Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Preface
Dawson’s Table of Contents
Part I
I. Sociology and the Idea of Progress
II. History and the Idea of Progress
III. Anthropology and the Theory of Progress: The Material Foundations of Culture
IV. The Comparative Study of Religions and the Spiritual Element in Culture
Part II
V. Religion and the Origins of Civilization
VI. The Rise of the World Religions
VII. Christianity and the Rise of Western Civilization
VIII. The Secularization of Western Culture and the Rise of the Religion of Progress
IX. The Age of Science and Industrialism: The Decline of the Religion of Progress
X. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Proper Names