Hinduism
The footnotes marked with lower-case letters were originally sidenotes which referred to sentences within the paragraph. I placed them at the end of chapters to avoid confusion with the footnotes marked with numbers, which were footnotes in the original and are at the end of t...
[Sidenote: Tribute and humiliation. Disabilities imposed on Jews and Christians.] On the other hand, for those who held to their ancestral faith there was no escape from the sec...
5. Chapter 5[Sidenote: II. Change of policy at Medina, A.D. 622-632. Arabia converted from Medina at the point of the sword.] Having escaped from Mecca and found a new and congenial home in...
2. Chapter 2In the Veda worship is a kind of barter. In exchange for praises and offerings the deity is asked to bestow favors. Temporal blessings are implored, such as food, wealth, life,...
8. Chapter 8[Sidenote: Examples: slavery. Relations between the sexes.] Take, for example, the institution of slavery. It prevailed in the Roman Empire at the introduction of Christianity,...
4. Chapter 4[Sidenote: Ethical effect of Hinduism. The people better than their religion.] _Summa religionis est imitari quem colis_: "It is the sum of religion to imitate the being worship...
1. Chapter 1The footnotes marked with lower-case letters were originally sidenotes which referred to sentences within the paragraph. I placed them at the end of chapters to avoid confusion...
3. Chapter 3[Sidenote: The Avatara.] The Puranas are in general violently sectarian; some being Vishnuite, others Sivite. It is in connection with Vishnu, especially, that the idea of incar...
7. Chapter 7[Sidenote: Islam stationary in area, and in civilization retrograde.] Having thus traced the rapid early spread of Islam to its proper source, I proceed to the remaining topics,...
9. Chapter 9[69] [Sidenote: Alleged progress of Islam in Africa.] Much loose assertion has been made regarding the progress of Islam in Africa; but I have found no proof of it apart from ar...