This book explores innovative views of Christ that depart radically from those presented by mainstream churches.

1. Alternative Christs: an introduction Olav Hammer; 2. The gnostic Christ Roelof van den Broek; 3. Jesus in the New Testament apocrypha Einar Thomassen; 4. The Manichaean Jesus Jason BeDuhn; 5. Jesus in Islam Jan Hjärpe; 6. Christ and the alchemical mass Urszula Szulakowska; 7. Son of the Son of God: the feminine Messiah and her progeny, according to Guillaume Postel (1510¿81) Jean-Pierre Brach; 8. The seminal essence of divinity: Swedenborg's understanding of Jesus Christ Wouter J. Hanegraaff; 9. Christ in Hinduism: traditional views and recent developments Bradley Malkovsky; 10. Christ in Mormonism Douglas J. Davies; 11. The conception of Christ in the Theosophical tradition James A. Santucci; 12. The Aryan Christ: the electrochristology of Ariosophy Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke; 13. Did Jesus die for our karma? Christology and atonement in a contemporary metaphysical church James R. Lewis; 14. World savior in undergarment: the palpable Jesus of The Aetherius Society Mikael Rothstein; 15. Modern Jesus legends Olav Hammer.