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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-27 - Publisher: Columbia University Press
Gnosticism is a countercultural spirituality that forever changed the practice of Christianity. Before it emerged in the second century, passage to the afterlif
Language: en
Pages: 194
Pages: 194
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher:
Peter Wilberg presents a political history of the subversive 'gnostic' theologies of the first century, and with it, a theo-political critique of the ruling god
Language: en
Pages: 436
Pages: 436
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-01-01 - Publisher: SUNY Press
This volume introduces what has sometimes been called "the third component of western culture". It traces the historical development of those religious traditio
Language: en
Pages: 305
Pages: 305
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-11 - Publisher: Routledge
New Age and holistic beliefs and practices - sometimes called the "new spirituality" - are widely distributed across modern global society. The fluid and popula
Language: en
Pages: 271
Pages: 271
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-13 - Publisher: Quest Books
Gnosticism developed alongside Judeo-Christianity over two thousand years ago, but with an important difference: It emphasizes, not faith, but direct perception
