The serpent's gift: gnostic reflections on the study of religion

Introduction: the serpent's gift. Faith, reason, and gnosis ; The premodern, the modern, and the postmodern ; Toward a gnostic (post)modernity ; Medi(t)ations ; Writing as hissing ; Autobiographical and pedagogical contexts ; The essays -- The apocryphon of the beloved. Invocation ; The quest f...

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Main Author: Kripal, Jeffrey J. 1962- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago, Ill. London The University of Chicago Press c2007
In:Year: 2007
Reviews:Review: The Serpent’s Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion, by Jeffrey J. Kripal (2011) (Young, Glenn)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / Gnosis
B Christianity / Criticism
Further subjects:B Religion Philosophy
B Gnosticism

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