...aside as irrelevant all discussion as to a creed's truth. Mr. Kidd then defines religion as being " a form of belief providing an ultra-rational sanction...rendered subordinate to the latter in the general interest of the evolution which the race is undergoing," and says that we have here the principle at...

...casts aside as irrelevant all discussion as to a creed's truth. Mr. Kidd then defines religion as being "a form of belief providing an ultra-rational sanction...rendered subordinate to the latter in the general interest of the evolution which the race is undergoing," and says that we have here the principle at...

...aside as irrelevant all discussion as to a creed's truth. Mr. Kidd then defines religion as being " a form of belief providing an ultra-rational sanction...rendered subordinate to the latter in the general interest of the evolution which the race is undergoing," and says that we have here the principle at...

...aside as irrelevant all discussion as to a creed's truth. Mr. Kidd then defines religion as being " a form of belief providing an ultra-rational sanction...organism are antagonistic, and by which the former arc rendered subordinate to the latter in the general interest of the evolution which the race is undergoing,"...

...individual instinct for the good of the whole, for the benefit of generations yet unborn. He says (p. in): "A religion is a form of belief providing an ultra-rational...conduct in the individual where his interests and the interest of the social organism are antagonistic, and by which the former are rendered subordinate...

...is religion? Finding the definitions hitherto given unsatisfactory, Mr. Kidd gives one of his own. " A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultra-rational...for that large class of conduct in the individual * Nineteenth Century, February, 1895, P- 232> notewhere his interests and the interests of the social...

...larger social righteousness. In the name of scientific accuracy, religion has been defined thus : • " A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultrarational...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing." Again it is said : " A rational religion is a scientific impossibility, representing from the nature...

...alone science is concerned with religion as a social phenomenon, must run somewhat as follows : — t* A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultrarational...general interests of the evolution which the race is u ndergo ing.\ We have here the principle at the base of all religions. Any religion is, of course,...

...accuracy, religion has been defined thus : "A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultra rational sanction for that large class of conduct in the individual...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing." Again it is said: "A rational religion is a scientific impossibility, representing from the nature...

...conception many elements which are necessary to the very idea of a religion. Here is his definition : A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultra-rational...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing, (p. 112.) This is a description of religion simply by one of its effects. It tells us nothing of religion...