ANCIENT EGYPT RELIGION

The Ancient Egypt Religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals that formed an integral part of ancient Egyptian society. It centered on the Egyptians' interaction with many deities believed to be present in, and in control of, the world. Rituals such as prayer and offerings were provided to the gods to gain their favor. Formal religious practice centered on the pharaohs, the rulers of Egypt, believed to possess a divine power by virtue of their position. They acted as intermediaries between their people and the gods, and were obligated to sustain the gods through rituals and offerings so that they could maintain Ma'at, the order of the cosmos. The state dedicated enormous resources to religious rituals and to the construction of temples.

Most of the 19th century work in Egyptology was done by German, French or English researchers. James Henry Breasted (1865-1935) was the first American citizen to get a PhD in Egyptology, at the University of Berlin. In this book, Breasted details the evolution of religious belief through thousands of years of Egyptian history. He describes (and quotes extensively from) the great funerary texts, most importantly the Pyramid texts, as well as the Coffin texts and the Book of the Dead. He covers the history of ancient Egypt religion from the earliest Osiran beliefs up to the groundbreaking monotheism of Akhenaton.

Contents of this Ancient Egypt Religion app include:

-Preface

-Epitome of the Development

-Chronology

-Lecture I. The Origins: Nature and the State in their Impression on Religion—Earliest Systems

-Lecture II. Life After Death—The Sojourn in the Tomb—Death Makes its Impression on Religion

-Lecture III. The Realms of the Dead—The Pyramid Texts—The Ascent to the Sky

-Lecture IV. Realms of the Dead—The Earliest Celestial Hereafter

-Lecture V. The Osirianization of the Hereafter

-Lecture VI. The Emergence of the Moral Sense—Moral Worthiness and the Hereafter—

Scepticism and the Problem of Suffering

-Lecture VII. The Social Forces make their Impression on Religion—The Rise of Social

Reformers—The Earliest Social Regeneration

-Lecture VIII. Popularization of the Old Royal Hereafter—Triumph of Osiris—Conscience

and the Book of the Dead—Magic and Morals

-Lecture IX. The Imperial Age—The World-State Makes its Impression on Religion—

Triumph of Re—Earliest Monotheism—Ikhnaton (Amenhotep IV)

-Lecture X. The Age of Personal Piety—Sacerdotalism and Final Decadence

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