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100 1 _aDeConick, April
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Gnostic New Age :
_bHow a Countercultural Spirituality Revolutionized Religion from Antiquity to Today /
_cApril DeConick.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2017]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _a1 online resource (392 p.) :
_b40 b&w illustrations
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction --
_tChapter One. The Matrix of Ancient Spirituality --
_tChapter Two. The Gnostic True Man --
_tChapter Three. Superpowers and Monsters --
_tChapter Four. Paul and Gnostic Dogma --
_tChapter Five. John and the Dark Cosmos --
_tChapter Six. Gnostic Altered States --
_tChapter Seven. Hell Walks and Star Treks --
_tChapter Eight. Spiritual Avatars --
_tChapter Nine. The Pi of Politics --
_tChapter Ten. Pleasantville Religions --
_tChapter Eleven. Gnosticism Out on a Limb --
_tBibliography --
_tEnglish Translations of Gnostic Sources --
_tFilmography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aGnosticism is a countercultural spirituality that forever changed the practice of Christianity. Before it emerged in the second century, passage to the afterlife required obedience to God and king. Gnosticism proposed that human beings were manifestations of the divine, unsettling the hierarchical foundations of the ancient world. Subversive and revolutionary, Gnostics taught that prayer and mediation could bring human beings into an ecstatic spiritual union with a transcendent deity. This mystical strain affected not just Christianity but many other religions, and it characterizes our understanding of the purpose and meaning of religion today.In The Gnostic New Age, April D. DeConick recovers this vibrant underground history to prove that Gnosticism was not suppressed or defeated by the Catholic Church long ago, nor was the movement a fabrication to justify the violent repression of alternative forms of Christianity. Gnosticism alleviated human suffering, soothing feelings of existential brokenness and alienation through the promise of renewal as God. DeConick begins in ancient Egypt and follows with the rise of Gnosticism in the Middle Ages, the advent of theosophy and other occult movements in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and contemporary New Age spiritual philosophies. As these theories find expression in science-fiction and fantasy films, DeConick sees evidence of Gnosticism's next incarnation. Her work emphasizes the universal, countercultural appeal of a movement that embodies much more than a simple challenge to religious authority.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aGnosticism
_xHistory.
650 0 _aNew Age movement.
650 7 _aRELIGION / Gnosticism.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7312/deco17076
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231542043
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