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Who were the Gnostics? And how did the Gnostic movement influence the development of Christianity in antiquity? Is it true that the Church rejected Gnosticism? This book offers an illuminating discussion of recent scholarly debates over the concept of 'Gnosticism' and the nature of early Christian diversity. Acknowledging that the category 'Gnosticism' is flawed and must be reformed, David Brakke argues for a more careful approach to gathering evidence for the ancient Christian movement known as the Gnostic school of thought. He shows how Gnostic myth and ritual addressed basic human concerns about alienation and meaning, offered a message of salvation in Jesus, and provided a way for people to regain knowledge of God, the ultimate source of their being. Rather than depicting the Gnostics as heretics or as the losers in the fight to define Christianity, Brakke argues that the Gnostics participated in an ongoing reinvention of Christianity, in which other Christians not only rejected their ideas but also adapted and transformed them. This book will challenge scholars to think in news ways, but it also provides an accessible introduction to the Gnostics and their fellow early Christians.

Gnosticism. --- Church history --- Gnosticisme --- Eglise --- Histoire --- -273.1*11 --- Christianity --- Ecclesiastical history --- History, Church --- History, Ecclesiastical --- History --- Gnosis en christendom --- 273.1*11 Gnosis en christendom --- Gnosticism --- 273.1*11 --- Apostolic Church --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Gnosticisme. --- Église --- Doctrines --- Église --- Cults --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Gnosis --- mythology --- ritual --- early Christianity

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The key focus of this book is the vitality and dynamism of all aspects of Christian experience from late antiquity to the First Crusade. By putting the institutional and doctrinal history firmly in the context of Christianity's many cultural manifestations and lived formations everywhere from Afghanistan to Iceland, this volume of The Cambridge History of Christianity emphasizes the ever-changing, varied expressions of Christianity at both local and world level. The insights of many disciplines, including gender studies, codicology, archaeology and anthropology, are deployed to offer fresh interpretations which challenge the conventional truths concerning this formative period. Addressing eastern, Byzantine and western Christianity, it explores encounters between Christians and others, notably Jews, Muslims, and pagans; the institutional life of the church including law, reform and monasticism; the pastoral and sacramental contexts of worship, belief and morality; and finally its cultural and theological meanings, including heresy, saints' cults and the afterlife.

27 <035> --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Grote handboeken. Compendia --- Church history --- Christianity and culture --- Enlightenment. --- History. --- Eastern churches --- Orthodox Eastern Church --- Europe --- History of Europe --- Christian church history --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1100-1199 --- anno 1900-1999 --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 500-1199 --- History of Asia --- anno 500-599 --- anno 1-499 --- Ancient history --- Eglise --- Histoire --- Eglises orientales --- Histoire religieuse --- Reformation --- Counter-Reformation --- Réforme (Christianisme) --- Contre-Réforme --- 19th century --- 20th century --- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 A.D. --- Christelijke kerkgeschiedenis --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Église --- Moyen âge --- Églises orientales --- Christianisme --- 1500-1660 --- Origines --- 30-600 (Eglise primitive) --- 19e siècle --- 20e siècle --- 1660-1815 --- history of Christianity --- development of Christianity --- Christian theology --- Christian intellectualism --- Christian politics --- sociology of Christian Formation --- Christian identity --- Christian communities --- Christian practices --- Christian history up to 400 AD --- the Protestant Reformation --- Catholic Reform --- Latin Christendom --- schisms in Christianity --- world history from 1660 to 1815 --- church --- state --- society --- Christian life --- intellectual movements --- social movements --- science --- Enlightenment --- French Revolution --- 1789 --- de-Christianisation --- colonialism --- missionary work --- nineteenth century Christianity --- European Christendom --- expansion of Christianity worldwide --- Catholic traditions --- Protestant traditions --- Christianity and nationalism --- new voluntary forms of Christianity --- independant Christian Churches --- cultural impact of Christianity