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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... theology, Karl Barth and Thomas Torrance; in literature, Herman Melville and Walker Percy; and in social and political theory, Max Weber and Tom Wolfe. All these, and not a few others, have been used, misused and abused by ...
... theology, Karl Barth and Thomas Torrance; in literature, Herman Melville and Walker Percy; and in social and political theory, Max Weber and Tom Wolfe. All these, and not a few others, have been used, misused and abused by ...
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... theology, preaching and participation in the life of a community of believers have become as devoid of meaning and as syncretistic “as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal” (1 Cor 13:1), these pages are as instructive and illuminating as ...
... theology, preaching and participation in the life of a community of believers have become as devoid of meaning and as syncretistic “as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal” (1 Cor 13:1), these pages are as instructive and illuminating as ...
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... theology , elements of Jewish tradition , whether biblical , rabbinical , or occult , Christian salvationeschatology , Platonic terms and concepts . Syncretism attained in this period its greatest efficacy . 46 What was true of the ...
... theology , elements of Jewish tradition , whether biblical , rabbinical , or occult , Christian salvationeschatology , Platonic terms and concepts . Syncretism attained in this period its greatest efficacy . 46 What was true of the ...
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... theology , and a confining morality are not adequate to help in understanding the nature of real meaning . " 48 Gnostics , whether of the second century or the twentieth century , will not be constrained in the use of material . They ...
... theology , and a confining morality are not adequate to help in understanding the nature of real meaning . " 48 Gnostics , whether of the second century or the twentieth century , will not be constrained in the use of material . They ...
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... theology was to understand clearly the relationship between creation and redemption so that the gnostic wedge between the God of Israel and the Savior Christ could be once and for all removed . For Irenaeus , the gnostic attack on the ...
... theology was to understand clearly the relationship between creation and redemption so that the gnostic wedge between the God of Israel and the Savior Christ could be once and for all removed . For Irenaeus , the gnostic attack on the ...
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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