part one - The Congress. Generalities - Sections of the Congress - The theme of the Congress.Events. Acknowledgements - Committees - Report by the Secretary-General, prof.M. Pye - Prof.U.Bianchi, Perspectives du Congrès - Index of invited papers - Index of selected papers - The Congress scientific chronicle - List of participants - List of represented countries - Part two - Invited papers - Selected papers - Oceania, Africa, Mesoamerica - East Asia, India - Iran, Egypt - Greece, Rome, Hellenism, Pre-Christian Europe - Judaism - Christianity in the first centuries.Christianity in modern times - Gnosticism, Manichaesim - Islam - Buddhism - New religions - Metholodogy of comparative research - Phenomenology of religion - Anthropology of religion, Philosophy of religion - Concluding session. Retrospect and prospect/ The History of religions.