Revival of the Gnostic Heresy: Fundamentalism

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Revival of the Gnostic Heresy: Fundamentalism Joe E.Revival of the Gnostic ... Textbook Morris
Type:	eBook
Released:	2008
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Page Count:	257
Format:	pdf
Language:	English
ISBN-10:	0230611532
ISBN-13:	9780230611535

In this rigorous and provocative study, Joe E. Morris argues that the basic tenets and practices of Fundamentalism are those of ancient Christian Gnosticism. Drawing on extensive research and careful analysis, Morris aligns the two religious phenomena, point by point, tenet by tenet. Along the way, he provides insights into the key hermeneutic of Fundamentalism: inerrancy of Scripture, highlighting the multiple problems with the positions of literal and inerrant interpretation, their impracticality and unfeasibility, and their contradiction with their own conservative doctrine--namely, the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. This groundbreaking book dramatically recasts our understanding of the history of Christianity and gives important context to modern-day religious debates.