LEADER 03786nam 2200649 450 001 9910810911203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-54204-6 024 7 $a10.7312/deco17076 035 $a(CKB)3710000000856156 035 $a(EBL)4588614 035 $a(OCoLC)958547522 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001655261 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16435636 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001655261 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14981617 035 $a(PQKB)10886148 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16430908 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14981445 035 $a(PQKB)24088952 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4588614 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001724074 035 $a(DE-B1597)479858 035 $a(OCoLC)979967759 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231542043 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4588614 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11264215 035 $a(PPN)201889706 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000856156 100 $a20160105h20162016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe gnostic new age $ehow a countercultural spirituality revolutionized religion from antiquity to today /$fApril D. DeConick 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (283 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-17076-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe matrix of ancient spirituality -- The gnostic true man -- Supermen and monsters -- Paul and gnostic dogma -- John and the dark cosmos -- Gnostic altered states -- Hell walks and star treks -- Spiritual avatars -- The Pi of gnostic politics -- Pleasantville religions -- Gnosticism out on a limb. 330 $aGnosticism is a countercultural spirituality that forever changed the practice of Christianity. Before it emerged in the second century, passage to the afterlife required obedience to God and king. Gnosticism proposed that human beings were manifestations of the divine, unsettling the hierarchical foundations of the ancient world. Subversive and revolutionary, Gnostics taught that prayer and mediation could bring human beings into an ecstatic spiritual union with a transcendent deity. This mystical strain affected not just Christianity but many other religions, and it characterizes our understanding of the purpose and meaning of religion today.In The Gnostic New Age, April D. DeConick recovers this vibrant underground history to prove that Gnosticism was not suppressed or defeated by the Catholic Church long ago, nor was the movement a fabrication to justify the violent repression of alternative forms of Christianity. Gnosticism alleviated human suffering, soothing feelings of existential brokenness and alienation through the promise of renewal as God. DeConick begins in ancient Egypt and follows with the rise of Gnosticism in the Middle Ages, the advent of theosophy and other occult movements in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and contemporary New Age spiritual philosophies. As these theories find expression in science-fiction and fantasy films, DeConick sees evidence of Gnosticism's next incarnation. Her work emphasizes the universal, countercultural appeal of a movement that embodies much more than a simple challenge to religious authority. 606 $aGnosticism$xHistory 606 $aNew Age movement 615 0$aGnosticism$xHistory. 615 0$aNew Age movement. 676 $a299/.932 700 $aDe Conick$b April D.$0960201 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810911203321 996 $aThe gnostic new age$94041606 997 $aUNINA