This week your professor continues a very brief introduction into the early rivals of Christianity. We know of a great many religious cults which existed in ancient times, most of which have vanished ...

The release in 1992 of celebrity literary critic Harold Bloom’s The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation was less than the smashing success that both the author and Simon & ...

Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity continue to attract attention centuries after being labeled heretical. These movements promised secret knowledge, personal transformation, and spiritual depth ...