The laughing Jesus
Subtitle: religious lies and Gnostic wisdom
By: Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy.
Contributors: Gandy, Peter.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harmony Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Gnosticism; Spiritual life
Description: Two experts on world religion offer a critique of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic fundamentalism and the violence and intollerance spawned by it and present an affirmation of the teachings of Gnostic spirituality and its promise of universal love and global peace.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Gnostic spirituality and literalist religion; title: A religious detox; title: The Word of God?; title: The most famous man who never lived; title: Muhammad : from mystic to mobster; title: The dream of awakening; title: Hip-gnosis; title: No reality without polarity; title: The laughing Jesus; title: The way to awaken; title: Spirituality without religion; title: The big idea.