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CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
XI
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NTRODUCTION
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ROBLEMS
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1.1. On Some Strange Sentiments
11
1.2. About Mystery And Mystifications
18
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2.1. On The Cobbled Streets Of Pagan Rome… 312.1.1. Romans And Their ‘Religio’ 392.1.2. From Demonstratio Evangelica… 442.1.3. …to Praeparatio Evangelica 472.2 ...en Route To
De Civitate Dei
542.2.1. “Will The True Pagan Stand Up, Please?”
562.2.2. From Augustine To Calvin And Beyond 60
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ABYLON
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EVELATIONS
65
3.1. A Modern Photo Album 663.1.1. What Is ‘Modern’ About Sexual Liberation? 713.1.2. The Heathens And Their Irreligion 763.1.3. Snapshots Superimposed 783.2. All Roads Lead To Rome 793.2.1. Some Four Reference Points 803.2.2. On The Eve Of A Reasonable Age 833.3. “What Has Paris To Do With Jerusalem?” 893.3.1. On The Banks Of The Seine 913.3.2. About The Pagans And The Primitives 95
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EIDELBERG
103
4.1. Evangelical Quandaries
1034.1.1. A Conceptual Quandary
1044.1.2. A Social Quandary
1074.2. The Oriental Renaissance
1194.2.1. ‘Vile Hindus’? The Other Face Of The Coin
1224.2.2. Buddha, The Saviour Of People
1294.3. A Conceptual Interregnum
138
V. R
EQUIEM
F
OR
A T
HEME
143
5.1. A Methodological Consideration
1445.2. The Metaphysical Speculations
1545.2.1. Angst, Nature And Man
1555.2.2. Fear Theory And Fear From Theories
1615.3. The Psychological Speculations
1655.4. On Explaining Religion
171
viiiCONTENTS
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174
6.1. A New Development And Some New Concerns
1756.1.1. Development On Two Levels
1756.1.2. Grouping The Concerns
1786.2. A Pagan Prosecution Of Christianity
1806.3. A Christian Persecution Of Paganism
1856.3.1. Delineating Some Protestant Themes
1866.3.2. Tracing The Themes Further
2016.4. “J’Accuse”
204
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. “G
UILTY
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HARGED
, M
Y
L
ORDS
A
ND
L
ADIES
?”
206
7.1. The Prosecution’s Case
2077.1.1. “Tell Me, Sonadanda, Who Is A Brahmin?”
2077.1.2. “Tell Me Again, Brother Jacob, Who Is Religious?”
2197.1.3. “Who Is Religious, Dear Reader, Who Secular?”
2217.2. “The Prosecution Rests, M’lords ...”
2277.2.1. Raising A Problem
2287.2.2. A Problem Illumined
2317.2.3. “What Say You, The Jury, Guilty Or Not Guilty?”
2357.3. About One Half Of An Argument
238
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D
IVINE
R
ETRIBUTION
?
243
8.1. Because The Story Must Go On
2458.1.1. What Is The Dispute About?
2478.1.2. …de Gustibus Non Disputandum Est
2528.1.3. Interminable Disputations
2558.1.4. Classificatory Problems
2588.1.5. A Confusion Of Issues
2638.1.6. On The Nature Of A Meta-problem
2678.2. Switching The Tracks
2708.2.1. “Religion Is…
2718.2.2. …what Christianity, Islam, And Judaism Are”
2748.2.3. Linguistic Constraints Elaborated
2778.3. “Thou Shalt Resist Temptation …”
2798.3.1. Misunderstandings And Temptations
2798.3.2. From A Simple Answer To A Complex Query
282
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LESSED
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T
HOSE
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EEK
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9.1. The Epistemology Of Intolerance
2909.1.1. Historical Constraints Elaborated
2929.1.2. Religion And Doctrine
2959.2. “Our Father, Which Art In Heaven”
2989.2.1. No Gods, But Lord God Alone
3009.2.2. Seek, And Ye Shall Find
3049.3. “Thy Kingdom Come”
3079.3.1. “When The Son Of Man Cometh…
3089.3.2. …will He Find Faith On Earth?”
3109.3.3. “It Is Absurd, Therefore I Believe…”
3139.3.4. Ye Shall Be As Children
316...viii
CONTENTSix9.4. On Religious Experience
3189.4.1. Atheistic Religiosity
3209.4.2. Controversies Illumined
3249.5. “Hallowed Be Thy Name”
3269.5.1. “The Heathen In His Blindness…
3269.5.2. …bows Down To Wood And Stone”
331
X. “I
MAGINE
, T
HERE
I
S
N
O
R
ELIGION
…”
339
10.1 On The Very Idea Of A Worldview
34010.1.1. A First Line Of Defence
34010.1.2. A Second Line Of Defence
34510.1.3. Religion And Worldview
35110.2. Worlds Without Views
35310.2.1. A Metaphysical Impossibility
35710.2.2. The Sociological Impossibility
37110.3. Views Without The World
38010.3.1. A Conceptual Fragment Of The Answer
38110.3.2. The Depth Of The Deep Questions
38510.3.3. Proselytisation And Secularisation
389
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ULTURES
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11.1. Cultures As Configurations Of Learning
39611.1.1. Learning Processes And Cultural Differences
39611.1.2. Religion As The Root Model Of Order
40011.1.3. Science And The Root Model Of Order
40611.2. Conceptualising Cultural Differences
41111.2.1. Another Configuration Of Learning
41211.2.2. A Different Kind Of Knowledge
41511.3. How A Difference Makes The Difference
42411.3.1. Raising A Naive Question
42511.3.2. An Encounter Of Cultures
42911.3.3. Traditio, Knowledge, And The Religious Culture
43311.4. The Dynamic Of Religion
43711.4.1. Proselytisation And Secularisation
43811.4.2. Idolatry And The Sin Of The Secular
44011.5. About The Other Half Of An Argument
446
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12.1. The Different Rest Houses
44712.2. About The Argument
45212.3. Epistemic Questions
454
R
EFERENCES
460
N
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496
S
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