Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History
1877
Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History
1877
Published in 1877, 'Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History' by Annie Besant critically examines the foundational aspects of Christianity. The book questions the historical claims and moral teachings of Christianity from a freethinker perspective, emphasizing the lack of contemporary evidence for key events and figures, including Jesus Christ. Besant's work is notable for its rational critique of Christian narratives and its exploration of the implications of accepting or rejecting these beliefs, contributing to the discourse on religion and reason in the late 19th century.
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“To see the Logos, the principle of consciousness, crucified on the cross of time and space in our own selves is not an evasion but among the most profound insights a human being can have.””
— Annie Besant
“The Comparative Mythologists contend that the common origin is the common ignorance, and that the loftiest religious doctrines are simply refined expressions of the crude and barbarous guesses of savages, of primitive men, regarding themselves and their surroundings. Animism, fetishism, nature-worship, sun-worship”
— Annie Besant
“Religions are branches from a common trunk - Divine Wisdom.””
— Annie Besant
“Heaven is not far away from us, but surrounds us on every side, and we are shut out from it by our incapacity to feel its vibrations, not their absence.””
— Annie Besant
