Supernatural Religion (Vol. 1-3)

This 3-volume work is the result of many years of earnest and serious investigation, undertaken in the first instance for the regulation of personal belief of the author. His main object has been conscientiously and fully to state the facts of the case, to make no assertions the grounds for which are not clearly given, and as far as possible to place before the reader the materials from which a judgment may be intelligently formed regarding the important subject discussed. Fear of the results of investigation, in author's opinion, should deter no man, for the issue in any case is gain: emancipation from delusion, or increase of assurance. That which is true in Religion cannot be shaken; that which is false no one can desire to preserve.
Contents:
Miracles in Relation to Christianity
Miracles in Relation to the Order of Nature
Reason in Relation to the Order of Nature
The Age of Miracles
The Permanent Stream of Miraculous Pretension
Miracles in Relation to Ignorance and Superstition
The Synoptic Gospels:
Clement of Rome - The Epistle of Barnabas - The Pastor of Hermas
The Epistles of Ignatius - The Epistle of Polycarp
Justin Martyr
Hegesippus - Papias of Hierapolis
The Clementines - The Epistle to Diognetus
Basilides - Valentinus
Marcion
Tatian - Dionysius of Corinth
Melito of Sardis - Claudius Apollinaris - Athenagoras - The Epistle of Vienne and Lyons
Ptolemæus and Heracleon - Celsus - The Canon of Muratori - Results
The Fourth Gospel:
The External Evidence
Authorship and Character of the Fourth Gospel
The Acts of the Apostles:
The External Evidence
Evidence Regarding the Authorship
Design and Composition
Primitive Christianity
Stephen the Martyr
Philip and the Eunuch. Peter and Cornelius
Paul the Apostle of the Gentiles
The Direct Evidence for Miracles:
The Epistles and the Apocalypse
The Evidence of Paul
The Resurrection and Ascension:
The Relation of Evidence to Subject
The Evidence of the Gospels
The Evidence of Paul
Conclusions

Auteur
Walter Richard Cassels (1826-1907) is the speculated author of the anonymous work Supernatural Religion. Born in London to a British consular official, Walter spent most of his early life in India. In partnership with two of his brothers he later set up a business in Bombay. After serving in the legislative council of Bombay from 1863 to 1865, he returned to England. Speculation that Cassels is the author surfaced in 1895 after his publication of a series of theological articles. Cassels however never publicly acknowledged his authorship of Supernatural Religion. Not much is known about his private life or how he became an early Christianity expert. He wrote poetry and was an art collector.