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In Gnostic Afterlives, fourteen scholars explore the intersection of Gnostic spirituality in American religion and culture. Papers theorize Gnosis/Gnostic in modernity, examine neo-Gnostic movements in America, and investigate the Gnostic in popular American films, literature, art, and other aspects of culture.

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Author:   April DeConick ,  Jeffrey J Kripal
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.597kg
ISBN:  

9789004471931

ISBN 10:   9004471936
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   18 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Gnostic Afterlives in American Religion and Culture April D. DeConick Part 1: Theorizing the Gnostic in Modernity 2 The Sociology of Gnostic Spirituality April D. DeConick 3 Can We Recover Gnosis Today? Gregory Shaw 4 What Is Gnosis: An Exploration Arthur Versluis Part 2: (Neo-)Gnostic Movements in America 5 The Knowing of Knowing Neo-Gnosticism, from the O.T.O. to Scientology Hugh B. Urban 6 Know Place: Heaven's Gate and American Gnosticism Cathy Gutierrez 7 American Gnosis: Jesus Mysticism in A Course in Miracles Simon J. Joseph 8 The New Age and Gnosticism: Terms of Commonality Mitch Horowitz Part 3: The Gnostic in Popular American Culture 9 The Gnostic in Us All: Thinking from the Macrobiotics of Michio Kushi Catherine L. Albanese 10 The Space Jockey and the Future of Enjoyment: Alienated Sentience in the World of H. R. Giger Eric Wargo 11 A Metaphysical Rebel? Camus's Analysis of Gnosticism and Its Influence on Literature and Cinema Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta 12 Eric Voegelin and Gnostic Hollywood Fryderyk Kwiatkowski 13 The Afterlives of the Archons: Gnostic Literalism and Embodied Paranoia in 21st CE Conspiracy Theory Matthew Dillon 14 The Electric Chrism Acid Test: The Problem of Psychedelic Gnosis Erik Davis 15 Reflections of an American Gnostic Jeffrey J. Kripal Index

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April D. DeConick, Ph.D. (1994, University of Michigan), is the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Rice University. She has published extensively on early Christianity, esotericism, mysticism, and Gnosticism, including The Gnostic New Age: How a Countercultural Spirituality Revolutionized Religion from Antiquity to Today (Columbia University Press, 2016). Jeffrey J. Kripal is the Associate Dean of the Faculty and Graduate Programs in the School of the Humanities and the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. Jeff is the author of nine books, including, most recently, The Flip: Who You Really Are and Why It Matters (Penguin, 2020), where he envisions the future centrality and urgency of the humanities in conversation with the history of science, the philosophy of mind, and our shared ethical, political, and ecological challenges.

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