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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... knowledge rather than by faith ; stress upon secret or hidden , as against open and available , revelation ; disregard and devaluation of nature in favor of the pure , free and unencumbered spirit ; and concentration upon the radical ...
... knowledge rather than by faith ; stress upon secret or hidden , as against open and available , revelation ; disregard and devaluation of nature in favor of the pure , free and unencumbered spirit ; and concentration upon the radical ...
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... 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 elite; and particularity and selective ...
... 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 elite; and particularity and selective ...
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... 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 Versus ...
... 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 Versus ...
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... knowledge (gnosis).1 Using this Greek verbal noun, the Church Fathers tagged the ancient heresiarchs with the derogatory name gnostics (gnostikoi), “those who know.” Often there was the ironic implication, “those who think they know ...
... knowledge (gnosis).1 Using this Greek verbal noun, the Church Fathers tagged the ancient heresiarchs with the derogatory name gnostics (gnostikoi), “those who know.” Often there was the ironic implication, “those who think they know ...
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... knowledge , a saving technique concerning the self . Probably the most often quoted gnostic formula sums it up : " What liberates is the knowledge of who we were , what we became ; where we were , where into we have been thrown ...
... knowledge , a saving technique concerning the self . Probably the most often quoted gnostic formula sums it up : " What liberates is the knowledge of who we were , what we became ; where we were , where into we have been thrown ...
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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