A Pagan Christ? Reflections on the Real Christmas Story
Posted by davidjones on November 1, 2007 · 
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By RICHARD SMOLEY — Strictly speaking, a pagan Christ is a contradiction in terms. The very concept of paganism was constructed by Christians who wanted to distinguish their faith from the old religion of Greece and Rome, which by the end of classical antiquity was observed only by peasants in remote rural areas – the [...]
The Real Secret of The Secret
Posted by davidjones on July 1, 2007 ·
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By RICHARD SMOLEY — The latest in the blockbusters of alternative spirituality is The Secret, now both a film and a book. Both have been huge successes. The film version has sold 1.5 million copies in DVD format, while at this writing in early June 2007, the book version of The Secret has been on [...]
New Dawn Interview With Tobias Churton
Posted by davidjones on July 1, 2005 ·
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By RICHARD SMOLEY — Tobias Churton is one of today’s most lively and spirited investigators of that underground stream of the Western tradition known as Gnosticism. He first became interested in the Gnostics while reading for a degree in theology at the University of Oxford in the 1970s. Soon after leaving, he became interested in [...]
