The gnostic new age :: how a countercultural spirituality revolutionized religion from antiquity to 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 alleviate...

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1. Verfasser: De Conick, April D. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
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Zusammenfassung: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 alientation 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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231542043
0231542046

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