Chapter 12

SYSTEMS 573

Spheres of religion, science and constructive ethics distinct, but tend to coalesce, 1154.

THE SCIENTIFIC ELEMENT. When science clashes with religion, 1155: Phases in the relation between the two: when there is no knowledge of natural law--a crude conception of unity--no place for the miraculous, 1156; Rise of highly personalized deities who stand outside the world: age of miracles, 1157; Recognition of the domination of natural law--separation between science and religion, 1158; Higher conception of the unity of God and the world, 1159; Scientific theories held to be not a part of the content of religion, 1160.

THE ETHICAL ELEMENT. Religion adopts current ethical customs and codes, 1161; Both good, 1162; and bad, 1163; Mutual influence of religion and ethics, 1164, 1165; Religion infuses nobility and tenderness into ethics, 1166; Religious personalities; martyr, saint, 1167, 1168; Evil influence of religion on ethics, 1169; Contribution of religion to the sense of obligation to do right, 1170; Answers of religion to questions concerning the existence of moral evil, 1171; concerning man's moral capacity, 1172; concerning the essential goodness or badness of the world, 1173.

BIBLIOGRAPHY 585

INDEX 625

INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS