...to this definition religion is of value, both to the individual and society, only in connection with "that large class of conduct in the individual where...interests and the interests of the social organism, are antagonisticT1 For some individuals, then, those of a specially self-centred or contrary stripe, it...

...Crawley and others, in Sociological Papers, 1906, Macmillan, Vol. Ill, p. 267.) BENJAMIN KIDD. — "A religion is a form of belief providing an ultra-rational...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing." (Social Evolution, p. 103.) A. COMTE. — " Religion, then, consists in regulating each one's individual...

...Crawley and others, in Sociological Papers, 1906, Macmillan, Vol. Ill, p. 267.) BENJAMTN KIDD. — "A religion is a form of belief providing an ultra-rational...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing." (Social Evolution, p. 103.) A. COMTE. — " Religion, then, consists in regulating each one's individual...

...work of evolution — why, then, should man be ranked as an exception ? His final judgment is that " religion is a form of belief providing an ultra-rational...the former are rendered subordinate to the latter. . . ." By " ultra-rational " Kidd evidently means practically the same thing as non-utilitarian, and...

...subordination of individual interests to the larger instincts of the longer-lived social organism. ' A religion is a form of belief providing an ultrarational...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing." The sociological definition of religion follows this formula. Time will not allow us to follow our...

...the able author of a well-known book entitled " Social Evolution." " A religion," says this writer, " is a form of belief providing an ultra-rational sanction...subordinate to the latter in the general interests of the i "Evolution of Idea of God " (Rationalist Press Association Series), pp. 1o, 16. evolution which the...

...pp. 89, 90. Universe, and holding moral relations with mankind." Farther on Mr. Kidd himself says: "A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultra-rational...interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing." 9 The Century Dictionary defines religion as "recognition of and allegiance in manner of life to a...

...individual. The true statement should be: religion provided a />re-rational sanction for the conduct of the individual where his interests and the interests of the social organism seemed to be antagonistic. The real opposition is not between morality and interest, nor even between...

...fields has taken every land of liberty with the word "religion." Kidd, in his Social Evolution, says: "A religion is a form of belief providing an ultra-rational...large class of conduct in the individual where his interest and the interest of the social organism are antagonistic, and by which the former are rendered...

...rational, as such an assumption is a mere contradiction of terms.4 He sums up the matter as follows: "A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultra-rational...the former are rendered subordinate to the latter hi the general interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing. "s The social organism, then,...