Burton L Mack: 6 books

Book cover of Who Wrote the New Testament?

Who Wrote the New Testament?

The Making of the Christian Myth

by Burton L. Mack
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013

The Making of the Christian Myth Commencing in mid February 2004, SBS TV (Australia) will run a two–part documentary based on this title. In this groundbreaking and controversial book, Burton Mack brilliantly exposes how the Gospels are fictional mythologies created by different communities...
Book cover of The Rise and Fall of the Christian Myth

The Rise and Fall of the Christian Myth

Restoring Our Democratic Ideals

by Burton L. Mack
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017

This book is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological and that Christianity in particular has been an ever-changing mythological engine...
Book cover of The Lost Gospel

The Lost Gospel

The Book of Q and Christian Origins

by Burton L. Mack
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013

The first book to give the full account of the lost gospel of Jesus' original followers, revealing him to be a Jewish Socrates who was mythologized into the New Testament Christ.
Book cover of Myth and the Christian Nation

Myth and the Christian Nation

A Social Theory of Religion

by Burton L. Mack
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014

America is widely regarded as the ultimate "Christian Nation." Religious language has always been at the forefront of American politics but this has increased since the events of 9/11. 'Myth and the Christian Nation' presents a startling analysis of how and why Christianity and national...
Book cover of Christian Mentality

Christian Mentality

The Entanglements of Power, Violence and Fear

by Burton L. Mack
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014

The Christian myth is entangled with American politics, with the nation's image of its own manifest destiny. 'Christian Mentality' analyses the myths that have shaped America's collective mentality. Concepts that are taken for granted in the formation of American policy - namely power, violence and...
Book cover of Worlds of If Super Pack #3
by James McKimmey, Jr., H. B. Fyfe
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017

Worlds of If was a three time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. Worlds of If discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the third in our Worlds of If series with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. ‘The Yillian Way’...
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