Lamps of anthropology - Murphy, John, 1876-1949. ([Manchester, Eng.] Manchester university press, 1943)
Horizons of the science and bibliography.--Outgrown theories of comparative religion.--The theory of an original monotheism.--The place of fear in early religion.--Imagination and the early forms of religion.--Gesture, magic and primitive art.--The primitive character of poetic genius.--The development of the civilized mind in the ancient civilizations.--The development of individuality in the ancient civilizations.--The Indus civilization.--Racial crossing and cultural efflorescence.--The limitations of language in philosophy and theology.--The child, the primitive, and society.
Essays and papers.
Bibliographical foot-notes.
Keywords: Religion; Anthropology