Gnosticism and the History of Religions. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David G. Robertson.
• Authors: Robertson, David G
• Contents: List of FiguresAcknowledgments Introduction: A Strange Charm1. Against All Heresies: Gnosticism before Modern Scholarship2. The Era of Gnosis Restored: Nineteenth-century Gnostics3. The Alien God: Gnosticism as Existentialism 4. A Crack in the Universe: Jung and the Eranos Circle5. No Texts, No History: Nag Hammadi 6. A Revolt Against History: Gnostic Scholarship After Nag Hammadi7. Tongues and Misunderstandings: Messina 19668. Takes a Gnostic to Find a Gnostic: Contemporary Gnostic Groups9. The Third Way: Gnosticism in Western Esotericism10. Knowledge of the Heart: The Gnostic New Age11. The Greatest Heresy: Jeffrey Kripal's Gnostic Scholarship12. Elite Knowledge: Gnosticism and the Study of ReligionBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Subjects: Gnosticism; History of religion; Religion & beliefs; Religion -- Gnosticism; Religion -- History; Religion -- Biblical Studies -- General; Biblical studies & exegesis
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350137714; 1350137715
• Related ISBNs: 9781350137691
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