James Thayer Addison

Biographic Data

ID3965706
NAMEJames Thayer Addison
GIVEN NAMESJames Thayer
FAMILY NAMEAddison
SIGNATUREADDISON J T
AFFILIATIONSEpiscopal Divinity School
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS10
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1924
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1975
H-INDEX1

  • Parents, Self, and God

    Bernard Spilka, James Addison et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research1975Cited by: 10

    Bernard Spilka, James Addison, Marguerite Rosensohn, Parents, Self, and God: A Test of Competing Theories of Individual-Religion Relationships, Review of Religious Research, Vol. 16, No. 3, Models, Types, and Definitions (Spring, 1975), pp. 154-165

  • The Christian Approach to the Moslem

    James Thayer AddisonBOOKThe Christian Approach to the…1942

  • The Moslem World Fellowship

    Open AccessJames Thayer AddisonARTICLEThe Muslim World1941

  • The Charter of Cooperation in Service for Moslems

    Open AccessJames Thayer AddisonARTICLEThe Muslim World1940

  • The Ahmadiya Movement and its Western Propaganda

    Open AccessJames Thayer AddisonARTICLEHarvard Theological Review1929

    If he knows where to look for them, the traveller may find among the suburbs of London two Mohammedan mosques — one about thirty-six years old at Woking in Surrey, the other only a year or two old at Southfields near Wandsworth. Here, every week, come English worshippers, and from these centres of Islam, with their resident missionaries, go forth various types of propaganda aiming to present Islam in favorable and convincing fashion to the modern…

  • Religious Life in Japan

    Open AccessJames Thayer AddisonARTICLEHarvard Theological Review1925

    The cult of family ancestors in Japan is of fundamental importance in the religious life of the people. Though less deeply rooted than in China it still remains of vital consequence, for a large majority of the Japanese people continue to observe its rites, and even in 1911 official measures were taken for the purpose of encouraging ancestor worship as essential to the perpetuation of the national ideals

  • Chinese Ancestor-Worship and Protestant Christianity

    James Thayer AddisonARTICLEThe Journal of Religion1925

    This article traces the development, between 1877 and the present, of the attitude of Protestant missionaries in China in regard to ancestor-worship. The significance of ancestor-worship in Chinese social life, and the problems raised thereby for missionaries are discussed. The reasons for the traditional Protestant position are pointed out. The article indicates the lines of a development which may both preserve the Chinese reverence for ancesto…

  • Ancestor Worship in Africa

    Open AccessJames Thayer AddisonARTICLEHarvard Theological Review1924

    Evidence for the existence of ancestor worship among the uncivilized peoples of Africa is varied and abundant. Outside the limited range of Mohammedan and Christian influence, there are few tribes whose religion has been reported with any care that do not appear to practice ancestor worship in some form. Without any attempt to provide a complete volume of testimony, and with the purpose only to indicate the wide range and diversity of these pract…

  • The Modern Chinese Cult of Ancestors

    James Thayer AddisonARTICLEThe Journal of Religion1924

    This article describes the various phases of the cult of ancestors in popular Chinese religion, including the ceremonies for the uncared-for "beggar spirits." The materials are presented as a basis for an estimate of its significance as an element of religion. Is it a continuation of an ancient custom of tendance of the dead? Is it the result in Chinese life of the special stress on filial piety and the family system? Or is it worship