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Pagan Christs: Page Index
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Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Introduction
§ 1. Origin of the Gods from Fear
§ 1. Origin of the Gods from Fear
§ 2. All Belief Results of Reasoning
§ 2. All Belief Results of Reasoning
§ 3. Dr. Jevons’ Theories of Religious Evolution
§ 3. Dr. Jevons’ Theories of Religious Evolution
§ 4. Scientific View of the Religious Evolution
§ 4. Scientific View of the Religious Evolution
§ 5. Dr. Frazer's Definition
§ 5. Dr. Frazer's Definition
§ 6. The Scientific Induction
§ 6. The Scientific Induction
§ 7. Dr. Jevons’ Series of Self-Contradictions
§ 7. Dr. Jevons’ Series of Self-Contradictions
§ 8. His Contradictory Doctrine of the Conditions of the Survival of Religion
§ 8. His Contradictory Doctrine of the Conditions of the Survival of Religion
§ 9. The Continuity of Religious Phenomena
§ 9. The Continuity of Religious Phenomena
§ 10. Dr. Frazer's Sociological Vindication of the Sorcerer
§ 10. Dr. Frazer's Sociological Vindication of the Sorcerer
§ 11. The Beginning of the End of Religion
§ 11. The Beginning of the End of Religion
§ 12. Historic View of Ancestor Worship
§ 12. Historic View of Ancestor Worship
§ 13. The Authoritarian Element a Mark of Religion
§ 13. The Authoritarian Element a Mark of Religion
§ 14. Definition of Religion
§ 14. Definition of Religion
§ 1. Early Forces of Reform
§ 1. Early Forces of Reform
§ 2. Reform as a Religious Process
§ 2. Reform as a Religious Process
§ 3. Polytheism and Monotheism
§ 3. Polytheism and Monotheism
§ 4. Hebrews and Babylonians
§ 4. Hebrews and Babylonians
§ 5. Forces of Religious Evolution
§ 5. Forces of Religious Evolution
§ 6. The Hebrew Evolution
§ 6. The Hebrew Evolution
§ 7. Post-Exilic Phases
§ 7. Post-Exilic Phases
§ 8. Revival and Disintegration
§ 8. Revival and Disintegration
§ 9. Conclusion
§ 9. Conclusion
§ 1. Totemism and Sacraments
§ 1. Totemism and Sacraments
§ 2. Theory and Ritual of Human Sacrifice
§ 2. Theory and Ritual of Human Sacrifice
§ 3. The Christian Crucifixion
§ 3. The Christian Crucifixion
§ 4. Vogue of Human Sacrifice
§ 4. Vogue of Human Sacrifice
§ 5. The Divinity of the Victim
§ 5. The Divinity of the Victim
§ 6. The Cannibal Sacrament
§ 6. The Cannibal Sacrament
§ 7. The Semitic Antecedents
§ 7. The Semitic Antecedents
§ 8. The Judaic Evolution
§ 8. The Judaic Evolution
§ 9. Specific Survivals in Judaism
§ 9. Specific Survivals in Judaism
§ 10. The Pre-Christian Jesus-God
§ 10. The Pre-Christian Jesus-God
§ 11. Private Jewish Eucharists
§ 11. Private Jewish Eucharists
§ 12. The Eucharist in Orthodox Judaism
§ 12. The Eucharist in Orthodox Judaism
§ 13. Special Features of the Crucifixion Myth
§ 13. Special Features of the Crucifixion Myth
§ 14. Possible Historical Elements
§ 14. Possible Historical Elements
§ 15. The Gospel Mystery-Play
§ 15. The Gospel Mystery-Play
§ 16. The Mystery-Play and the Cultus
§ 16. The Mystery-Play and the Cultus
§ 17. Further Pagan Adaptations
§ 17. Further Pagan Adaptations
§ 18. Synopsis and Conclusion: Genealogy of Human Sacrifice and Sacrament
§ 18. Synopsis and Conclusion: Genealogy of Human Sacrifice and Sacrament
§ 1. Primary and Secondary Ideas
§ 1. Primary and Secondary Ideas
§ 2. The Logos
§ 2. The Logos
§ 3. Derivations of the Christian Logos
§ 3. Derivations of the Christian Logos
§ 4. The Search for a Historical Jesus
§ 4. The Search for a Historical Jesus
§ 5. The Critical Problem
§ 5. The Critical Problem
§ 6. Collapse of the Constructive Case
§ 6. Collapse of the Constructive Case
§ 7. Parallel Problems
§ 7. Parallel Problems
§ 8. The Problem of Buddhist Origins
§ 8. The Problem of Buddhist Origins
§ 9. Buddhism and Buddhas
§ 9. Buddhism and Buddhas
§ 10. The Buddhist Cruces
§ 10. The Buddhist Cruces
§ 11. Sociological Clues
§ 11. Sociological Clues
§ 12. Buddhism and Asoka
§ 12. Buddhism and Asoka
§ 13. The Buddha Myth
§ 13. The Buddha Myth
§ 14. The Problem of Manichæus
§ 14. The Problem of Manichæus
§ 15. The Manichean Solution
§ 15. The Manichean Solution
§ 16. The Case of Apollonius of Tyana
§ 16. The Case of Apollonius of Tyana
§ 1. Introductory
§ 1. Introductory
§ 2. Beginnings of Cult
§ 2. Beginnings of Cult
§ 3. Zoroastrianism
§ 3. Zoroastrianism
§ 4. Evolution of Mithra
§ 4. Evolution of Mithra
§ 5. The Process of Syncretism
§ 5. The Process of Syncretism
§ 6. Symbols of Mithra
§ 6. Symbols of Mithra
§ 7. The Cultus
§ 7. The Cultus
§ 8. The Creed
§ 8. The Creed
§ 9. Mithraism and Christianity
§ 9. Mithraism and Christianity
§ 10. Further Christian Parallels
§ 10. Further Christian Parallels
§ 11. The Vogue of Mithraism
§ 11. The Vogue of Mithraism
§ 12. Absorption in Christianity
§ 12. Absorption in Christianity
§ 13. The Point of Junction
§ 13. The Point of Junction
§ 1. American Racial Origins
§ 1. American Racial Origins
§ 2. Aztecs and Peruvians
§ 2. Aztecs and Peruvians
§ 3. Primitive Religion and Human Sacrifice
§ 3. Primitive Religion and Human Sacrifice
§ 4. The Mexican Cultus
§ 4. The Mexican Cultus
§ 5. Mexican Sacrifices and Cannibal Sacraments
§ 5. Mexican Sacrifices and Cannibal Sacraments
§ 6. Mexican Ethics
§ 6. Mexican Ethics
§ 7. The Mexican White Christ
§ 7. The Mexican White Christ
§ 8. The Fatality of the Priesthood
§ 8. The Fatality of the Priesthood
§ 9. The Religion of Peru
§ 9. The Religion of Peru
§ 10. Conclusion
§ 10. Conclusion
Appendix A. The Eating of the Crucified Human Sacrifice
Appendix A. The Eating of the Crucified Human Sacrifice
Appendix B. Dramatic and Ritual Survivals
Appendix B. Dramatic and Ritual Survivals
Appendix C. Replies to Criticisms
Appendix C. Replies to Criticisms
Index
Index