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CHAPTER FIVE. Anticosmic World-Rejection? or Sociocultural Accommodation?
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- FIGURES AND TABLES xi
- PREFACE xiii
- ABBREVIATIONS xvii
- INTRODUCTION 3
- CHAPTER ONE. What Kind of Thing Do Scholars Mean by “Gnosticism”?. A LOOK AT FOUR CASES 7
- CHAPTER TWO. “Gnosticism” as a Category 29
- CHAPTER THREE. Protest Exegesis? or Hermeneutical Problem-Solving? 54
- CHAPTER FOUR. Parasites? or Innovators? 80
- CHAPTER FIVE. Anticosmic World-Rejection? or Sociocultural Accommodation? 96
- CHAPTER SIX. Hatred of the Body? or the Perfection of the Human? 116
- CHAPTER SEVEN. Asceticism . . . ? 139
- CHAPTER EIGHT . . . or Libertinism? 163
- CHAPTER NINE. Deterministic Elitism? or Inclusive Theories of Conversion? 189
- CHAPTER TEN. Where They Came From . . . 213
- CHAPTER ELEVEN . . . and What They Left Behind 235
- CONCLUSION 263
- NOTES 267
- MODERN WORKS CITED 311
- INDEX 329
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- FIGURES AND TABLES xi
- PREFACE xiii
- ABBREVIATIONS xvii
- INTRODUCTION 3
- CHAPTER ONE. What Kind of Thing Do Scholars Mean by “Gnosticism”?. A LOOK AT FOUR CASES 7
- CHAPTER TWO. “Gnosticism” as a Category 29
- CHAPTER THREE. Protest Exegesis? or Hermeneutical Problem-Solving? 54
- CHAPTER FOUR. Parasites? or Innovators? 80
- CHAPTER FIVE. Anticosmic World-Rejection? or Sociocultural Accommodation? 96
- CHAPTER SIX. Hatred of the Body? or the Perfection of the Human? 116
- CHAPTER SEVEN. Asceticism . . . ? 139
- CHAPTER EIGHT . . . or Libertinism? 163
- CHAPTER NINE. Deterministic Elitism? or Inclusive Theories of Conversion? 189
- CHAPTER TEN. Where They Came From . . . 213
- CHAPTER ELEVEN . . . and What They Left Behind 235
- CONCLUSION 263
- NOTES 267
- MODERN WORKS CITED 311
- INDEX 329
