The Pagan Christ: Is Blind Faith Killing Christianity?Allen & Unwin, 2005 M03 1 - 244 pages A radical, ground-breaking examination of the role of ancient myth in the origins of Christianity, challenging the idea of the Gospels as historical truth - it will change the way many think about religion, faith, history, myth and belief. |
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... rituals of Easter and Christmas , along with Christian symbols such as the cross and the Eucharist , glow with renewed significance and depth . In all honesty , however , this has not been a simple or easy jour- ney for me . Having come ...
... rituals of Easter and Christmas , along with Christian symbols such as the cross and the Eucharist , glow with renewed significance and depth . In all honesty , however , this has not been a simple or easy jour- ney for me . Having come ...
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... rituals such as Holy Communion , baptism , and the Church's key festivals of Christmas and Easter will have new power once we understand their true meaning in the light of the ancient wisdom . The near- universal belief in a glorious ...
... rituals such as Holy Communion , baptism , and the Church's key festivals of Christmas and Easter will have new power once we understand their true meaning in the light of the ancient wisdom . The near- universal belief in a glorious ...
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... ritual drama . The myth itself is fictional , but the timeless truth it expresses is not . As Campbell puts it , " Myth is what never was , yet always is . " It's a means of expressing the inner structure or meaning of all history . It ...
... ritual drama . The myth itself is fictional , but the timeless truth it expresses is not . As Campbell puts it , " Myth is what never was , yet always is . " It's a means of expressing the inner structure or meaning of all history . It ...
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... ritual , allegory , and other forms of symbolic representation for objective history , and following this by turning the body of myths into alleged , literal occurrences . In Shadow of the Third Century , we read : " The sacred ...
... ritual , allegory , and other forms of symbolic representation for objective history , and following this by turning the body of myths into alleged , literal occurrences . In Shadow of the Third Century , we read : " The sacred ...
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... , was finally meant to become . Since myth and ritual always go hand in hand , the entire evo- lutionary history of humankind was accordingly programmed by these same theologians and depicted in a great drama that 22 THE PAGAN CHRIST.
... , was finally meant to become . Since myth and ritual always go hand in hand , the entire evo- lutionary history of humankind was accordingly programmed by these same theologians and depicted in a great drama that 22 THE PAGAN CHRIST.
Contents
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Where It All Began | 27 |
How a Spiritual | 49 |
It Was All Written Beforein Egypt | 67 |
Convincing the Sceptics | 91 |
Where It All Began | 157 |
Cosmic Christianity | 177 |
Mythology Religion and Ancient Egypt | 199 |
More Similarities between | 205 |
Two Strange Passages 21 I | 211 |
Notes | 219 |
Bibliography | 229 |
Index | 237 |
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Page 128 - Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (It was that Mary which anointed the LORD with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
Page 149 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent...
Page 171 - And, as he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Page 74 - Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.
Page 211 - And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.