Re: [ZION] American Gnosticism

2002-10-27 Thread Marc A. Schindler
This is the theme of Harold Bloom's book, "The American Religion." He means that we believe we have a body of knowledge not known to the body of Christians in general. I'd suggest reading his book for more information. "John W. Redelfs" wrote: > I recently heard Mormonism referred to as American

Re: [ZION] American Gnosticism

2002-10-27 Thread Paul Osborne
>I recently heard Mormonism referred to as American gnosticism. What does >that mean? I'm not sure but it sounds like something that is associated with the ideas and teachings of a progressive religion that has it's own tangents outside of mainstream thinking. I can see how this term could b