CONTENTS
CHAPTER V
CASTE AND RELIGION
Stratification of caste
Hinduism and Islam
Railways and religion
Fetishism ,...••••*
Shamanism . . . • • •
Animism . . . • • • •
The best term available ••••••
Ideas underlying Animism
Impersonal elemental forces .
Origin of unworshipped Supreme Beings
Beginnings of religion . • • ■
The ghost theory
Growth of ancestor-worship • • . •
Animism in India
Relation between Animism and popular Hinduism .
Illustration of Animistic ideas .
The Sri Panchami and Animism
Sources of Animistic usages
Pantheism . . . . '.....
Transmigration and Karma
Lucian on Karma.......
Ancient Paganism and modern Hinduism
Adaptiveness of Paganism . .
Weaker than Hinduism in metaphysics and ethics .
Stronger in national sentiment . . • • ■•
Statistics of religion
Increase of Muhammadans
Influence of conversion . - •
Influence of Christianity on th' . -stes
Causes of its failure with the high castes
Nationalism and the Arya Samaj
The Samaj and the Khatris . . . •
The future of Hinduism . i • • • *
CHAPTER VI
■/ THE ORIGIN OF CASTE
The origin of caste .••••••*
The Indian theory
Its historic elements . . • • • • *
Its probable origin ..••'••*"
The Indian and Iranian classes
CHAPTER V
CASTE AND RELIGION
Stratification of caste
Hinduism and Islam
Railways and religion
Fetishism ,...••••*
Shamanism . . . • • •
Animism . . . • • • •
The best term available ••••••
Ideas underlying Animism
Impersonal elemental forces .
Origin of unworshipped Supreme Beings
Beginnings of religion . • • ■
The ghost theory
Growth of ancestor-worship • • . •
Animism in India
Relation between Animism and popular Hinduism .
Illustration of Animistic ideas .
The Sri Panchami and Animism
Sources of Animistic usages
Pantheism . . . . '.....
Transmigration and Karma
Lucian on Karma.......
Ancient Paganism and modern Hinduism
Adaptiveness of Paganism . .
Weaker than Hinduism in metaphysics and ethics .
Stronger in national sentiment . . • • ■•
Statistics of religion
Increase of Muhammadans
Influence of conversion . - •
Influence of Christianity on th' . -stes
Causes of its failure with the high castes
Nationalism and the Arya Samaj
The Samaj and the Khatris . . . •
The future of Hinduism . i • • • *
CHAPTER VI
■/ THE ORIGIN OF CASTE
The origin of caste .••••••*
The Indian theory
Its historic elements . . • • • • *
Its probable origin ..••'••*"
The Indian and Iranian classes