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PREFACE BY THE EDITOR iv
PREFACE xxxvii
The Introduction ix
BOOK I.
OF RELIGION IN GENERAL: OR A DISCOURSE OF THE RELIGIOUS ELEMENT AND ITS MANIFESTATIONS.
Chap. I. An Examination of the Religious Element in Men, and the Existence of its Object 1
II. Of the Sentiment, Idea, and Conception of God 7
III. Power of the Religious Element 13
IV. The Idea of Religion connected with Science and Life 23
V. The three great Historical Forms of Religion 28
VI. Of certain Doctrines connected with Religion, I. Of the Primitive Stats of Mankind. II. Of the Immortality of the Soul 70
VII. The Influence of the Religious Element on Life 84
BOOK II.
THE RELATION OF THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT TO GOD, OR A DISCOURSE OF INSPIRATION.
Chap. I. The Idea and Conception of God 103
II. Relation of Nature to God 110
III. Statement of the Analogy drawn from God's Relation to Nature 117
IV. The General Relation of Supply to Want 118
V. Statement of the Analogy from this Relation 122
VI. The Rationalistic View, or Naturalism 126
VII. The Anti-rationalistic View, or Supernaturalism 133
VIII. The Natural-Religious View, or Spiritualism 138
BOOK III.
THE RELATION OF THE RELIGIOUS ELEMENT TO JESUS OF NAZAERETH, OR A DISCOURSE OF CHRISTIANITY.
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Chap. I. Statement of the Question and the Method of Inquiry 153
II. Removal of some Difficulties. Character of the Christian Records 158
III. The Main Features of Christianity 163
IV. The Authority of Jesus, its Real and Pretended Source 173
V. The Essential Excellence of the Christian Religion 187
VI. The Moral and Religious Character of Jesus of Nazareth 192
VII. Mistakes about Jesus—his Reception and Influence 198
BOOK IV.
THE RELATION OF THE RELIGIOUS ELEMENT TO THE GREATEST OF BOOKS, OR A DISCOURSE OF THE BIBLE.
Chap. I. Position of tho Bible—Claims made for it—Statement of the Question 211
II. An Examination of the Claims of the Old Testament to be a Divine, Miraculous, or Infallible Composition 218
III. An Examination of the Claims of the New Testament to be a Divine, Miraculous, or Infallible Composition 234
IV. The Absolute Religion independent of Historical Documents—The Bible as it is 242
V. Cause of the False and the Real Veneration for the Bible 245
BOOK V.
THE RELATION OF THE RELIGIOUS ELEMENT TO THE GREATEST OF HUMAN INSTITUTIONS, OR A DISCOURSE OF THE CHURCH.
Chap. I. Claims of the Christian Church 253
II. The Gradual Formation of the Christian Church 258
III. The Fundamental and Distinctive Idea of the Christian Church—Division of the Christian Sects 269
IV. The Catholic Party 271
V. The Protestant Party 289
VI. Of the Party that are neither Catholics not Protestants 316
VII. The Final Answer to the Question 319
The Conclusion 325
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