RELIGIOUS 126pi - Magic,Heresy,and Gender in the Atlantic World

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Claremont McKenna College

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C. Johnson An introduction to the great religious movement known as Gnosticism, its origins in the Hellenic and Roman Near East, its "radical Hellenization of Christianity," itsvarieties, its historical evolution into a world religion in the form of Manichaeism, its rediscovery in the important manuscript finds of the past century in Egypt and Central Asia, and its influence on modern literature and philosophy. Offered every other year.

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1.50

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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