How did the gnostics themselves demonstrate and understand this secret inner knowledge? Many, many Christians, who are not appreciated by many of the leaders of the church, believed that spiritual ...

And this was not universal by any means. We know from, for example, the literature recovered at Nag Hammadi, that gnostic Christianity didn't have the kind of clear hierarchy that other forms of ...

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Gnosticism as a theological position developed not long after the time of the New Testament as Christianity began to spread ...

This chapter is part of a book that is no longer available to purchase from Cambridge Core Few academic studies have acknowledged esotericism and Gnosticism in African American religion. The Nation of ...

Yet most Americans today don’t see porn as a bad thing for society, and many Christians say they aren’t worried about its effects. Researchers found that 61 percent of Americans say they view ...

It may be easier to think about what our relationship is NOT. As Calvin B. DeWitt explains, we Christians can fall into seeing the world in three different ways that are in tension with scripture: the ...

We shouldn’t do that,’” Mr. Northcutt recalled. Over the last several years, some conservative Christian politicians and organizations have sought to accelerate a national movement to bring ...

Hi, my name is Jonnie and I'm a Christian. It's getting close to Christmas, which is when we celebrate Jesus' birthday. At this time of year when it's cold outside, we also remember the people in ...

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