Against the Protestant Gnostics - Couverture souple

Lee, Philip J.

 
9780195084368: Against the Protestant Gnostics
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0195084365 ISBN 13 : 9780195084368
Editeur : Oxford University Press USA, 1987

Synopsis

Gnosticism is a term covering a group of heresies that for a time had great influence within the early church, including: belief in the existence of a hidden or secret revelation available only to the initiated; rejection of the physical world as evil or impure; and stress on the radical individuality of the spiritual self.

In this book Philip Lee finds parallels between gnosticism and belief and practice in contemporary North American Proestantism. Sharply attacking conservatives and liberals alike, Lee spares no one in this penetrating and provocative assessment of the current stage of religion and its effects on values and society at large. The book concludes with a call for a return to orthodoxy and a series of prescriptions for reform.

Lee will add a short preface for this paperback edition.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Gnosticism is a term covering a group of heresies that for a time had great influence within the early church, including: belief in the existence of a hidden or secret revelation available only to the initiated; rejection of the physical world as evil or impure; and stress on the radical individuality of the spiritual self. In this book Philip Lee finds parallels between gnosticism and belief and practice in contemporary North American Proestantism. Sharply attacking conservatives and liberals alike, Lee spares no one in this penetrating and provocative assessment of the current stage of religion and its effects on values and society at large. The book concludes with a call for a return to orthodoxy and a series of prescriptions for reform. Lee will add a short preface for this paperback edition.

Revue de presse

`Opposed to the "liberal theology", that ... gives people only "minor, vapid" reasons for going to church, Lee asserts the ongoing relevance of the Christian story of man. In doing so, he has made the study of gnosticism crucial to the ongoing debate about the future of American culture.' The Christian Science Monitor

`Lee deserves all praise for seeing clearly what is indeed there to be seen, though concealed, in the multiple masks of supposed Protestantism.' Harold Bloom in The American Religion

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press USA
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195084365
ISBN 13 
9780195084368
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780195040678: Against the Protestant Gnostics

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0195040678 ISBN 13 :  9780195040678
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1987
Couverture rigide