Interpretations of Poetry and Religion by George Santayana | Literature

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Books about the History of Religion discuss the development of religious beliefs and practices through historical periods. Titles include: Animism, the Seed of Religion, A chain of prayer across the ages: forty centuries of prayer, 2000 B.C.-A.D. 1912, Celtic religion in pre-Christian times, How Religion Arises: A Psychological Study, Judentum und Christentum. Zweite Auflage, Mohammed, Buddha, and Christ. Four lectures on natural and revealed religion, An Essay on the Miracles Recorded in the Ecclesiastical History of the Early Ages, Mutter Erde: Ein Versuch über Volksreligion, The Bahai Revelation and Reconstruction, The Evolution of Christianity, The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia, The Stigmata: a history of various cases, and The preparation for Christianity in the ancient world.

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Books about the History of Christianity discuss the fundamental Christian religion that is the largest in the world, and has fragmented into a large number of denominations. Beginning with the birth of Jesus Christ in Palestine during the Roman occupation, Christianity has survived Roman persecution, schism and invasion, while carrying its message to the world. Titles include: A History of the Origin of the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Christian Church, Canons of the Primitive Church: Together with the Creeds of Nicaea and Constantinople, and the Definition of the Faith Set Forth at Chalcedon, Christianity and the Roman government, Clement of Alexandria, Deism Or Christianity? Four Discourses, Die Mariologie Des Hl. Augustinus, Die Origenistischen Streitigkeiten im Sechsten Jahrhundert und das Fünfte Allgemeine Concil, Egyptian mythology and Egyptian Christianity, Europe and the faith, Gleanings from British and Irish Ecclesiastical History: From the Introduction of Christianity to the Period of the Reformation, and Lives of the Twelve Apostles: With Explanatory Notes.

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Books about Religious Education discuss the teaching of a given religion in terms of its history, core beliefs and doctrines, and the rights and responsibilities of its faithful. Titles include: A Survey of Religious Education in the Local Church, Church Students' Manual, Kleiner Katechismus mit Auslegung und Erklärung, Review Exercises in the Sunday-School: Their Value and Methods, The Christian Education of Youth, Talks to Sunday School Teachers, The modern Sunday school and its present day task, and The Use of the Story in Religious Education

About the Author: Philosopher, poet, literary and cultural critic, George Santayana is a principal figure in Classical American Philosophy. His naturalism and emphasis on creative imagination were harbingers of important intellectual turns on both sides of the Atlantic. He was a naturalist before naturalism grew popular; he appreciated multiple perfections before multiculturalism became an issue; he thought of philosophy as literature before it became a theme in American and European scholarly circles; and he managed to naturalize Platonism, update Aristotle, fight off idealisms, and provide a striking and sensitive account of the spiritual life without being a religious believer. His Hispanic heritage, shaded by his sense of being an outsider in America, captures many qualities of American life missed by insiders, and presents views equal to Tocqueville in quality and importance. Beyond philosophy, only Emerson may match his literary production. As a public figure, he appeared on the front cover of Time (3 February 1936), and his autobiography (Persons and Places, 1944) and only novel (The Last Puritan, 1936) were the best-selling books in the United States as Book-of-the-Month Club selections. The novel was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and Edmund Wilson ranked Persons and Places among the few first-rate autobiographies, comparing it favorably to Yeats's memoirs, The Education of Henry Adams, and Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. Remarkably, Santayana achieved this stature in American thought without being an American citizen. He proudly retained his Spanish citizenship throughout his life. Yet, as he readily admitted, it is as an American that his philosophical and literary corpuses are to be judged. Using contemporary classifications, Santayana is the first and foremost Hispanic-American philosopher.

Dimensions: 5 1/8 inches by 7 1/2 inches

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