The bulk of the present volume is substantially a synthesis of Christian origins, introduced by a discussion of the principles of hierology. Such discussion is still forced on sociology by the special pleaders of the prevailing religion. But the central matter of the book is its attempt to trace & synthesize the real lines of growth of the Christian cultus. The work is divided into four parts entitled: Rationale of Religion; Secondary God Making; Mithraism; Religions of Ancient America.
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Mr. Robertson asserts clearly and with much evidence that Christianity is little more than recycled ideas from the Pagan past. In fact there are no new ideas in it! Hillel Judiaism originated the "Do unto others..." philosophy, hundreds of gods were born of virgin moms, were killed unjustly for their beliefs, and rose again to power and glory. The story of the christ predates Jesus by several hundred years in a Passion Play that was told and retold all across the ancient world well before anybody named Jesus may have been born. And Mr. Robertson doubts Jesus was any more real than Hercules.
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Hibbert Lectures, Polynesian Researches, Tonga Islands, American Indians, Die Religion, Egyptian Religion, Rhys Davids, Book of the Dead, Max Muller, New Zealand, Justin Martyr, Religion of the Semites, Day of Atonement, Great Benin, Ling Roth, Mihir Yasht, Miss Harrison, Principles of Sociology, Professor Schmiedel, Short History of Freethought, Son of God, Central America, Grant Allen, Holy Spirit, Teaching God New!
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Hibbert Lectures, Polynesian Researches, Tonga Islands, American Indians, Die Religion, Egyptian Religion, Rhys Davids, Book of the Dead, Max Muller, New Zealand, Justin Martyr, Religion of the Semites, Day of Atonement, Great Benin, Ling Roth, Mihir Yasht, Miss Harrison, Principles of Sociology, Professor Schmiedel, Short History of Freethought, Son of God, Central America, Grant Allen, Holy Spirit, Teaching God New!
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- Magic and Religion by Andrew Lang on 11 pages
- The Lower Niger and Its Tribes (Library of African Study) by Arthur Glyn Leonard on 10 pages
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- The Book of the Dead by E.A. Wallis Budge on 6 pages
- Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 (v. 1) by Andrew Lang on 6 pages
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- Myth & Christianity: An Inquiry Into The Possibility Of Religion Without Myth by Karl Jaspers in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Drudgery Divine (Jordan Lectures in Comparative) by Jonathan Z. Smith on page 88
- A Passion for Egypt: Arthur Weigall, Tutankhamun and the 'Curse of the Pharaohs' by Julie Hankey on page 323
- Drudgery Divine: On the Comparison of Early Christianities and the Religions of Late Antiquity by Jonathan Z. Smith on page 88
- The Christ Myth (Westminster College-Oxford Classics in the Study of Religion) by Arthur Drews in Front Matter
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