Introduction / Gerald J. Russello -- Natural Theology and the Scientific Study of Religion -- The Elements of Religion : God and the Supernatural -- The Relation between Religion and Culture -- The Sources of Religious Knowledge and the Religious Organs of Society : (I) Prophets and Divination -- The Sources of Religious Knowledge and the Religious Organs of Society : (II) Priesthood and Sacrifice -- The Sources of Religious Knowledge and the Religious Organs of Society : (III) Kingship -- The Divine Order and the Order of Nature, Sacred Science -- The Divine Order and the Social Order, Sacred Law -- The Divine Order and the Spiritual Life, The Way of Perfection -- Religion and Cultural Change
Summary
This book was first presented by historian Christopher Dawson as part of the prestigious Gifford Lecture series in 1947. It sets out the thesis for which he became famous: religion is the key of history
