Includes bibliographical references pp. 685-732. and indexes.

PRIMITIVE RELIGIONS--Prehistoric and religious--RELIGIONS OF INDIA--The African experience--Religions of India--The Indian experience-- Vedic Religion-- Jainism--The Buddha--The Upanishads--Early Buddhism-- Classical Hinduism--RELIGIONS OF THE FAR EAST--Confucianism--Taoism--Japanese Religions-- Shinto--Buddhism in Japan--RELIGIONS OF THE NEAR EAST--Religion in the ancient Mediterranean world--Egyptian religion--Mesopotamian religion--Persian Zoroastrianism--Greek religion--Roman religion--The Jewish experience--The early Christian experience--The Muslim experience--The later Christian experience--CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE--The humanist experience-- the contemporary experience and the future--Transliteration of oriental words