Jeffrey Burton Russell

Heaven is not simply a theological, literary, or artistic phenomenon. It is experiential: in moments of play, of love, of passion, of unity, of selfless giving, of freedom, of being moved by music or art, in our urge to compassion, to surrendering”in all these we sense heaven. Occasionally a . . . . Continue Reading »

The Origin Of Satan . By Elaine Pagels. Random House. 214 pages, $23 . Elaine Pagels, Professor of Religion at Princeton, is a distinguished scholar of Gnosticism and of the Nag Hammadi texts in particular. She is the author of a number of books, notably the well-known Gnostic Gospels (1979) and . . . . Continue Reading »