Author Description

Religion is a comprehensive book written by Edward Scribner Ames. The book explores the concept of religion, its origin, development, and its impact on human society. The author delves into the various forms of religion, including monotheism, polytheism, animism, and totemism, and examines the role of religion in shaping human culture and civilization.The book also discusses the relationship between religion and ethics, morality, and spirituality, and how these concepts are intertwined. The author explores the different religious traditions from around the world, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism, and examines their beliefs, practices, and rituals.The book is written in a clear and concise language, making it accessible to readers of all levels. It provides a comprehensive overview of religion and its impact on human society, making it an essential read for anyone interested in understanding the role of religion in shaping our world. Overall, Religion is a thought-provoking and insightful book that offers a deep understanding of the complex and multifaceted nature of religion.1929. Ames, who was the Professor of Philosophy in the University of Chicago, writes in his preface that this book endeavors to present certain aspects of religion as they appear in the light of its history and of social psychology. Religion is here viewed as a natural, social, cultural process. The doctrines, which have often been regarded as the essence of religion, are seen to have ultimate relation to the religious activities, being at once deposits or products and also instruments of such activities. Religion arises as a phase or quality of the complex life of the human spirit in its idealistic outreach, and is continually subject to restatement under the influence of the flowing stream of that life. Contents: The Springs of Religion; Religion as a Social Process; The Values of Religion; Religion and Philosophy; Religion and Morality; Religion and Art;