m
Sec. 5. The Spirit of Buddhism Rational and Humane
Sec. 6. Buddhism as a Religion
Sec. 7. Karma and Nirvana
Sec. 8. Good and Evil of Buddhism
Sec. 9. Relation of Buddhism to Christianity

Chapter V.

Zoroaster and the Zend Avesta.

Sec. 1. Ruins of the Palace of Xerxes at Persepolis
Sec. 2. Greek Accounts of Zoroaster. Plutarch's Description of his Religion
Sec. 3. Anquetil du Perron and his Discovery of the Zend Avesta
Sec. 4. Epoch of Zoroaster. What do we know of him?
Sec. 5. Spirit of Zoroaster and of his Religion
Sec. 6. Character of the Zend Avesta
Sec. 7. Later Development of the System in the Bundehesch
Sec. 8. Relation of the Religion of the Zend Avesta to that of the Vedas
Sec. 9. Is Monotheism or pure Dualism the Doctrine of the Zend Avesta
Sec. 10. Relation of this System to Christianity. The Kingdom of Heaven

Chapter VI.

The Gods of Egypt.

Sec. 1. Antiquity and Extent of Egyptian Civilization
Sec. 2. Religious Character of the Egyptians. Their Ritual
Sec. 3. Theology of Egypt. Sources of our Knowledge concerning it
Sec. 4. Central Idea of Egyptian Theology and Religion. Animal Worship
Sec. 5. Sources of Egyptian Theology. Age of the Empire and Affinities of
the Race
Sec. 6. The Three Orders of Gods
Sec. 7. Influence upon Judaism and Christianity

Chapter VII.

The Gods Of Greece.

Sec. 1. The Land and the Race
Sec. 2. Idea and general Character of Greek Religion
Sec. 3. The Gods of Greece before Homer
Sec. 4. The Gods of the Poets
Sec. 5. The Gods of the Artists
Sec. 6. The Gods of the Philosophers
Sec. 7. Worship of Greece
Sec. 8. The Mysteries. Orphism
Sec. 9. Relation of Greek Religion to Christianity

Chapter VIII.

The Religion of Rome.

Sec. 1. Origin and essential Character of the Religion of Rome
Sec. 2. The Gods of Rome
Sec. 3. Worship and Ritual
Sec. 4. The Decay of the Roman Religion
Sec. 5. Relation of the Roman Religion to Christianity

Chapter IX.

The Teutonic and Scandinavian Religion.

Sec. 1. The Land and the Race
Sec. 2. Idea of the Scandinavian Religion
Sec. 3. The Eddas and their Contents
Sec. 4. The Gods of Scandinavia
Sec. 5. Resemblance of the Scandinavian Mythology to that of Zoroaster
Sec. 6. Scandinavian Worship
Sec. 7. Social Character, Maritime Discoveries, and Political Institutions
of the Scandinavians
Sec. 8. Relation of th