primitive religion
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"Animal spirits" sounds like the latest show on the Discovery Channel or the basis of a primitive religion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2012
At Michigan, for example, primitive religion is taught in anthropology classes, the background of the Bible in the Near Eastern studies program.
From Time Magazine Archive
Anthropology has long since taught us that primitive religion is not confined to a worship of the stars.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
Alarmed at the corruption that prevailed in the empire, he sought to restore the ancient customs and to strengthen the primitive religion.
From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain
In this lecture, as my subject is primitive religion, I have made no attempt to trace the history of prayer farther than the highest point which it reaches in the lower levels of religion.
From An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion by F. B. (Frank Byron) Jevons
