This volume is intended as a contribution toward that end.

It will contain an account of each of the principal religions, and its development.

It will be, therefore, devoted to the natural history of ethnic and catholic religions, and its method will be that of analysis.
The second part, which may be published hereafter, will compare these different systems to show what each teaches concerning the great subjects of religious thought,--God, Duty, and Immortality.

Finally, it will compare them with Christianity, and will inquire whether or not that is capable of becoming the religion of the human race.
Sec.2.Comparative Theology; its Nature, Value, and present Position.
The work of Comparative Theology is to do equal justice to all the religious tendencies of mankind.

Its position is that of a judge, not that of an advocate.