John M. Robertson
John Mackinnon Robertson (born November 14, 1856 on the Isle of Arran , † January 5, 1933 ) was a British civil rights activist and politician.
Life
In 1878 he became a believer in Charles Bradlaugh's secular ideas. For secularization he was initially engaged in Edinburgh , later in London for Bradlaugh's magazine National Reformer . With Bradlaugh's death (1891) he took over the editing. From 1899 he was engaged in the South Place Ethical Society . In the years 1906-1918 he represented Tyneside as a member of parliament. Robertson was a representative of the Jesus myth , according to which the existence of a historical figure Jesus Christ is denied. Rather, the stories about Jesus would have developed from the Jewish cult of Joshua , whom he describes as the sun deity .
See also
Work (selection)
- History of Freethought in the Nineteenth Century , (1899)
- Christianity and Mythology (1900)
- Short History of Christianity (1902)
- Pagan Christs (1903)
- Letters on Reasoning (1905, 2nd edition)
- History of Freethought, Ancient and Modern to the Period of the French Revolution (2 vols, 1915)
- The Historical Jesus (1916)
- The Jesus Problem (1917)
- Short History of Morals (1920)
- Jesus and Judas (1927)
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| SURNAME | Robertson, John M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robertson, John Mackinnon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British civil rights activist and politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Isle of Arran |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 1933 |