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Revival of the Gnostic Heresy

Author : J. Morris
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230616585
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Revival of the Gnostic Heresy written by J. Morris and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-11-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rigorous and provocative study, Joe E. Morrisargues that the basic tenets and practices of Fundamentalism are those of ancient Christian Gnosticism. Drawing on extensive research andcareful analysis, Morris aligns the two religious phenomena, point by point, tenet by tenet.Along the way, he provides insights into the key hermeneutic of Fundamentalism: inerrancy of Scripture, highlighting the multiple problems with the positions of literal and inerrant interpretation, their impracticality and unfeasibility, and their contradiction with their own conservative doctrine - namely, the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. This groundbreaking book dramatically recasts our understanding of the history of Christianity and gives important context to modern-day religious debates.

The Gnostic Heresies of the First and Second Centuries

Author : Henry Longueville Mansel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Gnostic Heresies of the First and Second Centuries written by Henry Longueville Mansel and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Secret History of the Gnostics

Author : Andrew Phillip Smith
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1780288832
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Secret History of the Gnostics written by Andrew Phillip Smith and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secret History of the Gnostics offers long-awaited illumination on the mystical movement that teaches 'gnosis' - knowledge of God as opposed to unquestioning faith. Acclaimed author Andrew Phillip Smith delves into the myths and practices of this ancient movement, exploring its popularity during 2nd century AD, its subsequent decline under the weight of orthodoxy in the Church, and its present-day resurgence. Gnosticism has travelled a fascinating path - from the Manichaeans in Modern Persia between the 3rd and 7th centuries AD, to the triumphs and tragedies of the Cathars in Southern Europe between the 12th and 14th centuries, to, finally, today's Mandaeans in Iraq. However, as the author points out, the revival of Gnosticism extends further than these narrow sects, offering inspiration to a legion of literary figures, including Dan Brown and Philip Pullman. Gnosticism's emphasis on personal over organized religion, in keeping with the doctrine of the early Christian era during which it thrived, has found particular resonance with today's multicultural world. The Secret History of the Gnostics is not simply an authoritative account of one sect's practical beliefs and customs - it is, in effect, a manifesto, an appeal to those inspired by or drawn to the Gnostic faith not to forget its origins.

The Gnostic New Age

Author : April D. DeConick
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231542046
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Gnostic New Age written by April D. DeConick and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gnosticism is a countercultural spirituality that forever changed the practice of Christianity. Before it emerged in the second century, passage to the afterlife required obedience to God and king. Gnosticism proposed that human beings were manifestations of the divine, unsettling the hierarchical foundations of the ancient world. Subversive and revolutionary, Gnostics taught that prayer and mediation could bring human beings into an ecstatic spiritual union with a transcendent deity. This mystical strain affected not just Christianity but many other religions, and it characterizes our understanding of the purpose and meaning of religion today. In The Gnostic New Age, April D. DeConick recovers this vibrant underground history to prove that Gnosticism was not suppressed or defeated by the Catholic Church long ago, nor was the movement a fabrication to justify the violent repression of alternative forms of Christianity. Gnosticism alleviated human suffering, soothing feelings of existential brokenness and alienation through the promise of renewal as God. DeConick begins in ancient Egypt and follows with the rise of Gnosticism in the Middle Ages, the advent of theosophy and other occult movements in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and contemporary New Age spiritual philosophies. As these theories find expression in science-fiction and fantasy films, DeConick sees evidence of Gnosticism's next incarnation. Her work emphasizes the universal, countercultural appeal of a movement that embodies much more than a simple challenge to religious authority.

The Modern Revival of Gnosticism and Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus

Author : Kirsten J. Grimstad
Publisher : Camden House
ISBN 13 : 9781571131935
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Revival of Gnosticism and Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus written by Kirsten J. Grimstad and published by Camden House. This book was released on 2002 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the reappearance of Gnostic themes across the landscape of European literature and thought and in major works by Thomas Mann

The Gnostics

Author : David Brakke
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674262336
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Gnostics written by David Brakke and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-03 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who were the Gnostics? And how did the Gnostic movement influence the development of Christianity in antiquity? Is it true that the Church rejected Gnosticism? This book offers an illuminating discussion of recent scholarly debates over the concept of “Gnosticism” and the nature of early Christian diversity. Acknowledging that the category “Gnosticism” is flawed and must be reformed, David Brakke argues for a more careful approach to gathering evidence for the ancient Christian movement known as the Gnostic school of thought. He shows how Gnostic myth and ritual addressed basic human concerns about alienation and meaning, offered a message of salvation in Jesus, and provided a way for people to regain knowledge of God, the ultimate source of their being. Rather than depicting the Gnostics as heretics or as the losers in the fight to define Christianity, Brakke argues that the Gnostics participated in an ongoing reinvention of Christianity, in which other Christians not only rejected their ideas but also adapted and transformed them. This book will challenge scholars to think in news ways, but it also provides an accessible introduction to the Gnostics and their fellow early Christians.

