Gnosticism
Early Christian and Jewish religious systems
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| April 23 2025 |
Birger A. Pearson
Passed away
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| 2025 |
Birger A. Pearson
Passed away, leaving behind a substantial legacy in the academic study of early Christianity and Gnosticism.
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| April 16 2025 |
Birger A. Pearson
Pearson passed away at the age of 90.
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| April 16 2025 |
Birger A. Pearson
Died at the age of 90.
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| April 16 2025 |
Birger A. Pearson
Birger A. Pearson passed away, concluding a distinguished academic career in religious studies spanning several decades.
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| March 26 2025 |
Bentley Layton
Passed away on 26 March 2025, concluding a distinguished academic career in Gnostic and Coptic studies.
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| March 26 2025 |
Bentley Layton
Bentley Layton passed away on this date.
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| March 2025 | Presented with the 'Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence' by Princeton Theological Seminary for his research into the development of World Christianity Studies. |
| 2024 | Published two significant works: 'Early South-South Links in the History of World Christianity' and 'A Short History of Christianity beyond the West', continuing his research on global Christian history. |
| 2024 |
Abraxas
Named as a collegiate secret society in the episodic adventure video game Life Is Strange: Double Exposure.
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| 2023 |
Abraxas
Mentioned in the horror movie Late Night with the Devil as part of a fictional cult's mythology.
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| 2023 |
Abraxas
Appears as an antagonist's pseudonym in the South Korean television series My Demon, with a reference to the book Demian.
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| 2022 | Published 'Grundzüge der Außereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte', a comprehensive overview of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America from 1450-2000. |
| 2022 |
Abraxas
Featured as a long-dormant god/demon in the folk horror video game The Excavation of Hob's Barrow, published by Wadjet Eye Games.
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| 2021 |
Alexander J. Mazur
His book 'The Platonizing Sethian background of Plotinus's mysticism' was published posthumously by Brill.
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| 2021 | Republished poetic verse translation of Augustine's Confessions with Royal Jongbloed |
| 2021 | Published edited volume 'Manichaeism and Early Christianity' based on the 2019 Pretoria Congress and Consultation |
| 2021 |
Iamblichus
John M. Dillon & J. O. Urmson published an English translation of 'On General Mathematical Science' through Bloomsbury Publishing.
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| 2021 |
Abraxas
Abraxas appears as the final assassination target in the video game Cruelty Squad, developed by Ville Kallio.
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| 2021 |
Gnosticism in modern times
Neo-Nazis were arrested in the Kankaanpää terrorism arrests, having been inspired by the neo-Gnostic movement and having constructed a shrine with Gnostic symbols and literature.
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| 2020 | Received A-rated fellowship from the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) for the period 2021-2026. |
| 2020 | Published first volume of collected essays 'Mani and Augustine' |
| 2020 | Appointed Senior Fellow at the KFG 'Polycentricity and Plurality of Premodern Christianities' at Frankfurt University's History Department. |
| 2019 | A book edited by Mira Sonntag was published, referencing Koschorke's work on Christianity in global history, print media, and network formation in modern Asia. |
| 2019 | Published research on the 'Christian Patriot' and indigenous-Christian press in colonial India around 1900. |
| 2018 |
Fall of man
David Bentley Hart publishes the essay 'The Devil's March: Creatio ex nihilo, the Problem of Evil, and a Few Dostoyevskian Meditations', further exploring the concept of a meta-historical fall.
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| January 11 2018 |
Jan Valentin Sæther
Jan Valentin Sæther passed away.
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| 2016 | Published a documentary sourcebook on discourses of indigenous-Christian elites in colonial societies in Asia and Africa around 1900. |
| 2016 | A special issue of the Journal of World Christianity was published, highlighting the 'Munich School of World Christianity', which Koschorke is associated with. |
| August 2016 |
Alexander J. Mazur
Passed away in August.
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| 2015 | Reaffirmed as an A-rated fellow of the South African National Research Foundation (NRF). |
| 2014 | Became guest professor at the University of Basel in Switzerland, a position he held until 2018. |
| 2014 | Co-published 'Polycentric Structures in the History of World Christianity', investigating the multi-centered nature of global Christian development. |
| 2013 | Edited volume published: 'Augustine and Manichaean Christianity' based on the 2012 Pretoria conference |
| 2013 | A Festschrift (commemorative publication) was published in honor of Klaus Koschorke for his 65th birthday, edited by Ciprian Burlacioiu and Adrian Hermann, titled 'Veränderte Landkarten' (Changed Maps), focusing on a polycentric history of World Christianity. |
| 2012 | Published 'Phases of Globalization in the History of Christianity', exploring Christianity's globalization from a historical perspective. |
| April 24 2012 | Organized the first South African Conference on Augustine of Hippo at the University of Pretoria |
| 2011 | Festschrift published in his honor: 'In Search of Truth: Augustine, Manichaeism and other Gnosticism: Studies for Johannes van Oort at Sixty' |
| 2010 | Elected as an honorary member of the International Association of Manichaean Studies (IAMS) |
| 2010 | Appointed as guest professor at Liverpool Hope University in the UK. |
| August 2010 |
Alexander J. Mazur
Completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago with a doctoral thesis on 'The Platonizing Sethian Gnostic background of Plotinus' mysticism', supervised by Michael Sells, Kevin Corrigan, and John D. Turner.
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