Religions: Ancient and Modern
Religions: Ancient and Modern is an English book series with works on various ancient and modern religions , published by Archibald Constable and later by Constable & Company in London . The volumes in the series appeared from 1905 to 1921. Numerous specialist scholars contributed to it. A few volumes did not appear as announced in the publisher's information. The following overview does not claim to be up-to-date or complete.
Overview
- Animism . Digitized (1905) Edward Clodd , author of The Story ot Creation .
- Pantheism . James Allanson Picton , author of The Religion of the Universe .
- The Religions of Ancient China Digitized (1905) . Professor Giles , LL.D., Professor of Chinese in the University of Cambridge .
- The Religion of Ancient Greece . Digitized (1913) Jane Harrison , Lecturer at Newnham College , Cambridge, author of Prolegomena to Study of Greek Religion .
- Islam . Digitized (1906) Rt. Hon. Ameer Ali, Syed , of the Judicial Committee of His Majesty's Privy Council , author of The Spirit of Islam and Ethics of Islam .
- Magic and Fetishism . Dr. AC Haddon , FRS, Lecturer on Ethnology at Cambridge University.
- The Religion of Ancient Egypt . Professor WM Flinders Petrie , FRS
- The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria . Theophilus G. Pinches , late of the British Museum .
- Early Buddhism . Prof. TW Rhys Davids , LL.D. late Secretary of The Royal Asiatic Society .
- Hinduism . Dr. LD Barnett , of the Department of Oriental Printed Books and MSS, British Museum.
- Scandinavian religion . William A. Craigie , Joint Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary .
- Celtic religion . Digitized by Professor E. Anwye , Professor of Welsh at University College , Aberystwyth .
- The Mythology of Ancient Britain and Ireland . Charles Squire , author of The Mythology of the British Islands .
- Judaism . Digitized by Israel Abrahams , Lecturer in Talmudic Literature at Cambridge University, author of Jewish Life in the Middle Ages .
- The Religion of Ancient Rome . Cyril Bailey , MA
- Shinto: The Ancient Religion of Japan . Digitized by W. G. Aston , CMG
- The Religion of Ancient Mexico and Peru . Lewis Spence , MA
- Early Christianity (Paul to Origen), John Sutherland Black , Professor at M'Gill University , Joint Editor of the Encyclopaedia Biblica .
- The Psychological Origin and Nature of Religion . Digitized (1909) Professor JH Leuba .
- The Religion of Ancient Palestine . Digitized (1921) Stanley A. Cook .
- Mithraism . WG Pythian-Adams .
See also
- Archibald Constable (English)
- Handbooks on the History of Religions , ed. v. Morris Jastrow Jr.
References and footnotes
- ^ Publishinghistory.com: Religions Ancient & Modern
- ↑ See e.g. B. the publisher's information in: Jane Ellen Harrison: The Religion of Ancient Greece (1913), James H. Leuba: The Psychological Origin and Nature of Religion (1909) & Syed Ameer Ali: Islâm , 1906 etc.