Christian Gnosis: Christian Religious Philosophy in Its Historical Development

A new translation of F.C. Baur's prime religio-historical study, proposing a novel relationship between ancient Judaism, Christianity and Greco-Roman philosophy. That Baur''s speculative masterpiece, Die christliche Gnosis (1835), has not been translated into English before now has always struck me as a scandal. The translation by Brown of this difficult and sometimes meandering text is impeccable. But what is even more impressive is that in his translation we capture the excitement of Baur''s critical retrieval of ancient forms of thought that has shaped a form of modern Protestantism that moves decisively beyond sola scriptura.Cyril O''Regan, Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology, Notre Dame UniversityIn Christian Gnosis, Baur set forth with vigor and surprising clarity what he referred to as the ''internal coherence'' of the gnostic system, from antiquity to the thought of his older contemporaries. In this beautifully annotated translation, Peter Hodgson and Robert Brown make this important work accessible to the anglophone world at last, enabling a new generation of readers to wrestle with Baur''s provocative synthesis of a perennial theme.David Lincicum, Rev. John A. O''Brien Associate Professor of Theology, Notre Dame University Ferdinand Christian Baur''s Die Christliche Gnosis, first published in 1835, is considered by many to be the most important book on Gnosticism published in the nineteenth century and is a pivotal work within Baur''s canon. Baur''s unique thesis of a link between ancient and modern religious philosophy, as well as his conception of Gnosticism - developed through dialogues with his predecessors and contemporaries - consolidate Christian Gnosis as an important contribution to Christian theology. In this seminal work, written over a hundred years before the manuscript discovery at Nag Hammadi, Baur classifies the gnostic systems in terms of how they conceive the relationship of Christianity to Judaism and paganism, describing them in detail. He then goes on to describe the criticism of and reaction to gnosis in church history, before contending with the modern religious philosophy of his time, discussing Boehme, Schelling, Schleiermacher and Hegel. Christian Gnosis is Baur''s first great religio-historical study, and Robert Brown''s masterful translation ensures the work is as impactful today as it was on its first publication.

• | Author: Ferdinand Christian Baur, Roger Hodgson
• | Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jan 26, 2023
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780227177921
• | ISBN-10: 0227177924