Golden Bough Archives - Stephen J Bedard

James George Frazer’s Golden Bough

April 25, 2016April 15, 2019 Stephen Bedard No Comments

One of the books that I have heard much about and wanted to read was James George Frazer‘s Golden Bough. Although it was first published in 1890, it still is influential even if that influence has wained in recent decades. What Frazer does in this work is to look at magic and religious rituals around … Read More “James George Frazer’s Golden Bough” »

C.S. Lewis Challenges the Jesus Myth

March 16, 2016May 3, 2019 Stephen Bedard No Comments

Certain forms of the Jesus Myth Theory make a big deal out of the dying and rising theme where the experience of a god represents what is taking place in nature with regard to seasons and the harvest. Some of this emerges from James Frazier’s The Golden Bough. While I see many of the supposed … Read More “C.S. Lewis Challenges the Jesus Myth” »

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