The Christ myth theory (also known as the Jesus myth theory, Jesus mythicism, mythicism, or Jesus ahistoricity theory) is the proposition that Christianity started with the belief in a new deity, named Jesus, "who was later historicized" in the Gospels, which are "essentially allegory and fiction". Alternatively in "simpler terms"—given by Bart Ehrman—"the historical Jesus did not exist.

Christ College

Modern proponents

Dr Anil Joseph Pinto

Early proponents

Christ University is a private university in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Founded in 1969 as an autonomous college, on 22 July 2008 it was declared as an institution deemed to be university under section 3 of UGC Act 1956 by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. The University is under the management of the priests of the Catholic religious order, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI). The University has over 18,000 students and more than 800 faculty members.

"Greater.Judea"
"Personification"
"Mythotype"
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Fr Dr George Edayadiyil CMI

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Subjects
Christ myth theory

Christ On the Mount of Olives is an 1889 painting by French artist Paul Gauguin.

Excellence and Service

"The Resurrection of Christ" by Carl Heinrich Bloch —some mythicists see this as a case of a dying-and-rising god

Christ University

Jesus of Nazareth never existed, or if he did, he had virtually nothing to do with the founding of Christianity and the accounts in the gospels

Urban
English

*Main Campus, 80 acres
*Kengeri Campus, 75 acres
*Bannerghatta Campus, 2 acres
*Malleshwaram Campus

"Heresy"

Fr Dr Thomas C. Mathew CMI
India

"Paul.Christology"
Historical Jesus, early Christianity, ancient history
Key texts

Christ on the Mount of Olives (Paul Gauguin)

Description

Christ University is a private university in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Founded in 1969 as an autonomous college, on 22 July 2008 it was declared as an institution deemed to be university under section 3 of UGC Act 1956 by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. The University is under the management of the priests of the Catholic religious order, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI). The University has over 18,000 students and more than 800 faculty members. In 2016, the University was accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council with A Grade. In 2017 India Today-Nielsen survey, Christ University is ranked among the top private universities in India. The university offers nationally and internationally recognised undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes in academic disciplines in Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, Law, Engineering, Business Administration, Commerce, and Management. It offers professional courses in fields including Business Management, Computer Application, Hotel Management, Mass Communication, Social Work, Engineering and Tourism. It has a foreign student community of about 700 from 58 nationalities.
Blue, White and Canary

Athletics

Football
Cricket