They will appear more fully as we proceed in our examination of the religions, and subsequently in their comparison.

This introductory chapter has been designed as a sketch of the course which the work will take.

When we have completed our survey, the results to which we hope to arrive will be these, if we succeed in what we have undertaken:-- 1.

All the great religions of the world, except Christianity and Mohammedanism, are ethnic religions, or religions limited to a single nation or race.

Christianity alone (including Mohammedanism and Judaism, which are its temporary and local forms) is the religion of all races.
2.