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Psychology of Prophecy in Early Christianity : Prophetism and religious altered states of consciousness / Alan Humm.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious ThoughtPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (290 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781607246183
  • 9781463216825
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEM(S) -- 1. DEFINITIONS -- 2. EARLY CHRISTIANITY -- 3. THE POST-APOSTOLIC AGE -- 4. CHARTING THE SEAS -- 5. REFLECTIONS AND PROGNOSTICATIONS -- APPENDIX 1: GLOSSARY -- APPENDIX 2: MONTANIST PROPHECIES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: Dr. Humm analyses early Christian prophetic activity seeking to understand the psychological states behind it. A system of categories is suggested based on the external appearances and subjective claims of modern phenomena. Assuming that the ancients followed the same patterns, most instances described in early Christian literature are reviewed and categorized.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781463216825

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEM(S) -- 1. DEFINITIONS -- 2. EARLY CHRISTIANITY -- 3. THE POST-APOSTOLIC AGE -- 4. CHARTING THE SEAS -- 5. REFLECTIONS AND PROGNOSTICATIONS -- APPENDIX 1: GLOSSARY -- APPENDIX 2: MONTANIST PROPHECIES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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Dr. Humm analyses early Christian prophetic activity seeking to understand the psychological states behind it. A system of categories is suggested based on the external appearances and subjective claims of modern phenomena. Assuming that the ancients followed the same patterns, most instances described in early Christian literature are reviewed and categorized.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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