New book by Rice's DeConick explores the emergence and revolutionizing role of gnosticism

(Rice University) Gnosticism is a countercultural spirituality that forever changed the practice of Christianity. This is the premise of a new book by April DeConick, the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies and chair of the Department of Religion at Rice University.

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