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Gnostic World

Also known as The Gnostic World; The gnostic world

by Gunner B. Mikkelsen, Jay Johnston, Gunner Mikkelsen & Garry Winston Trompf

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

Description

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"The Gnostic World is an outstanding guide to Gnosticism, designed as a collection of critical studies by experts to both widen and deepen study in Gnostic movements and strands of speculation as a discrete "World" of human socio-spiritual life from the distant past until today. An international team of contributors examines these manifestations in a variety of contexts, from the ancient pre-Christian to the contemporary. The volume considers the intersection of Gnosticism with Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Indic practices and beliefs, and also with such new religious movements as Theosophy, Scientology, Western Sufism, and the Nation of Islam. This illustrated handbook will be an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and researchers of Gnostic doctrine and history"--

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual, Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity

    Controlled discovery queries from bnf and openalex matched “Gnosticism” and “gnosticisme”. Retained metadata contains “gnostic” in the title, “gnostic” in the alternative title, “gnostic” in the description, and 4 additional metadata match(es).

    • “gnosticisme”· via Bibliothèque nationale de France
    • “Gnosticism”· via OpenAlex
    • “gnostic”· in title
    • “gnostic”· in alternative title
    • “gnostic”· in description
    • “Gnosticism”· in description
  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the description.

    • “Theosophy”· in description
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Paganism”. Retained metadata contains “Cults” in the subject metadata and “Paganism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Paganism”· via Open Library
    • “Cults”· in subject
    • “Paganism”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 6 editions; 3 cataloged here.

The gnostic world

BnF national bibliography record

C 2019RoutledgeEnglish
  • 9781138673939
  • 1138673935
Catalog record

The Gnostic World

OpenAlex scholarly book record

2018-10-03—English—Unknown

Open Library record

2020Taylor & Francis GroupEnglish
  • 9780367733124
  • 0367733129
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Subjects

20 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL21362447W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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