TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carpenter,Edward
TI  - Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning 
SN  - 9781617193323
U1  - 200 
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Piscataway, NJ : 
PB  - Gorgias Press, 
KW  - RELIGION / Devotional
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463227869
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463227869
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463227869/original
ER  -