tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">By Whom the “Higher Criticism” is Accepted      90

Chapter IV.

THE GRAVE SUSPICIONS AROUSED BY THE STUDY OF ANCIENT BELIEFS

• § 1. The New Theological Theory of a Progressive Revelation      115
• § 2. Parallels in Ancient Religions, and Some Remarks Upon Them      121
  • Krishna and Buddha      121
  • Parallels Other Than Krishna and Buddha      126
  • Are the Krishna and Buddha Legends Borrowed from Christianity?      136
• § 3. Parallels in the Beliefs of Primitive Man, And Some Remarks Upon Them      142
  • The Religions of Ancient America      144
  • Vegetation Gods      148
  • Why Men Eat Their God      151
• § 4. The Solar Myth      154
  • Jonah and the Whale      154
  • Anticipations of Christianity in Solar Myths      156
  • The Christian Theory Ignored by Science      157
  • The Sun As a Symbol      158
• § 5. Concluding Remarks on Christian and Anti-Christian Theories      159
  • Argument from Essenism      162
  • Argument from Mithraism      163

Chapter V.

IRRECONCILABLE DIFFICULTIES CONNECTED WITH EVOLUTION

• § 1. Preliminary Remarks
  • The Doctrine of Evolution      169
  • Darwinism      171
  • The Average Person’s Ideas on the Evolution of Man      173
  • The Attitude of the Church      175
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