{"id":314,"date":"2022-04-25T10:50:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T10:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theologicka-revue.cz\/?p=314"},"modified":"2023-06-28T08:44:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T08:44:23","slug":"gnoze-a-janovske-krestanstvi-jako-analyticke-kategorie-aneb-podle-plodu-jejich-poznate-je","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologicka-revue.cz\/index.php\/2022\/04\/25\/gnoze-a-janovske-krestanstvi-jako-analyticke-kategorie-aneb-podle-plodu-jejich-poznate-je\/","title":{"rendered":"GN\u00d3ZE A JANOVSK\u00c9 K\u0158ES\u0164ANSTV\u00cd JAKO ANALYTICK\u00c9 KATEGORIE ANEB \u201ePODLE PLOD\u016e JEJICH POZN\u00c1TE JE\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magdal\u00e9na Vytla\u010dilov\u00e1<\/h4>\n

Ji\u0159\u00ed Gebelt<\/h4>\n

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GNOSIS AND JOHANNINE CHRISTIANITY AS ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE<\/strong>
\nCREATION AND USE OF CATEGORIES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abstract:<\/strong> We propose a conception of social scientific categories based on a critical reflection and
\ndiscussion of two categories used in the study of early Christianity and the religion of late antiquity:
\nGnosticism and Johannine Christianity. We evaluate three recent theoretical discussions regarding
\nthe category of Gnosticism: the issue of the analytical inaccuracy of the category (M. A. Williams),
\nderiving and using of categories that are based on the self-designation of the analysed subject (B.
\nLayton, D. Brakke) and finally the negative connotations of the category (K. L. King). Since there
\nis minimal theoretical (meta)reflection on the category of Johannine Christianity in Johannine
\nresearch, we critically define the problems of prevailing unreflected consensus (e.g. R. E. Brown or
\nR. Hakola).
\nEach sub-point generates questions of a general nature, which we address in the next part of the
\ntext. We present the answers in the following structure: first, we deal with how we create categories;
\nthen, with their status; and finally, we focus on how we work with categories and according to what
\ncriteria we evaluate them.
\nWe summarised the results as follows: Adequate legitimate analytical categories are those that
\nare of the second order, i.e. they are not primarily based on self-labelling \/ self-understanding,
\nthey are not understood as true or false representations of reality, but as utilitarian schemes to
\nunderstand a fact, and they are appropriately defined and justified.
\nConcerning the fragmentary nature and number of preserved sources used in the study of early
\nChristianity, such a concept has several advantages. Ad 1) The categories of the analysis are
\nseparated from the potentially normative first order categories. Ad 2) Although we strive for the
\nmost adequate knowledge\/grasp of the researched facts, we are aware that the data we work
\nwith do not have any independent existence, but their form depends on what conceptual tools we
\nuse. Ad 3) The interpretation of a specific material without a proper and reflected definition of the
\ncategory easily results in ideological distortion. E.g. the category Johannine Christianity distorts the
\nsources (in our case, John\u2018s corpus) and distorts the broader interpreted context (early Christianity).
\nTherefore, not correctly defining the researcher\u2018s category to analyse a group of texts can have farreaching
\nconsequences for interpreting other texts.<\/p>\n

Keywords:<\/strong> Gnosticism; Johannine Christianity; early Christianity; category formation<\/p>\n

THEOLOGICAL REVIEW, Vol. 92, 2021, No. 2, Number of Article 1, p. 120 \u2013 149.
\nDOI:<\/strong> 10.14712\/12117617.92.2.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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