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The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

by Émile Durkheim (1858–1917)

89 chapters, about 177,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION 3,400 words
2. II 4,300 words
3. DEFINITION OF RELIGIOUS PHENOMENA AND OF RELIGION[25] 600 words
4. I 2,000 words
5. II 2,600 words
6. III 2,700 words
7. IV 2,100 words
8. LEADING CONCEPTIONS OF THE ELEMENTARY RELIGION 500 words
9. I 2,600 words
10. II 2,100 words
11. III 2,000 words
12. IV 1,600 words
13. V 800 words
14. CHAPTER III 600 words
15. I 2,400 words
16. II 2,000 words
17. III 1,200 words
18. TOTEMISM AS AN ELEMENTARY RELIGION 400 words
19. I 1,600 words
20. II 1,800 words
21. TOTEMIC BELIEFS 400 words
22. I 3,400 words
23. II 1,900 words
24. III 3,200 words
25. I 2,000 words
26. II 2,400 words
27. CHAPTER III 200 words
28. I 1,200 words
29. II 1,500 words
30. III 3,100 words
31. I 2,500 words
32. II 700 words
33. I 1,600 words
34. II 3,000 words
35. III 1,500 words
36. IV 800 words
37. V 600 words
38. I 1,200 words
39. II 3,000 words
40. III 1,800 words
41. IV 800 words
42. I 500 words
43. II 3,500 words
44. III 3,800 words
45. IV 2,700 words
46. V 1,900 words
47. VI 2,000 words
48. THE IDEA OF THE SOUL 100 words
49. I 2,000 words
50. II 3,800 words
51. III 2,200 words
52. IV 2,300 words
53. V 1,200 words
54. VI 1,300 words
55. I 3,200 words
56. II 500 words
57. III 900 words
58. IV 3,400 words
59. V 600 words
60. CHAPTER I 200 words
61. I 3,500 words
62. II 3,300 words
63. III 1,900 words
64. IV 1,700 words
65. THE POSITIVE CULT 700 words
66. I 2,500 words
67. II 900 words
68. III 1,800 words
69. IV 1,600 words
70. V 2,900 words
71. I 1,900 words
72. II 3,200 words
73. III 3,200 words
74. CHAPTER IV 500 words
75. I 1,800 words
76. II 2,900 words
77. III 1,900 words
78. CHAPTER V 300 words
79. I 2,700 words
80. II 3,000 words
81. III 2,400 words
82. IV 2,400 words
83. CONCLUSION 500 words
84. I 4,900 words
85. II 2,200 words
86. III 3,400 words
87. IV 3,600 words
88. INDEX 3,100 words
89. FOOTNOTES: 1,700 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Animism
• Cult
• Legend
• Magic (supernatural)
• Paganism
• Personality
• Religious education
• Ritual
• World religions

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