The serpent's gift
Subtitle: gnostic reflections on the study of religion
By: Jeffrey J. Kripal.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780226453811
Description: Jeffrey J. Kripal uses the serpent as a starting point for a groundbreaking reconsideration of religious studies and its methods. In a series of related essays, he moves beyond both rational and faith-based approaches to religion, exploring the erotics of the gospels and the sexualities of Jesus, John and Mary Magdalene.