The Study of Religion
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The steady tendency towards a multiplicity of philosophical sects is an indication of the unbroken sequence of this conflict.
India thus furnishes an example of the relationship existing between religion and philosophy, which is ^ See Hopkins, Religions of India^ chap. X.
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. 233 most instructive in determining in how far philosophy enters aj a factor in the study of religion. The tendency of every religion is to become rigid in its beliefs and practices. This tendency is o...ffset by the spirit of independent inquiry. The result is a conflict which leads either (i) to the adjustment of the exist- x ing religion to the science of the day, or (2) to an indifference to this science, so that a hopeless and impassable gulf is produced between religion and thought, or (3) to the rise of a religious movement embodying the results of philosophical speculation. The old Vedic religion, it is true, with its elaborate mythology and its intricate ritual, itself represents the result of an attempted reconciliation between religion and philosophy, for, together with survivals of primi- tive religious conceptions, Brahmanism contains elements that belong to advanced forms of religion, but the assimilation was not complete, and when further independent speculation ensued, the popular faith was in no position to accept further modifica- tions.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The steady tendency towards a multiplicity of philosophical sects is an indication of the unbroken sequence of this conflict.
India thus furnishes an example of the relationship existing between religion and philosophy, which is ^ See Hopkins, Religions of India^ chap. X.
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. 233 most instructive in determining in how far philosophy enters aj a factor in the study of religion. The tendency of every religion is to become rigid in its beliefs and practices. This tendency is o...ffset by the spirit of independent inquiry. The result is a conflict which leads either (i) to the adjustment of the exist- x ing religion to the science of the day, or (2) to an indifference to this science, so that a hopeless and impassable gulf is produced between religion and thought, or (3) to the rise of a religious movement embodying the results of philosophical speculation. The old Vedic religion, it is true, with its elaborate mythology and its intricate ritual, itself represents the result of an attempted reconciliation between religion and philosophy, for, together with survivals of primi- tive religious conceptions, Brahmanism contains elements that belong to advanced forms of religion, but the assimilation was not complete, and when further independent speculation ensued, the popular faith was in no position to accept further modifica- tions.
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