Jesus Goes to Hollywood: The Alternative Theories About Christ [Hardcover]

William Bramley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2005

You've heard the theories, now here's the evidence! Jesus Goes to Hollywood: The Alternative Theories About Christ is a fascinating and extensively-researched exploration of the many controversial theories that have been expressed about Jesus over the centuries. For the first time ever, these theories and the evidence surrounding them are brought together in a single book that is both scholarly and highly readable. It would take a reader years of digging through hundreds of sources to get the information found in this remarkable one-of-a-kind volume. Jesus Goes to Hollywood is truly a "must read" for any person who wants to discover more about the historical Jesus, his life, and his teachings.

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From the Author

I wrote Jesus Goes to Hollywood because religion is a force for both good and bad that is having an enormous impact on our world right now. Humanity needs to grow up spiritually, and to do that, we need to gain a better understanding of who our religious founders really were, what they actually taught, and why. The consequences of ignorance have become too severe. I hope that Jesus Goes to Hollywood helps in the search for answers.

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At last! Everything you never wanted to know about Christ, or were afraid to ask. Join author William Bramley as he surveys all of the major alternative theories about Christ, and provides you with the primary evidence in support of each theory, along with some of the arguments against them. It will be up to you, the reader, to decide what is true. Did Jesus survive the crucifixion and preach afterwards? What were his connections to strange mystery relgiions? How did hallucinogens affect Christianity? Who, or what, were the angels that were said to be in contact with Christ? Was he a saint? A madman? A myth? Jesus Christ continues to spark the public imagination through books and movies that present many different views of him. Jesus Goes to Hollywood fills in the gaps with a fascinating summary of the most popular and enduring theories about Christ.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 335 pages
• Publisher: Dahlin Family Pr (June 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975563602
• ISBN-13: 978-0975563601
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,426,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A serious- minded weighing of ideas, beliefs, and theological arguments, December 13, 2005

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jesus Goes to Hollywood: The Alternative Theories About Christ (Hardcover)

Jesus Goes To Hollywood: The Alternative Theories About Christ is a compilation of iconoclastic theories about Jesus drawn from scholarly inquiries, metaphysical sources, and the theological clashes between orthodoxy and heresies. This methodical survey about "everything you never wanted to know about Christ, or were afraid to ask" covers such topics as the angels alleged to be in contact with Christ, whether Jesus visited other continents including North America, what unusual religious such as Gnosticism have to say about Jesus Christ and the afterlife, how hallucinogens affect Christianity, and much more. Written in plain terms, with a smattering of Hollywood-style pastiche to jocularly introduce different topics, Jesus Goes To Hollywood is entertaining yet ultimately a serious- minded weighing of ideas, beliefs, and theological arguments. Highly recommended especially for lay readers with a budding interest in alternative theology.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars COVERS ALL THE THEORIES ABOUT JESUS, July 16, 2005

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Elisa Bowen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jesus Goes to Hollywood: The Alternative Theories About Christ (Hardcover)

I especially enjoyed the combination of research and factual information about Jesus alternating with a fictional account of a Messiah figure who appears on Earth for a Second Coming. There is an element of mystery in these alternate chapters which kept me interested in turning the pages. I enjoyed William Bramley's first book The Gods of Eden, and I found this book even more interesting.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bramley Switches Gears for a Great Ride, August 28, 2005

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Red-Eyed Reader (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jesus Goes to Hollywood: The Alternative Theories About Christ (Hardcover)

This book is really different from Bramley's first except in his courage to talk about evidence that many people won't. It is an exhaustive encyclopedia of Jesus Theories that I enjoyed on many levels, and it was far more comprehensive than I expected. Bramley presents all of the theories, not just the ones he believes in, and he has insights about Jesus that I've never read before. Some of the theories can be shocking, but Bramley takes the time to document everything. I think that the title and packaging of this book does it a disservice. Although the title is clever with a nice cover, this is a serious book with university-level scholarship. It's the kind of book you expect to find in libraries and assigned to college students. I give it two thumbs way up.