GREAT RELIGIONS

OF THE

WORLD

BY HERBERT A. GILES, LL.D.; T. W. RHYS
DAVIDS, LL.D., Ph.D.; OSKAR MANN; SIR
A. C. LYALL, K.C.B, G.C.I.E.; D. MENANT;
SIR LEPEL GRIFFIN, K.C.S.I.; FREDERIC
HARRISON; E. DENISON ROSS; THE REV.
M. GASTER, Ph.D.; THE REV. WASHINGTON
GLADDEN, D.D., LL.D.; CARDINAL GIBBONS

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1912
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COPYRIGHT, 1900, 1901, BY THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW PUBLISHING CO.
COPYRIGHT, 1912. BY HARPER & BROTHERS

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED MAY, 1912

The Philosopheral

in Four Ma

Castion Religion

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CONFUCIANISM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

BY HERBERT A. GILES, LL.D., PROFESSOR OF

CHINESE IN CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

BUDDHISM. BY T. W. RHYS DAVIDS, LL.D., PH.D.,
PROFESSOR OF PALI AND BUDDHIST LITERA-
TURE IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON

MOHAMMEDANISM IN THE NINETEENTH CEN-

TURY. BY OSKAR MANN, ORIENTALIST IN THE

ROYAL LIBRARY, BERLIN

BRAHMINISM. BY SIR A. C. LYALL, K.C.B., G.C.I.E.,

MEMBER OF COUNCIL OF THE SECRETARY OF

STATE FOR INDIA

ZOROASTRIANISM AND THE PARSIS. BY D. ME.

NANT, AUTHOR OF "HISTORY OF THE PARSIS"

SIKHISM AND THE SIKHS. BY SIR LEPEL GRIFFIN,

K.C.S.I.

POSITIVISM: ITS POSITION, AIMS, AND IDEALS.
BY FREDERIC HARRISON
BĀBISM. BY E. DENISON ROSS, PROFESSOR OF PER-
SIAN IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON
JEWS AND JUDAISM IN THE NINETEENTH CEN-
TURY. BY THE REV. M. GASTER, PH.D., CHIEF
RABBI OF THE SEPHARDI COMMUNITIES OF ENG-
LAND ·

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THE OUTLOOK FOR CHRISTIANITY. BY THE REV.
WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D.D., LL.D.

CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY. BY HIS EMINENCE, CAR-

DINAL GIBBONS

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