| Forbidden Faith: The Secret History of Gnosticism Contributor(s): Smoley, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060858303 ISBN-13: 9780060858308 Publisher: HarperOne OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2016 Annotation: In this sweeping history of Gnosticism, the school of spiritual seekers that flourished between the first and fourth centuries A.D. is revealed along with the movement's influence on early Christianity and beyond. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Gnosticism - Religion | Mysticism - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 299.932 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 7.1" W x 8.02" (0.44 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - Modern - Theometrics - Mainline |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The success of books such as Elaine Pagels's Gnostic Gospels and Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code proves beyond a doubt that there is a tremendous thirst today for finding the hidden truths of Christianity - truths that may have been lost or buried by institutional religion over the last two millennia. In Forbidden Faith, Richard Smoley narrates a popular history of one such truth, the ancient esoteric religion of gnosticism, which flourished between the first and fourth centuries A.D., but whose legacy remains even today, having survived secretly throughout the ages. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smoley, Richard: - Richard Smoley was educated at Harvard and Oxford universities and was the editor of Gnosis, the award-winning journal of Western spiritual traditions. He is the co-author (with Jay Kinney) of Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions, and is the author of Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition and The Essential Nostradamus. |