New-York tribune., 1908-11-11
The First Folame OF an important
Work on Religion and Ethics.

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELlGloN AND
n n wf.6 the assistance cf other scholars.
niuEtrstsd Vol. / 4to, pp xii eoS- CnarieS
Scrfbne-'s Sons.
The sn.e-natiouaIis of scholarship is newly
.xtinstec In this important work OF reference on
religion and ethics the first volume OF WHICH
now lies before as. Besides the Brltlsh anu
American contributors there are representatives,
ot nearly all the European countries ana 'he iis'
includes Anerican-Indian. Armenian. ChlneSe
snd Japanese scholars Many varieties et re-
fis3c,,s belief are also reflected in the psrsonnel
a. this remarkable company Of specialists The
mans call for ten or twelve volumes. and the
,.naertsk king has already required six years eN-
acting la Dor. The edit0r-in-ch Or James
Hastings brings 70 the enterprise his expert
enoe as editor Of the five volume dictionary OF
.he Bible" and the Dictionary Of Christ ano
the Gospels. OF che Bible Dictionary it may
pe said that OF account of its solid workman
shin snd its freedom from freakish pedantry 1t
has reached 4 secure place in the respect OF
both Protestant and Catholic theologians-
The scope of the Encyclopedia Of Religion
and Ethics" is fully as wide as the title indi-
Gates Theology and philosophy are. of course,
Included but in order 10 give survey Of re
Iigiors in their rise extent and moral expression
fl is necessary 20 call in the aid of anthropology.
mythology. folklore. biology. psychology. eco
Monies ana sociology. The relevant portions Of
these sciences are, therefore. drawn upon II
.hs field Is large the editors assure US that its
limits are clearly defned-so clearly, indeed,
tha. oniy once or twice throughout the course Of
the first volume has the question been raised
whether q particular topic should be admitted
not In the treatment OF many subjects the
method Of comparison has been used. Under
architecture. for example. nineteen types are
dealt with by fourteen writer's. Altar has six
teen separate studies, ranging from African,
Celtic, 20 Slavonic Teutonic. The section
Ancestor Worship and the Cult OF the Dead is
made Up OF introduction and eighteen par.
ticulsr reports. Occasionally the method has
been adopted % describing a subject compre-
hens.vely IN a general article and then dealing
separately and more fully with special features
Of the same subject. Thus. while Buddhism and
Eedantism VIII receive adequate attention in
their places. the present volume has articles on
aspects Of each Of these systems. such as Ag-
costicisr in Buddhism Absolute Adibuddha,
kdvsita. Ajikivas and Ages of the World in
Buddhism In many instances the editors adopt
the old and simple plan ef assigning a topic to
g single writer, in Advocate. where five uses
Of the term are dealt with two in the New Tes-
lament and three in church history the latter
being Advocstus ECclesis. Advocatus Dia boil.
AdvocEtus Del: The monograph Animals occu-
pies fifty double column pages. including five
columns # bihIiogrsphy.
gard 70 the study CT religion genetically are in
6ica1ed by the abundant material 10 be found
under Anjn1isn1. Ancestor worship Anus
lEgean Religion and Anthropology. Nor is the
psychology of the religious consciousness in its
developed state likely 10 be neglected. II one IS
% Judge from the present yield. In this depart
r1ent comes the essay Adolescence a very
pattern of neatness- As for biography it is
seemingly 70 be subordinared 10 historical move
names-Abd sl-osdir. Abelsrd Akbar. Ambrose
% Milan. Aquinas. Aristotle. The Emperor Ak
bar was much more the of the world and
much less Christian than some Of his admirers
have recognized and the biographer feels that
2 disproportionate amount + attention has been
given TO the religious element in the career of
enc who lived and died skeptic. The writer on
Aquinas that a philosophical svs-
:em, ThoTnisrn IS absolutely Incompatible with
the conception Of evolution that dominates mod
ern thought. and that the question Of the valid
ity for our times Of the Thomist philosophy is az
TIE q n Of the debates about-th recent Encyc-
ncz 9 scendi- The religion. mythology and folk
lore ~ native tribes receive consideration in
Aleuts ard Algonquins. Concerning the Algon-
euins. Franciscan friar Of the seventeenth
century is quoted declaring that these sal
wages" would suffer themselves baptized six
times day for glass OF aqua vite or pipe
OF tobacco"
Social-ethical interests are represented in this
first volume by the articles Anarchy Alcohol
Accumulation Abandonment, Anti -Semitisr1l
Anarchy as theory Of existence is distinguished
from anarchism as an historical movement. and
the failure Of anG-chism TO make hesdway
among Teutonic peoples IS explained by the
genius for order and system characteristic of
that race Alcohol is considered In its phvsio-
logical effects and IN its relation to mortality
crime, poverty and the future of the race The
report ends-Vith recommendation Of total alb
stlnenee for certain classes: those heredftar-iy