AGAINST THE PROTESTANT GNOSTICS
Lee, Phillip
Oxford University Press, 1987
288 pages

Lee locates classical Gnostic tendencies—belief in a secret knowledge revealed to the few, rejection of the physical world and escape into the self—in the thinking of modern Protestantism. He distinguishes between gnosis and faith, between escape and pilgrimage, between the exclusive and the inclusive, and between the nebulous and the concrete. Lee shows how the lack of these distinctions has proved detrimental to our understanding of issues like politics, feminism, ecology and parenthood. Lee then calls for reform, including a renewal of obedience to the Scriptures; a restoration of a dialectical faith and practice; and an affirmation of life, creation, sexuality and extended family/community. His examination is thorough and convincing.

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