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US
/ˈnɑstɪˌsɪzəm/
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NOUN
- a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches
How To Use Gnosticism In A Sentence
- Let me quickly say that I am not advocating mass conversions to atheism or agnosticism.
- Hence, the aporia of aesthetic myth writing derived from Gnosticism 's dualism, which was represented in western aesthetic history of Prometheus myth writings.
- Atheism, agnosticism and free thinkers are the products of rational thinking, skeptical inquiry and critical analysis, which severely put religious belief on the defensive. Dr T.P.Chia
- It joins friendly hands with the agnostic part of kantism, with contemporary agnosticism, and with idealism generally. Meaning of Truth
- Liberal toleration, founded either on agnosticism about higher goods or on pessimism concerning their realizability, seems to be contemporary humanism's highest ideal.
- The chapter ends with relatively short accounts of Christianity and Islam, and a concluding section on agnosticism, atheism and secularism.
- She has explored various religions and ways of thought throughout her life, from Christianity to agnosticism and Taoism to animism and shamanism to Gnosticism, Hinduism and Buddhism.
- Sometimes it becomes epidemic, and assumes a languid or typhoidal cast, -- not Positivism, but Agnosticism. The History of Dartmouth College
- Unlike other spiritual traditions, including Gnosticism, Pantheism, and forms of Christian apophasis and via negativa, the Buddhist understanding of oneness does not rely on the monotheistic perception of a centrally located source or an indwelling force or principle that acts to create coherency. Shelley's Golden Wind: Zen Harmonics in _A Defence of Poetry_ and 'Ode to the WestWind'
- Atheism, agnosticism and free thinkers are the products of rational thinking, skeptical inquiry and critical analysis, which severely put religious belief on the defensive. Dr T.P.Chia