/Spirituality 2297639 2025-08-11T11:28:38.412230 text/html 2321783 2009-01-18T10:04:02 text/html 783475 2025-08-11T11:29:17.451081 application/epub+zip 818938 2025-08-11T11:28:47.245180 application/epub+zip 800637 2025-08-11T11:28:43.195197 application/epub+zip 1641726 2025-08-11T11:29:36.253976 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1569926 2025-08-11T11:29:13.522098 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1410090 2022-09-13T05:06:01.445529 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1618583 2025-08-11T11:28:31.085272 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1618401 2009-01-18T10:03:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1617122 2009-01-18T10:04:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1618471 2009-01-18T10:04:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23426 2025-08-11T11:29:36.493967 application/rdf+xml 19042 2025-08-11T11:28:44.092211 image/jpeg 4398 2025-08-11T11:28:43.650209 image/jpeg 572971 2009-01-18T10:04:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 572001 2009-01-18T10:04:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 679845 2009-01-18T10:04:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 571389 2009-01-18T10:04:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 737740 2025-08-11T11:28:38.571260 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia