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The belief in God and immortality; a psychological, anthropological and statistical study
| Content Provider | HathiTrust Digital Library |
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| Author | Leuba, James H |
| Description | Part I. The two conceptions of immortality: their origins, their different characteristics, and the attempted demonstration of the modern conception. I. The characteristics of the primary belief in continuation after death ; II. The origin of the ghost-idea, and the differentiation of the ghost from the soul ; III. The primary belief in continuation after death at the beginning of the historical period ; IV. The origin of the modern conception of immortality ; V. The deductive demonstration of modern immortality ; VI. The demonstration of modern immortality by direct sensory evidence and scientific induction -- Part II. Statistical study of the belief in a personal god and in personal immortality in the United States. Introduction ; Critical remarks upon recent symposia and statistical investigations ; VII. Investigation a: the belief in God among American college students ; VIII. Investigation b: the belief in immortality in an American college ; IX. Investigation c: the belief in God and in immortality among American scientists, sociologists, historians, and psychologists ; X. Individualism as a cause of the rejection of traditional beliefs -- Part III. Of the present utility of the beliefs in personal immortality and in a personal god. Introductory ; XI. The desire for immortality and the usefulness of the belief ; XII. The social origin of moral ideas and inspiration and the utility of transcendental beliefs -- Index of names |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Open Court Pub. Co |
| Publisher Date | 1921-01-01 |
| Publisher Place | Chicago |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Items in this record are available as Public Domain, Google-digitized. View the access and use profile at http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google. Please see individual items for rights and use statements |
| Subject Keyword | Soul Immortality |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
