All in the mind : a farewell to God

Author:Ludovic Kennedy

Print Book, English, 1999

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Publisher:Sceptre, London, 1999

Physical Description:272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

ISBN:

9780340680643, 0340680644

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:41960656

Subjects:

Authors, Scottish Religious life

Écrivains écossais Vie religieuse

Église Histoire

Vie chrétienne

church history

Contents:

List of Illustrations

Introduction

xiii

Part One: Belief

Then

(12)

Now

(14)

Early Mythologies

(124)

Judaeo-Christian Mythologies

The Old Testament

(8)

The False Prophecies

(9)

The Alleged Miracles

(7)

Jesus the Guru

(14)

The Spreading of the Word

Gains and Losses

(10)

The Conversion of Constantine

(14)

Christianity's Killing Fields

Murders of Infidels and Heretics

107

(15)

Fake Relics. Papal Sodomy. The Spanish Inquisition

122

(10)

The Burning of Witches

132

(6)

Rebellion against Rome. Hell. Massacres of Huguenots

138

(15)

Part Two: Disbelief

The Coming of the Enlightenment: Copernicus, Galileo and Newton

153

(108)

The First Atheists 1540--1840

Italy and France: From Sozzini to d'Holbach

163

(17)

Scotland: From Frazer to Hume

180

(14)

England: From Turner to Holyoake

194

(15)

Darwin and After

The Origin of Species

209

(12)

Charles Bradlaugh, MP, Winwood Reade, and Ernie

221

(16)

The Twentieth Century

Dr Margaret Knight

237

(11)

Bishop John Robinson

248

(13)

Touching the Transcendent

261

(14)

Notes

275

(6)

Books Consulted

281

(6)

Index

287

Notes:

Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton

Includes index