"Wright says both theologies (the gnostic gospels and the left behind novels) cultivate a "private spirituality" where Christians are encouraged to forget Jesus' prayer that his followers work toward bringing the "kingdom come on earth." Why address global warming if the world is going to be wasted anyway?
"In both cases, you have this underlying motivation of leaving the world behind," he says of Gnosticism and the Left Behind novels."
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