concept of dialogue. Most people simply equate the word with discussion and more and more we hear about how the Church should dialogue with the world; but what is dialogue? For someone it means to put aside one’s identity, or rather one’s faith, in the name of a lowest common denominator or the quiet living, a symbol of a Church that compromises with the world watering down its doctrine. In this work I have committed myself to try to demonstrate that dialogue is not a new concept born from the necessity
Elaine Pagels, a professor of religion at Princeton University and a prominent Gnostic scholar, is the author of the 1975 book The Gnostic Paul: Gnostic Exegesis of the Pauline Letters. Her other publications, The Gnostic Gospels, Adam, Eve and the Serpent, The Origin of Satan, and Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas are some of the most substantial works in Gnostic studies to date. Similarly, her Gnostic Paul does not disappoint in the provocative nature of its content and her thorough treatment
everything in it was formed basically by the big bang theory, which doesn’t prioritize humanity as the main purpose of the earth’s creation. With different views of our world, it is to be expected that humanity will have a different take on how we should interpret love, respect, obedience, an ideal world and even an unjust world. Our views differ on what is wrong and what is right based on our ethics, beliefs, personal experiences and values, nature and nurture as well. Humanity has taken the roll