The evolution of religion : $b An anthropological study

· 1934

AUTHOR OF “CULTS OF THE GREEK STATES” FELLOW AND TUTOR OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD; UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN CLASSICAL ARCHÆOLOGY; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE GERMAN IMPERIAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL INSTITUTE; FELLOW OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY A small book on a great and difficult subject must explain and apologise for itself, especially if it cannot claim a _raison d’être_ as a handbook for beginners. Having accepted the stimulating invitation to give in the spring of this year a short series of lectures for the Hibbert Trust on some subject belonging to the department of comparative religion, I felt that it was desirable to avoid those topics that had been appropriated by former lecturers; and also…

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