Gnosticism

Author : Stephan A Hoeller
Publisher : Quest Books
ISBN 13 : 0835630137
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Gnosticism written by Stephan A Hoeller and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gnosticism developed alongside Judeo-Christianity over two thousand years ago, but with an important difference: It emphasizes, not faith, but direct perception of God--Gnosticism being derived from the Greek word gnosis, meaning "knowledge." Given the controversial premise that one can know God directly, the history of Gnosticism is an unfolding drama of passion, political intrigue, martyrdom, and mystery. Dr. Hoeller traces this fascinating story throughout time and shows how Gnosticism has inspired such great thinkers as Voltaire, Blake, Yeats, Hesse, Melville, and Jung.

Gnostic Truth and Christian Heresy

Author : A. H. B. Logan
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780567097330
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (973 download)

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Download or read book Gnostic Truth and Christian Heresy written by A. H. B. Logan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Secret History of the Gnostics

Author : Andrew Philip Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781525231254
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book The Secret History of the Gnostics written by Andrew Philip Smith and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Phillip Smith is editor of The Gnostic and the author of several books on Gnosticism, esotericism and early Christianity, including the first ever dictionary of Gnosticism. He has also written for New Dawn, Fortean Times and the Guardian

Against the Valentinians

Author : Tertullian of Carthage
Publisher : Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1987023064
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (87 download)

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Book Synopsis Against the Valentinians by : Tertullian of Carthage

Download or read book Against the Valentinians written by Tertullian of Carthage and published by Dalcassian Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-12-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adversus Valentinianos, or Against the Valentinians, is a famous refutation of Valentinianism by Tertullian, an orthodox contemporary of the Gnostics and one of the first to investigate them. The work satirized the bizarre elements that appear in Gnostic mythology, ridiculing the Gnostics for creating elaborate cosmologies, with multi-storied heavens like apartment houses.

The Gnostic Heresies of the First and Second Centuries

Author : Henry Longueville Mansel
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385243076
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book The Gnostic Heresies of the First and Second Centuries written by Henry Longueville Mansel and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-28 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Fragments of a Faith Forgotten

Author : G. R. S. Mead
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1602062420
Total Pages : 693 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Fragments of a Faith Forgotten written by G. R. S. Mead and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Separate God

Author : Simone Pétrement
Publisher : Harper San Francisco
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Separate God written by Simone Pétrement and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1990 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Beliefnet Guide to Gnosticism and Other Vanished Christianities

Author : Richard Valantasis
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0385514557
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Beliefnet Guide to Gnosticism and Other Vanished Christianities written by Richard Valantasis and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2006 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at the diverse strands of the early Christian church, this book examines the alternative Christian ideas propagated by the Gnostics, Sethians, Valentinians, Marcionites, Encratites, and Montanists, illuminating the philosophical sources and religious traditions that fostered them.

Fragments of a Faith Forgotten

Author : George Robert Stow Mead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fragments of a Faith Forgotten written by George Robert Stow Mead and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pre-Christian Gnosticism

Author : Edwin M. Yamauchi
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725208784
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Pre-Christian Gnosticism written by Edwin M. Yamauchi and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2003-10-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important issues facing New Testament scholarship today is the issue of Gnosticism. So wrote the author in 1973 in the first edition. With the publication since then of the entire Nag Hammadi library, this observation has become even more incisive. Was there a pre-Christian Gnosticism? Did Gnosticism directly or indirectly influence nascent Christianity? Many modern scholars argue that Gnosticism preceded the emergence of New Testament Christianity and constituted the raw material from which the apostles formed their message about Jesus. The author here analyzes the evidence used to support this thesis. He notes a series of methodological fallacies in the use of this evidence and concludes that clearly Gnostic materials are late and pre-Christian materials are not clearly Gnostic. A new chapter in this paperback edition brings the discussion up to date.

The Catholic Thing

Author : Robert Royal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781587311055
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Catholic Thing written by Robert Royal and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Catholic "thing" - the concrete historical reality of Catholicism as a presence in human history - is the richest cultural tradition in the world. It values both faith and reason, and therefore has a great deal to say about politics and economics, war and peace, manners and morals, children and families, careers and vocations, and many other perennial and contemporary questions. In addition, it has inspired some of the greatest art, music, and architecture, while offering unparalleled human solidarity to tens of millions through hospitals, soup kitchens, schools, universities, and relief services. This volume brings together some of the very best commentary on a wide range of recent events and controversies by some of the very best Catholic writers in the English language: Ralph McInerny, Michael Novak, Fr. James V. Schall, Hadley Arkes, Robert Royal, Anthony Esolen, Brad Miner, George Marlin, David Warren, Austin Ruse, Francis Beckwith, and many others. Their contributions cover large Catholic subjects such as philosophy and theology, liturgy and Church dogma, postmodern culture, the Church and modern politics, literature, and music. But they also look into specific contemporary problems such as religious liberty, the role of Catholic officials in public life, growing moral hazards in bio-medical advances, and such like. The Catholic Thing is a virtual encyclopedia of Catholic thought about modern life.