Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas

In Beyond Belief, renowned religion scholar Elaine Pagels continues her groundbreaking examination of the earliest Christian texts, arguing for an ongoing assessment of faith and a questioning of religious orthodoxy.

Spurred on by personal tragedy and new scholarship from an international group of researchers, Pagels returns to her investigation of the “secret” Gospel of Thomas, and breathes new life into writings once thought heretical. As she arrives at an ever-deeper conviction in her own faith, Pagels reveals how faith allows for a diversity of interpretations, and that the “rogue” voices of Christianity encourage and sustain “the recognition of the light within us all.”

• The Gnostic Gospels
• The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics
• Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation
• Adam, Eve, and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity
• The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts Complete in One Volume
• Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity
• Why Religion?: A Personal Story
• The Gospel of Thomas: The Gnostic Wisdom of Jesus
• The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle
• Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew