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

The term gnosticism is often used as a sort of umbrella term to cover the people that the leaders of the church don't like. It covers probably a huge variety of points of view. And yet there is a ...

Scholar Elaine Pagels explores these documents and their implications. From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels Vintage Books, New York: 1979 pp. xiii-xxiii In December 1945 an Arab peasant made ...

Among the infinite variations of theories, theism, pantheism, and panentheism, are some of the most prominent attempts at grasping Divine reality and its connection to our world. The primary ...

Whilst atheism has been prominent in our culture for some time – be it through Karl Marx, George Eliot, or Ricky Gervais – it is only now that atheists have begun to outnumber theists for the ...

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 ...

Atheists are not the only ones, however, who are under this impression. A great many theists, who underestimate their own logical abilities (often justifiably so) are also grudgingly in awe of the ...

At the heart of Mounk’s argument lies a deeper critique of contemporary liberalism — one that mirrors a larger ideological shift, which I’ll call “gnostic liberalism.” This mutation ...

A theist believes there is a God, an atheist believes there is no God, an agnostic is unsure if there is a God or not. The nature of God - CCEA Within Christianity, there are many different forms ...

Adding to that, Dr Lois Lee of the University of Kent said: “Whilst atheism has been prominent in our culture for some time, it is only now that atheists have begun to outnumber theists for the ...