Unknown God or Inspiration Among Pre-Christian Races (1890) - Softcover

Brace, C. Loring

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0766137708 ISBN 13: 9780766137707

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Co, 2003

Synopsis

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Synopsis

The effort of the writer is to show the ancient belief of mankind in the unknown god and that the great Father of all has granted his inspiration to many of very different countries, tribes and races. Contents: Egyptian monotheism; Jews and Egyptians; Arkadian Penitential Psalms; Greek mysteries; Zeus as spiritual god; religion of Socrates and Plato; faith of the Stoics; Stoical writings, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius; Zoroastrianism; Hinduism; Buddhism; sacred writings of Buddhism; heathen inspiration and the scriptures; conversion of the non-Christian nations.

About the Author

C. Loring Brace is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, as well as curator of Biological Anthropology at the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology. Brace has written extensively on human evolution, especially on issues of morphological variability between human
populations. In addition to numerous journal articles, he has written books that span from Mans Evolution: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology (with Ashley Montagu, Macmillan, 1965) to his most recent Evolution in an Anthropological View (AltaMira Press, 2000).

Edition details

• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0766137708
• ISBN 13: 9780766137707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352