A Gnostic History of Religions
April DeConick’s The Gnostic New Age demonstrates that scholarship of Gnosticism is still entrenched in an Eliadian phenomenological paradigm which essentializes an ahistorical sui generis “Gnosis”. This approach is traceable to the Eranos Circle, particularly Carl G. Jung and Gilles Quispel, and bu...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Review |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Brill
[2020]
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Έτος: 2020, Τόμος: 32, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 75-88 |
| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | ΑΑ Θρησκειολογία ΑΖ Νέες θρησκείες BF Γνώση |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Phenomenology
B Gilles Quispel B Spirituality B Sui Generis B New Age B Κριτική B Gnosticism |
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| Σύνοψη: | April DeConick’s The Gnostic New Age demonstrates that scholarship of Gnosticism is still entrenched in an Eliadian phenomenological paradigm which essentializes an ahistorical sui generis “Gnosis”. This approach is traceable to the Eranos Circle, particularly Carl G. Jung and Gilles Quispel, and builds certain philosophical and psychoanalytical affinities into an ahistorical religious current. DeConick’ comparison with New Age is tenuous, and misses the important fact that Gnosticism and New Age share specific genealogical antecedents. Interdisciplinary work needs to pay more attention to the theological and colonial implications of categories, or such problematic categories will continue to take root in the gaps between academic specialisms. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341464 |