History of Religion

About The Book : This book makes no pretence to be a guide to all the mythologies, or to all the religious practices which have prevailed in the world. It is intended to aid the student who desires to obtain a general idea of comparative religion, by exhibiting the subject as a connected and organic whole, and by indicating the leading points of view from which each of the great systems may best be understood. A certain amount of discussion is employed in order to bring clearly before the reader the great motives and ideas by which the various religions are inspired, and the movements of thought which they present. And the attempt is made to exhibit the great manifestations of human piety in their genealogical connection. The writer has ventured to deal with the religions of the Bible, each in its proper historical place, and trusts that he has not by doing so rendered any disservice either to Christian faith or to the science of religion. It is obvious that in a work claiming to be scientific, and appealing to men of every faith, all religions must be treated impartially, and that the same method must be applied to each of them. The writer hopes that the great difficulty will not be over- looked with which he has had to contend, of compressing a vast subject into a compendious statement without allowing its life and interest to evaporate in the process. About The Author : Allan Menzies (1845 – 1916) was a Scottish minister remembered as a religious author and translator. He was fluent in both English and German. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Stuttgart Gymnasium in Germany. He then took a general degree at St Andrews University gaining an MA in 1865 then studied Divinity at Edinburgh University gaining a BD in 1869. He befriended Andrew Lang at St Andrews. He was licensed by the Presbytery of the Church of Scotland in Dunoon in 1870. He then became a town missionary in the city centre of Glasgow before becoming second charge at Athelstaneford, moving to Carluke in 1872. In May 1873 he was ordained at Abernyte west of Dundee. In 1889 he was awarded a doctorate (DD) by Glasgow University and Queen Victoria suggested him as Professor of Biblical Criticism of St Andrews University in the same year and he was then in this role until death.He left St Andrews around 1914/15 possibly due to his known German sympathies. The Title 'History of Religion written/authored/edited by Allan Menzies', published in the year 2022. The ISBN 9788121264327 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 464 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-