Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Crisis: Gnostic Dualism In Late Modernity 28
6. 2. Eschaton: Gnostic Evil In History 61
7. 3. Subversion: Heresy and Its Modern Afterlives 93
8. 4. Nothingness: Dialectics of Religious Nihilism 134
9. 5. Epoch: The Gnostic Age 164
10. 6. Theodicy: Overcoming Gnosticism, Embracing the World 197
11. Conclusion 246
12. Bibliography 267
13. Index 281