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  • The Gnostic Gospelsby Elaine Pagels

    Random House Publishing Group 2004; US$ 10.99

    The Gnostic Gospels is a landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow in reputation and influence over the past two decades. It is now widely recognized as one of the most brilliant and accessible histories of early Christian spirituality published in our time. In 1945 an Egyptian peasant unearthed what proved to be the Gnostic Gospels, thirteen papyrus volumes that expounded a radically different view of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ from that of the New Testament. In this spellbinding book, renowned... more...

  • The Laughing Jesusby Timothy Freke; Peter Gandy

    Harmony 2005; US$ 12.99

    Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, authors of The Jesus Mysteries and Jesus and the Lost Goddess , return with a powerful indictment of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic fundamentalism and a passionate reinterpretation of Gnostic spirituality. According to Freke and Gandy, religiously inspired acts of violence, such as the attacks on 9/11, are nothing new. They are the continuation of a long and bloody history of brutality caused by mistaking bizarre old books for the Word of God. The time has come to end religious intolerance and wake up to oneness by rediscovering the Gnostic way of transforming oneself and the world. Freke and Gandy's Incendiary New Book Is a Wake-Up Call to the World What if the Old Testament is a work of fiction, Jesus never... more...

  • Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empireby Iain Gardner; Samuel N. C. Lieu

    Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 39.00

    This is the first ever single-volume collection of sources for Manichaeism, a world religion founded by Mani which spread rapidly from Mesopotamia into the Roman Empire in the third and fourth centuries AD and became one of the most persecuted heresies under Christian Roman emperors. more...

  • Discovering Favor With Godby Covarrubias. Loren

    Treasures Media Inc 2006; US$ 9.79

    This book is full of good news and real possibilities. You will discover what you have always wanted ? God?s favor and the daily experience of His presence and care. God?s favor is closer than most of us can imagine; it is not so elusive or selective as some would have you believe. Destiny is at humanity?s doorstep, your doorstep, thanks to God?s favor. In Discovering Favor with God, you will learn how to: ? Experience the favor of God in your daily life. ? Enjoy the intimacy of Daddy?s lap as well as the destiny of Father?s purpose. ? Deal with the devils in your own garden. ? Discover life in another dimension. You are about to discover and experience what you have always desired?the favor of God. more...

  • God's Greater Gloryby Bruce A. Ware

    Crossway Books 2009; US$ 9.99

    This exploration of the historical-Scriptural model of the doctrine of God and His relationship with us also presents a careful refutation of the open theism stance. more...

  • A Companion to Second-Century Christian 'Heretics'by Antti Marjanen; Petri Luomanen

    BRILL 2005; US$ 169.00

    The book deals with thinkers and movements that were embraced by many second-century religious seekers but which are now largely forgotten or known only as ?heretics?: Basilides, Sethianism, Valentinus? school, Marcion, Tatian, Bardaisan, Montanists, Cerinthus, Ebionites, Nazarenes, Jewish-Christianity of the Pseudo-Clementines, and Elchasites. more...

  • Femme, Gnose et Manichéismeby Madeleine Scopello

    BRILL 2005; US$ 150.00

    The present volume offers twelve studies dealing with feminine figures in Gnosticism and Manichaeism. In Part One (?Images et symboles?), the Author unveils the hidden meaning of some feminine figures having played a role on the mythical scene of those trends. Some of these figures, borrowed from other traditions, have been deeply reworked by Gnostics or Manichees assuming thereby a new significance. An intermezzo (?Passages?) investigates the presence of women names in titles preserved in the Nag Hammadi Library and the relationship between a female protagonist and a specific literary genre. Part Two (?Histoire et réalité?) reconstructs the portraits of some women, especially Manichaean, to whom the historical inquiry gives life again, thanks... more...

  • Adolf Harnack - Marcionby Friedemann Steck

    Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2003; US$ 179.20

    The Dorpat (Tartu) prize paper by the 19-year-old Adolf Harnack (1851-1930) was awarded the Gold Medal by the Theological Faculty in Tartu and recommended for publication. However, it remained unpublished. The text has been transcribed and published in this critical edition for the first time. more...

  • God, Chance and Purposeby David J. Bartholomew

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 24.00

    The thesis of this book is that chance is an integral part of God's creation. more...

  • A Brief History of Heresyby G. R. Evans

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 108.95

    This short and accessible book introduces readers to the problems of heresy, schism and dissidence over the last two millennia. The heresies under discussion range from Gnosticism, influential in the early Christian period, right through to modern sects. The idea of a heretic conjures up many images, from the martyrs prepared to die for their beliefs, through to sects with bizarre practices. This book provides a remarkable insight into the fraught history of heresy, showing how the Church came to insist on orthodoxy when threatened by alternative ideals, exploring the social and political conditions under which heretics were created, and how those involved were 'tested' and punished, often by imprisonment and burning. Engaging written, A... more...