Chapter XI: Scientific and Ethical Elements in Religious

SYSTEMS 573

Spheres of religion, science and constructive ethics
distinct, but tend to coalesce, 1154.

THE SCIENTIFIC ELEMENT. When science clashes with religion,
1155: Phases in the relation between the two: when there is
no knowledge of natural law--a crude conception of unity--no
place for the miraculous, 1156; Rise of highly personalized
deities who stand outside the world: age of miracles, 1157;
Recognition of the domination of natural law--separation
between science and religion, 1158; Higher conception of the
unity of God and the world, 1159; Scientific theories held
to be not a part of the content of religion, 1160.

THE ETHICAL ELEMENT. Religion adopts current ethical customs
and codes, 1161; Both good, 1162; and bad, 1163; Mutual
influence of religion and ethics, 1164, 1165; Religion
infuses nobility and tenderness into ethics, 1166; Religious
personalities; martyr, saint, 1167, 1168; Evil influence of
religion on ethics, 1169; Contribution of religion to the
sense of obligation to do right, 1170; Answers of religion
to questions concerning the existence of moral evil, 1171;
concerning man's moral capacity, 1172; concerning the
essential goodness or badness of the world, 1173.

BIBLIOGRAPHY 585

INDEX 625