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

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 Brittain, Alfred

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 Jevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)

While primitive religion and mythology are not identical, they are closely bound up with one another.

From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Sellars, Roy Wood