Pagan Christs
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Pagan Christs

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Pagan Christs

About this book

Pagan Christs is a book by John M. Robertson, originally published in 1903. This work is a critical examination of the historical and mythological aspects of various religious traditions, particularly focusing on the parallels between pagan myths and the story of Jesus Christ in Christianity. "Pagan Christs" challenges conventional religious beliefs by presenting a comprehensive analysis of the similarities between the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the stories of various pagan deities from ancient mythologies. Robertson argues that many elements of the Christian narrative, including the virgin birth, crucifixion, and resurrection, can be traced back to earlier mythological figures and cults. John Mackinnon Robertson (14 November 1856 – 5 January 1933) was a prolific Scottish journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, and Liberal Member of Parliament for Tyneside from 1906 to 1918. Robertson was best known as an advocate of the Christ myth theory.

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Information

Publisher
Passerino
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9791222458649
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Comparative Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Pagan Christs
  3. Table of contents
  4. Preface To The Second Edition
  5. Introduction
  6. PART 1. THE RATIONALE OF RELIGION
  7. CHAPTER 1. THE NATURALNESS OF ALL BELIEF
  8. 1. Origin of the Gods from Fear
  9. 2. All Belief Results of Reasoning
  10. 3. Dr. Jevons’ Theories of Religious Evolution
  11. 4. Scientific View of the Religious Evolution
  12. 5. Dr. Frazer's Definition
  13. 6. The Scientific Induction
  14. 7. Dr. Jevons’ Series of Self-Contradictions
  15. 8. His Contradictory Doctrine Of The Conditions Of The Survival Of Religion
  16. 9. The Continuity Of Religious Phenomena
  17. 10. Dr. Frazer's Sociological Vindication Of The Sorcerer
  18. 11. The Beginning Of The End Of Religion
  19. 12. Historic View Of Ancestor Worship
  20. 13. The Authoritarian Element A Mark Of Religion
  21. 14. Definition Of Religion
  22. CHAPTER 2. COMPARISON AND APPRAISEMENT OF RELIGIONS
  23. 1. Early Forces Of Reform.
  24. 2. Reform As A Religious Process.
  25. 3. Polytheism And Monotheism.
  26. 4. Hebrews And Babylonians.
  27. 5. Forces Of Religious Evolution.
  28. 6. The Hebrew Evolution.
  29. 7. Post-Exilic Phases.
  30. 8. Revival And Disintegration.
  31. 9. Conclusion.
  32. PART 2. SECONDARY GOD-MAKING
  33. CHAPTER 1. THE SACRIFICED SAVIOUR-GOD
  34. 1. Totemism And Sacraments.
  35. 2. Theory And Ritual Of Human Sacrifice.
  36. 3. The Christian Crucifixion.
  37. 4. Vogue of Human Sacrifice.
  38. 5. The Divinity of the Victim.
  39. 6. The Cannibal Sacrament.
  40. 7. The Semitic Antecedents.
  41. 8. The Judaic Evolution.
  42. 9. Specific Survivals in Judaism.
  43. 10. The Pre-Christian Jesus-God.
  44. 11. Private Jewish Eucharists.
  45. 12. The Eucharist in Orthodox Judaism.
  46. 13. Special Features of the Crucifixion Myth.
  47. 14. Possible Historical Elements.
  48. 15. The Gospel Mystery-Play.
  49. 16. The Mystery-Play and the Cultus.
  50. 17. Further Pagan Adaptations.
  51. 18. Synopsis And Conclusion: Genealogy Of Human Sacrifice And Sacrament.
  52. CHAPTER 2. THE TEACHING GOD
  53. 1. Primary and Secondary Ideas.
  54. 2. The Logos.
  55. 3. Derivations of the Christian Logos.
  56. 4. The Search for a Historical Jesus.
  57. 5. The Critical Problem.
  58. 6. Collapse of the Constructive Case.
  59. 7. Parallel Problems.
  60. 8. The Problem of Buddhist Origins.
  61. 9. Buddhism and Buddhas.
  62. 10. The Buddhist Cruces.
  63. 11. Sociological Clues.
  64. 12. Buddhism and Asoka.
  65. 13. The Buddha Myth.
  66. 14. The Problem of Manichæus.
  67. 15. The Manichean Solution.
  68. 16. The Case of Apollonius of Tyana.
  69. PART 3. MITHRAISM
  70. 1. Introductory
  71. 2. Beginnings Of Cult
  72. 3. Zoroastrianism
  73. 4. Evolution of Mithra
  74. 5. The Process of Syncretism
  75. 6. Symbols of Mithra
  76. 7. The Cultus
  77. 8. The Creed
  78. 9. Mithraism and Christianity
  79. 10. Further Christian Parallels
  80. 11. The Vogue of Mithraism
  81. 12. Absorption in Christianity
  82. 13. The Point of Junction
  83. PART 4. THE RELIGIONS OF ANCIENT AMERICA
  84. 1. American Racial Origins
  85. 2. Aztecs and Peruvians
  86. 3. Primitive Religion and Human Sacrifice
  87. 4. The Mexican Cultus
  88. 5. Mexican Sacrifices and Cannibal Sacraments
  89. 6. Mexican Ethics
  90. 7. The Mexican White Christ
  91. 8. The Fatality of the Priesthood
  92. 9. The Religion of Peru
  93. 10. Conclusion
  94. Appendix A. The Eating Of The Crucified Human Sacrifice
  95. Appendix B. Dramatic And Ritual Survivals
  96. Appendix C. Replies To Criticisms