The Gnostics: The First Christian Heretics - Hardcover

Martin, Sean

 
9781904048565: The Gnostics: The First Christian Heretics
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1904048560 ISBN 13: 9781904048565
Verlag: POCKET ESSENTIALS, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Gnosticism is the name given to various religious schools that proliferated in the first centuries after Christ, nearly becoming the dominant form of Christianity, but eventually branded as heretical by the emerging Christian church. The long and diverse history of Gnosticism is recounted here, as well as reasons for its continued relevance today. Although some Gnostic beliefs are close to mainstream Christianity, others examined here include that the world is imperfect because it was created by an evil god who was constantly at war with the true, good God; that Christ and Satan were brothers; that reincarnation exists; and that women are the equal of men. Also covered is the influence Gnostics had on the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the psychologist Carl Jung, the Existentialists, the New Age movement, and writers as diverse as William Blake, W. B. Yeats, Albert Camus, and Philip K. Dick.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Sean Martin is the author of numerous books, including The Cathars and The Knights Templar.


Sean Martin is the author of numerous books, including The Cathars and The Knights Templar.

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Verlag
POCKET ESSENTIALS
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1904048560
ISBN 13 
9781904048565
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160
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