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Pagan and Christian Creeds : Their Origin and Meaning / Edward Carpenter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (319 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781617193323
  • 9781463227869
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 200
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN CREEDS: THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING -- I. INTRODUCTORY -- II. SOLAR MYTHS AND CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS -- III. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ZODIAC -- IV. TOTEM-SACRAMENTS AND EUCHARISTS -- V. FOOD AND VEGETATION MAGIC -- VI. MAGICIANS, KINGS AND GODS -- VII. RITES OF EXPIATION AND REDEMPTION -- VIII. PAGAN INITIATIONS AND THE SECOND BIRTH -- IX. MYTH OF THE GOLDEN AGE -- X. THE SAVIOUR-GOD AND THE VIRGIN-MOTHER -- XI. RITUAL DANCING -- XII. THE SEX-TABOO -- XIII. THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY -- XIV. THE MEANING OF I T ALL -- XV. THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES -- XVI. THE EXODUS OF CHRISTIANITY -- XVII. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- INDEX
Summary: This work is a lifetime’s collection by Edward Carpenter, resigned Anglican clergyman, socialist, and sexual reformer, on the history of pagan cults and Christianity.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN CREEDS: THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING -- I. INTRODUCTORY -- II. SOLAR MYTHS AND CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS -- III. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ZODIAC -- IV. TOTEM-SACRAMENTS AND EUCHARISTS -- V. FOOD AND VEGETATION MAGIC -- VI. MAGICIANS, KINGS AND GODS -- VII. RITES OF EXPIATION AND REDEMPTION -- VIII. PAGAN INITIATIONS AND THE SECOND BIRTH -- IX. MYTH OF THE GOLDEN AGE -- X. THE SAVIOUR-GOD AND THE VIRGIN-MOTHER -- XI. RITUAL DANCING -- XII. THE SEX-TABOO -- XIII. THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY -- XIV. THE MEANING OF I T ALL -- XV. THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES -- XVI. THE EXODUS OF CHRISTIANITY -- XVII. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- INDEX

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This work is a lifetime’s collection by Edward Carpenter, resigned Anglican clergyman, socialist, and sexual reformer, on the history of pagan cults and Christianity.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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