Tom Harpur | |
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Born | Thomas William Harpur April 14, 1929 |
Died | January 2, 2017 Lion's Head, Ontario, Canada | (aged 87)
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Known for | Toronto Star religion editor |
Spouses | Mary Clark
(m. 1956, divorced)Susan Coles (m. 1980) |
Children | 3 |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
Ordained | 1956 (priest) |
Congregations served | St. John's York Mills, North York St. Margaret's-in-the-Pines, Scarborough |
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Sub-discipline | New Testament studies |
Institutions | Wycliffe College, Toronto |
Notable works | The Pagan Christ (2004) |
Website | tomharpur |
Thomas William Harpur (April 14, 1929 – January 2, 2017) was a Canadian biblical scholar, columnist, and broadcaster. An ordained Anglican priest, he was a proponent of the Christ myth theory, the idea that Jesus did not exist but is a fictional or mythological figure.[1] He was the author of a number of books, including For Christ's Sake (1986), Life after Death (1996), The Pagan Christ (2004), and Born Again (2011 and 2017).[2]