Against the Protestant GnosticsIn this penetrating and provocative assessment of the current state of religion and its effects on society at large, Philip J. Lee criticizes conservatives and liberals alike as he traces gnostic motifs to the very roots of American Protestantism. With references to an extraordinary spectrum of writings from sources as diverse as John Calvin, Martin Buber, Tom Wolfe, Margaret Atwood, and Emily Dickinson, he probes the effects of gnostic thinking on a wide range of issues. Calling for the restoration of a dialectical faith and practice, the book points to positive ways of restoring health to endangered Protestant churches. |
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... creation over against an alienated humanity; knowledge of the mighty acts of God and knowledge that saves; salvation through pilgrimage and through escape; the believing community and the knowing self; ordinary people and the spiritual ...
... creation over against an alienated humanity; knowledge of the mighty acts of God and knowledge that saves; salvation through pilgrimage and through escape; the believing community and the knowing self; ordinary people and the spiritual ...
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... Creation Knowledge That Saves Versus Knowledge of Mighty Acts Salvation Through Escape Versus Salvation Through Pilgrimage The Knowing Self Versus the Believing Community A Spiritual Elite Versus Ordinary People Selective Syncretism ...
... Creation Knowledge That Saves Versus Knowledge of Mighty Acts Salvation Through Escape Versus Salvation Through Pilgrimage The Knowing Self Versus the Believing Community A Spiritual Elite Versus Ordinary People Selective Syncretism ...
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... Creation.29 Saving knowledge pertains to the secret trick of employing divine help against the Creation and therefore against the Creator Himself. As Quispel puts it in regard to Valentinian gnosis, “The Valentinian mystique opposes ...
... Creation.29 Saving knowledge pertains to the secret trick of employing divine help against the Creation and therefore against the Creator Himself. As Quispel puts it in regard to Valentinian gnosis, “The Valentinian mystique opposes ...
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... creation. Having performed his metaphysical trick, his deliberate misreading of the Old Testament, Valentinus is then enabled to misread the New Testament, asserting of the Risen Christ, “having stripped himself of the perishable rags ...
... creation. Having performed his metaphysical trick, his deliberate misreading of the Old Testament, Valentinus is then enabled to misread the New Testament, asserting of the Risen Christ, “having stripped himself of the perishable rags ...
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... Creation The fundamental problem between biblical faith and gnostic faith begins with two different world views . Biblical faith insists that the Creation is well made . Christianity affirms with Judaism that " in the beginning God ...
... Creation The fundamental problem between biblical faith and gnostic faith begins with two different world views . Biblical faith insists that the Creation is well made . Christianity affirms with Judaism that " in the beginning God ...
Contents
Gnosticism Within the Orthodox Faith | |
From Gratitude to Despair | |
From Holy Event to Private Illumination | |
Modern Escapefrom the Home of the Brave? | |
From the Sacred Community to the Inner Self | |
From the Many to the | |
From the Particular to the Nebulous | |
GNOSTICISM ESTABLISHED WITHIN NORTH AMERICAN | |
The Renewal of Hope | |
Epilogue | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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