Mohammed, Buddha, and Christ : four lectures on natural and revealed religion

Marcus Dods

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• Christianity
• Islam
• Buddhism

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 13
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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LIBERMOHAMMED,
AND CHRIST.BUDDHA,
FOUR LECTURES
NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION.
MARCUS D.D.DODS,
HODDER AND STOUGHTON,
PATERNOSTER27, ROW.
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terian and are inCollege, London, published
with the custom of thecompliance Lectureship.
M. D.
GLASGOW,
April, 1877.CONTENTS.
LECTURE I.
MOHAMMEDANISM.
i.Page
The Mohammedan creed of God ofEstimateUnity
Mohammed s idea of God A Semitic idea Itspurely
results on Mohammedan The secondhistory Article, the of God In what sense trueProphet
His and thatcourage sincerity Change passed upon
him His licentiousness His abuse of the prophetic
office Practical duties of Moslems Their andregularity
frankness in The fast of Ramadanprayer Almsgiving
Mecca rites Uses ofPilgrimage Pilgrim pilgrimage-
features of Mohammedanism Paradise-Objectionable
Fatalism Mohammed sPolygamy ofexample Facility
divorce Disastrous effects of the laws Lane smarriage
opinion Slavery.
LECTURE II.
MOHAMMEDANISM.
Page 69.
Arabia to Mohammedan eraprevious Monotheism
into andlapsing Zabism Fetishismpolytheism idolatry
Barbarous habits and customs Inhumation of femalevi Contents.
children in ArabiaJudaism Christianity Irreligious-
ness of Arabs The aHanyfs Mohammed, Hanyf
manMohammed s influence Hispersonal appearance,
and habits Voltaire s on causecharacter,ners, judgment
of of Islam- s Itssuccess Carlyle judgment fallacy
The sword and Islam Arab love of andfighting plunder
in Arabia and.of unitedFeeling strength Simplicity
ofof Other causesupright government early caliphs
success Literature and Islam Saracen and Greek
and Intolerance of Islam Meeklearning philosophy
ness towards Moslems Its results on Arabia Islam
General criticismwith Mosaism Judgmentscompared
and LordOsborn,pronounced by Freeman, Houghton.
LECTURE 111.
BUDDHISM.
rea Its Three anteriorIs Buddhism religion? origin
Emanation andin India Brahmanism Absorpligions
rites andSalvationtion Transmigration by priestly
Reaction Brahmanismtranscendental knowledge against
His searchof His natureLife Sakya-muni sympathetic
Conversations withfor from sufferingemancipation
becomes theHe retires to the HeBrahmans jungle
himself to hisBuddha Prevails discoveryupon publish
His last wordsardour of first disciplesMissionary
Its Materialism andAccount of the system postulates
Death no deliverof all existencetransmigration Misery
The Fourofance Karma identityContinuity personal
Nirvana a moral condiGreat Truths Path to Nirvana,
AnnihilationDefect in Buddhist ethicalgn system
of Nirvana Inherent exMr. David s expositionRhys
failure DeteriorationofBuddhism Itscellence practical
has Its formalism Its atheismof popular
resulted in and saint-worship.polytheism