Introduction to the Transaction EditionForeword by August BrunnerTranslator's notePreface to first German editionPreface to second German editionREPENTANCE AND REBIRTHTHE NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE :MoRAL PRECONDITIONS OF PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE 1. The autonomy of philosophy 2. The philosophical attitude (the idea of the philosopher) 3 Analysis of the moral upsurge A. The moral upsurge as a personal act of 'the whole man' B. Starting-point and elements of the moral upsurge 4 Philosophy's object and cognitive attitudePROBLEMS OF RELIGIONThe renewal of religion 1. Religion and Philosophy Existing views typified The types of partial and total identity Dualistic views The system of conformity 2. The Essential Phenomenology of Religion Branches of study The Divine Basic character of the divine The attributes of God in natural religion Growth and decline of the natural knowledge of God Attributes of the divine mind The religious act The immanent aspects of the religious act Religious acts are a law unto themselves The religious act in its internal and external, individual and social aspects No man can avoid the religious act Some recent basic theories of natural religion On the Eternal in Man 3 Why no New Religion? The idea of a personal God conflicts with the expectation of a new religion The prospects of a 'new religion', seen in the light of the sociohistorical distribution of cognitive aptitudesCHRISTIAN LovE AND THE TwENTIETH CENTURY: An Address 1. Humanitarianism and the Christian commandment of love 2. The Christian idea of community 3 The present relevance of the Christian idea of communityTHE RECONSTRUCTION OF EuROPEAN CuLTURE: An Address 1. The political framework and moral conditions of cultural reconstruction in Europe 2. The formative powers available for the spiritual renewal of EuropeEditorial Notice, by Frau Maria SchelerBibliography of Scheler's published worksAnnotations, by Frau SchelerA Note on the Author, by I. M. BochenskiIndex of Names