Supernatural Religion: An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation
The anonymous 1874 critique of the New Testament's miracle evidence that convulsed Victorian theology. Walter Richard Cassels was identified in his lifetime.
- Original byline
- Anonymous
- Published
- Date not recorded
- Form
- Treatises
- Authorship
- Revealed: Walter Richard Cassels
- Attribution source
- Wikipedia: List of anonymously published works
- How it came out
- identified during the author's lifetime
- Reason for anonymity
- Religious
- Copyright
- Public domain
- Reference
- Wikipedia · Wikidata
The authorship story
Supernatural Religion appeared anonymously in 1874 and became a Victorian sensation, three volumes arguing that the evidence for miracles and for the traditional authorship of the Gospels could not stand scrutiny. The anonymity sharpened the debate: reviewers guessed at bishops and famous skeptics, and the scholar J. B. Lightfoot's counterattack became a classic in its own right. The author was the retired Bombay merchant and amateur scholar Walter Richard Cassels, identified during his lifetime, a private man whose book outgunned professionals. The case shows anonymity focusing attention on argument rather than credentials, exactly as its author needed.
Questions readers ask
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Supernatural Religion: An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation was published anonymously and is documented as the work of Walter Richard Cassels. (identified during the author's lifetime). Source: Wikipedia: List of anonymously published works.
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