author
J. H. Hill
Known mainly through a handful of late-19th-century freethought and comparative-religion works, this author wrote in a questioning, argumentative style that challenged orthodox belief. His best-known surviving book, Astral Worship, explores how ancient star and sun cults may have shaped later religious traditions.
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Astral Worship
by J. H. Hill
About the author
J. H. Hill is a little-documented author whose work now survives mostly through reprints and digital archives. Project Gutenberg lists Astral Worship as his principal available title, and that book is identified there as being by J. H. Hill, M.D.
From catalog and reprint listings, Hill appears to have written about religion from a critical, comparative angle. Titles linked to him include Astral Worship, Roman or Modern Christianity, and Anniversaries of Solar Worship, all of which point to a sustained interest in the origins of belief, especially the relationship between ancient solar or astral traditions and later Christianity.
Because reliable biographical records are scarce, not much can be confirmed about his life beyond his authorship and the themes of his books. What does come through clearly is a strong interest in questioning accepted religious narratives and tracing older cultural influences beneath them.