The American Lectures on the History of Religions are delivered under the auspices of the American Committee for Lectures on the History of Religions. This Committee was organised in 1892, for the purpose of instituting "popular courses in the History of Religions, somewhat after the style of the Hibbert Lectures in England, to be delivered by the best scholars of Europe and this country, in various cities, such as Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and others."The terms of association under which the Committee exists are as follows:
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-- The object of this Association shall be to provide courses of lectures on the history of religions, to be delivered in various cities.
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-- The Association shall be composed of delegates from the institutions agreeing to co-operate, with such additional members as may be chosen by these delegates.
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-- These delegates -- one from each institution, with the additional members selected -- shall constitute themselves a Council under the name of the "American Committee for Lectures on the History of Religions."
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-- The Council shall elect out of its number a Chairman, a Secretary, and a Treasurer.
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-- All matters of local detail shall be left to the co-operating institution under whose auspices the lectures are to be delivered.
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-- A course of lectures on some religion, or phase of religion, from an historical point of view, or on a subject ger- mane to the study of religions, shall be delivered annually, or at such intervals as may be found practicable, in the different cities represented by this Association.
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-- The Council (a) shall be charged with the selection of the lecturers, (b) shall have charge of the funds, (c) shall assign
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Publication Information: Book Title: Astrology and Religion among the Greeks and Romans. Contributors: Franz Cumont - author. Publisher: Dover Publications. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1960. Page Number: vii.
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