Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Pagan Christ: Recovering the Lost Light is a 2004 best-selling non-fiction book by Tom Harpur (born 1929), a former Anglican priest, journalist and professor of Greek and New Testament at the University of Toronto, which supports the Christ myth theory. Considered even by his critics to be one of Canada's leading writers on religion, Harpur claims that the New Testament shares a large number of similarities with ancient Egyptian and other pagan religions, that early Church leaders fabricated a literal and human Jesus based on ancient myths, and that we should return to an inclusive and universal religion where the spirit of Christ or Christos lives within each of us.The book was named the Canadian non-fiction bestseller of the year by both the Toronto Star (appearing 52 weeks on the bestseller list) and The Globe and Mail (43 weeks on the bestseller list). It was later released under the title The Pagan Christ: Is Blind Faith Killing Christianity? in the United States by Walker Books and in Australia by Allen Unwin. It has also been published in five foreign languages: in Montreal ("Le Christ païen") by Éditions du Boréal, in the Netherlands ("De heidense Christus") by Ankh-Hermes bv, in Germany ("Der heidnische Heiland") by Ansata Verlag, in Brazil ("O Cristo Dos Pagaos") by Editora Cultrix-Pensamento and in Japan (異教キリスト) by Basilico. In 2007, the book became the basis for a CBC documentary, and that same year, Harpur published a more scholarly sequel entitled Water Into Wine: An Empowering Vision of the Gospels.. }
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- The_Pagan_Christ abstract "The Pagan Christ: Recovering the Lost Light is a 2004 best-selling non-fiction book by Tom Harpur (born 1929), a former Anglican priest, journalist and professor of Greek and New Testament at the University of Toronto, which supports the Christ myth theory. Considered even by his critics to be one of Canada's leading writers on religion, Harpur claims that the New Testament shares a large number of similarities with ancient Egyptian and other pagan religions, that early Church leaders fabricated a literal and human Jesus based on ancient myths, and that we should return to an inclusive and universal religion where the spirit of Christ or Christos lives within each of us.The book was named the Canadian non-fiction bestseller of the year by both the Toronto Star (appearing 52 weeks on the bestseller list) and The Globe and Mail (43 weeks on the bestseller list). It was later released under the title The Pagan Christ: Is Blind Faith Killing Christianity? in the United States by Walker Books and in Australia by Allen Unwin. It has also been published in five foreign languages: in Montreal ("Le Christ païen") by Éditions du Boréal, in the Netherlands ("De heidense Christus") by Ankh-Hermes bv, in Germany ("Der heidnische Heiland") by Ansata Verlag, in Brazil ("O Cristo Dos Pagaos") by Editora Cultrix-Pensamento and in Japan (異教キリスト) by Basilico. In 2007, the book became the basis for a CBC documentary, and that same year, Harpur published a more scholarly sequel entitled Water Into Wine: An Empowering Vision of the Gospels.".