Philip L Tite
Biographic Data
| ID | 5670085 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip L Tite |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip L |
| FAMILY NAME | Tite |
| SIGNATURE | TITE P L |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3352-8851 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
It’s Not So Secret Anymore
Editor's introduction to the issue on the special theme "The Study of Christian Apocrypha". Offers an overview of recent trends in the study of Christian apocrypha, brief summary of each article in the issue, and sets forth several recommendations for future research. The editorial introduction closes with a personal farewell and notes of appreciation, as this is his final editorial introduction as editor of the journal
Transgression and Countercultural Gnosticism
This review essay presents and critically engages April DeConick’s The Gnostic New Age, thereby elucidating a series of theoretical problems currently facing the study of Gnosticism and ancient religion more broadly. Notably, a post-theoretical shift—identified as pervasive in the field of religious studies in the 2010s—has emerged in recent Gnostic studies, a shift that has failed to embrace the critical insights offered by Michael Williams (199…
Expressive Violence
The Apocryphal Epistle to the Laodiceans
Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse
This dissertation sets out to determine the social function of paraenesis ("moral exhortation") within Valentinian Christianity. In order to explicate this social function, this study places the discussion within the context of ancient rhetorical practices of ethical admonition; i.e., how did paraenetic discursive practices act as rhetorical devices for affecting social formation? In order to establish the function of paraenesis, it is necessary …
The Two-Way Schema in Valentinian Paraenesis
An Exploration of Valentinian Paraenesis
Over the past twenty-five years, the social and ethical aspects of Gnosticism have won increased attention. Scholars have tended to shift away from phenomenological approaches to Gnosticism, which maintained a strict demarcation between ethics and cosmological speculation. Rather, scholars have increasingly recognized and explored social ethics within the various “Gnosticisms” that flourished in the second to fourth centuries, focusing on particu…
Naming or defining? On the necessity of reduction in religious studies
Although debate continues over the place of reductionist and non‐reductionist approaches within the academic study of religion, much of the debate falters due to a failure to appreciate the necessity of ‘understanding’ for the effectiveness of ‘explaining’ cultural phenomena. This article addresses this very problem, reassessing the role of the insider within a methodological reductionist approach within religious studies. Assessing the delimitat…
For the Children, Perfect Instruction
Jesus Through Jewish Eyes
Categorical Designations and Methodological Reductionism
Debate continues between reductionists and non-reductionists over sui generis discourse within the academic study of religion. In this article, Gnosticism is explored as a case study for applying methodological reductionism to categorical designations. Metaphysical reductionist approaches to Gnosticism have been present in the field, rendering "Gnosticism" as a transhistorical phenomenon which is irreducible to social scientific methods. After di…
The Nag Hammadi Library after Fifty Years
floating place," is insightful and intriguing; Mason and Klassen both put Josephus to the test by using archaeological data).Donaldson and Wilson both explore artifactual data in such a way as to raise the question of where we draw the boundary between "text" and "non-text"-are ossuary inscriptions (Donaldson) and epigraphic evidence (Wilson) textual or non-textual, or somehow both and neither?These essays vary in their strengths and weaknesses, …
Text and Artifact in the Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity
Gnosticism, Taxonomies and the Sui Generis Debate
(2000). Gnosticism, Taxonomies and the Sui Generis Debate: A Response to the Rennie—McCutcheon Exchange. Religion: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 65-67
The Mystery of Manna
Categorical Designations and Methodological Reductionism
Debate continues between reductionists and non-reductionists over sui generis discourse within the academic study of religion. In this article, Gnosticism is explored as a case study for applying methodological reductionism to categorical designations. Metaphysical reductionist approaches to Gnosticism have been present in the field, rendering "Gnosticism" as a transhistorical phenomenon which is irreducible to social scientific methods. After di…
Gnosticism, Taxonomies and the Sui Generis Debate
(2000). Gnosticism, Taxonomies and the Sui Generis Debate: A Response to the Rennie—McCutcheon Exchange. Religion: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 65-67
Gnosticism, Taxonomies and the Sui Generis Debate
(2000). Gnosticism, Taxonomies and the Sui Generis Debate: A Response to the Rennie—McCutcheon Exchange. Religion: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 65-67
The Mystery of Manna
Categorical Designations and Methodological Reductionism
Debate continues between reductionists and non-reductionists over sui generis discourse within the academic study of religion. In this article, Gnosticism is explored as a case study for applying methodological reductionism to categorical designations. Metaphysical reductionist approaches to Gnosticism have been present in the field, rendering "Gnosticism" as a transhistorical phenomenon which is irreducible to social scientific methods. After di…
The Nag Hammadi Library after Fifty Years
floating place," is insightful and intriguing; Mason and Klassen both put Josephus to the test by using archaeological data).Donaldson and Wilson both explore artifactual data in such a way as to raise the question of where we draw the boundary between "text" and "non-text"-are ossuary inscriptions (Donaldson) and epigraphic evidence (Wilson) textual or non-textual, or somehow both and neither?These essays vary in their strengths and weaknesses, …
Text and Artifact in the Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity
Jesus Through Jewish Eyes
An Exploration of Valentinian Paraenesis
Over the past twenty-five years, the social and ethical aspects of Gnosticism have won increased attention. Scholars have tended to shift away from phenomenological approaches to Gnosticism, which maintained a strict demarcation between ethics and cosmological speculation. Rather, scholars have increasingly recognized and explored social ethics within the various “Gnosticisms” that flourished in the second to fourth centuries, focusing on particu…
Naming or defining? On the necessity of reduction in religious studies
Although debate continues over the place of reductionist and non‐reductionist approaches within the academic study of religion, much of the debate falters due to a failure to appreciate the necessity of ‘understanding’ for the effectiveness of ‘explaining’ cultural phenomena. This article addresses this very problem, reassessing the role of the insider within a methodological reductionist approach within religious studies. Assessing the delimitat…
For the Children, Perfect Instruction
The Two-Way Schema in Valentinian Paraenesis
Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse
This dissertation sets out to determine the social function of paraenesis ("moral exhortation") within Valentinian Christianity. In order to explicate this social function, this study places the discussion within the context of ancient rhetorical practices of ethical admonition; i.e., how did paraenetic discursive practices act as rhetorical devices for affecting social formation? In order to establish the function of paraenesis, it is necessary …
The Apocryphal Epistle to the Laodiceans
Expressive Violence
It’s Not So Secret Anymore
Editor's introduction to the issue on the special theme "The Study of Christian Apocrypha". Offers an overview of recent trends in the study of Christian apocrypha, brief summary of each article in the issue, and sets forth several recommendations for future research. The editorial introduction closes with a personal farewell and notes of appreciation, as this is his final editorial introduction as editor of the journal
Transgression and Countercultural Gnosticism
This review essay presents and critically engages April DeConick’s The Gnostic New Age, thereby elucidating a series of theoretical problems currently facing the study of Gnosticism and ancient religion more broadly. Notably, a post-theoretical shift—identified as pervasive in the field of religious studies in the 2010s—has emerged in recent Gnostic studies, a shift that has failed to embrace the critical insights offered by Michael Williams (199…
Philosophy (12 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (7 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (7 works) · History (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Art (4 works)