Gnosticism and the History of Religions
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: A strange charm -- 1 Against all heresies: Gnosticism before modern scholarship -- 2 The era of gnosis restored: Nineteenth-century Gnostics -- 3 The alien god: Gnosticism as existentialis...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation Ser.
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gnosis
B Gnosis / History of religion studies (Subject) / Historiography B Gnosis / History |
| Further subjects: | B
Gnosticism-History
B Electronic books B Gnosticism-Historiography |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: A strange charm -- 1 Against all heresies: Gnosticism before modern scholarship -- 2 The era of gnosis restored: Nineteenth-century Gnostics -- 3 The alien god: Gnosticism as existentialism -- 4 A crack in the universe: Jung and the Eranos circle -- 5 No texts, no history: Nag Hammadi -- 6 A revolt against history: Gnostic scholarship, after Nag Hammadi -- 7 Tongues and misunderstandings: Messina 1966 -- 8 Takes a Gnostic to find a Gnostic: Contemporary gnostic groups -- 9 The third way: Gnosticism in Western esotericism -- 10 Knowledge of the heart: The gnostic New Age -- 11 The greatest heresy: Jeffrey Kripal's gnostic scholarship -- 12 Elite knowledge: Gnosticism and the study of religion -- Notes -- Introduction: A strange charm -- 1 Against all heresies: Gnosticism before modern scholarship -- 2 The era of gnosis restored: Nineteenth-century Gnostics -- 3 The alien god: Gnosticism as existentialism -- 4 A crack in the universe: Jung and the Eranos circle -- 5 No texts, no history: Nag Hammadi -- 6 A revolt against history: Gnostic scholarship, after Nag Hammadi -- 7 Tongues and misunderstandings: Messina 1966 -- 8 Takes a Gnostic to find a Gnostic: Contemporary gnostic groups -- 9 The third way: Gnosticism in Western esotericism -- 10 Knowledge of the heart: The gnostic New Age -- 11 The greatest heresy: Jeffrey Kripal's gnostic scholarship -- 12 Elite knowledge: Gnosticism and the study of religion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 1350137715 |