A Different Christianity: Early Christian Esotericism and Modern Thought

A Different Christianity: Early Christian Esotericism and Modern Thought

Robin Amis

Introduction: Searching in the Ruins -- The Royal Road of the Early Church -- The Burning Bush -- The Rediscovery of Spirit -- The Wise and Foolish Virgins -- Gnosis is not Gnosticism -- The Work of God -- Three Renunciations -- Faith and Assent -- The Eye of the Soul -- Metanoia and Ascesis -- Prayer -- A Nonmonastic Path -- Memory and Discrimination -- Provocation -- Postscript: Healing the Soul: Some Conclusions from Matthew 13.

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