Urbanization, Religious Pluralism, Cultural Continuity, and the Expansion of Gnostic Communities
Gnosticism has been perceived as a Jewish heresy, a Hellenistic Christian heresy, an Oriental pre-Christian religious movement, an independent religious movement, and an existential response to experiences of alienation. More recently, King has argued that within a pluralistic cultural environment,...
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