Carpenter Pagan and Christian Creeds

Their Origin and Meaning
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4632-2786-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 319 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carpenter, Edward

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Gottesdienst, Riten und Zeremonien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- CONTENTS (page 7)
- PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN CREEDS THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING (page 9)
- II: SOLAR MYTHS AND CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS (page 19)
- III: THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ZODIAC (page 36)
- IV: TOTEM-SACRAMENTS AND EUCHARISTS (page 54)
- V: FOOD AND VEGETATION MAGIC (page 69)
- VI: MAGICIANS, KINGS AND GODS (page 86)
- VII: RITES OF EXPIATION AND REDEMPTION (page 100)
- VIII: PAGAN INITIATIONS AND THE SECOND BIRTH (page 117)
- IX: MYTH OF THE GOLDEN AGE (page 137)
- X: THE SAVIOUR-GOD AND THE VIRGIN-MOTHER (page 154)
- XI: RITUAL DANCING (page 163)
- XII: THE SEX-TABOO (page 180)
- XIII: THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY (page 198)
- XIV: THE MEANING OF IT ALL (page 222)
- XV: THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES (page 239)
- XVI: THE EXODUS OF CHRISTIANITY (page 257)
- CONCLUSION (page 271)
- APPENDIX (page 281)
- I: REST (page 283)
- II: THE NATURE OF THE SELF (page 295)
- INDEX (page 309)