The Antichrist

In the Antichrist, Nietzsche's basic claim is that Christianity is a perversion of the words of and practice of Jesus. The book is critical of institutionalized religion and its priest class, from which Nietzsche himself was descended. Most of the book is a systematic, logical, and detailed attack upon the interpretations of Christ's words by St. Paul and those who followed him.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher whose works critique the entire philosophical tradition up to this point, and provocatively call for a reaffirmation of life that has been sacrificed for the sake of abstract knowledge. Often considered the first existentialist philosopher who proclaimed "the death of God," his work was largely ignored during his lifetime but had an incalculable influence on modern politics, philosophy, psychology, and culture, including its many appropriations by both right-wing and left-wing movements.