The Religion of Man is a compilation of lectures by Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...

, edited by Tagore and drawn largely from his Hibbert Lectures

Hibbert Lectures

The Hibbert Lectures are an annual series of non-sectarian lectures on theological issues. They are sponsored by the Hibbert Trust, which was founded in 1847 by the Unitarian Robert Hibbert with a goal to uphold "the unfettered exercise of private judgement in matters of religion."...

 given at Oxford University in May 1930.
A Brahmo

Brahmo

A Brahmo is either an adherent of Brahmoism to the exclusion of all other religions, or a person with at least one Brahmo parent or guardian and who has never denied his faith...

 playwright and poet of global renown, Tagore deals with largely universal themes of God, divine experience, illumination, and spirituality. A brief conversation between him and Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

, "Note on the Nature of Reality", is included as an appendix.

Contents

• Preface
• I. Man's Universe
• II. The Creative Spirit
• III. The Surplus In Man
• IV. Spiritual Union
• V. The Prophet
• VI. The Vision
• VII. The Man of My Heart
• VIII. The Music Maker
• IX. The Artist
• X. Man's Nature
• XI. The Meeting
• XII. The Teacher
• XIII. Spiritual Freedom
• XIV. The Four Stages Of Life
• XV. Conclusion

Appendix:

• I. The Baul Singers of Bengal
• II. Note on the Nature of Reality
• III. Dadu and the Mystery of Form
• IV. Night and Morning

Index