The end of a road / by John Marco Allegro ; with an introductory essay by Judith Anne Brown and additional essays by Franco Fabbro and John Bolender ; edited by John Bolender.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allegro, John Marco, author.

Contributor:

Brown, Judith Anne, writer of introduction.

Fabbro, F., writer of introduction.

Bolender, John, writer of introduction.

Bolender, John, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Controversial literature.

Christianity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Distribution:

[Place of distribution not identified] : Andrews UK Limited, [date of distribution not identified]

Place of Publication:

Piketon, Ohio : Rousseau, Etc., 2013.

Summary:

In 1970, John M. Allegro published The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, arguing that the early Christians belonged to a drug cult, their sacrament consisting of hallucinogenic mushrooms. The book contained a large amount of linguistic data to support Allegro's speculations. In his follow-up book, The End of a Road, Allegro considered the philosophical ramifications of having undermined Christianity and hence, for many people, religion altogether. He argued that abandoning religion is not tantamount to abandoning morality; rather, it should enable a more honest and straightforward approach to

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 13, 2017).

ISBN:

0-615-79209-X