Christianity is at a crossroads. Popularity continues to dwindle and in the face of rising scepticism, more and more believers take refuge in blind faith or fundamentalism.

This radical book presents a completely new, rational understanding of the roots of Christianity. Using historical evidence and original research, Dr Paul McGrane reinterprets the chronology of events in the 1st Century AD; exposes the fictions and lies; and unmasks the true identities of all the key players, including Jesus himself.

Intellectually plausible and psychologically satisfying, this important book tears apart the Christian foundations of western civilisation