Background
Raschke, Carl Allan was born on September 11, 1944 in New York City. Son of Charles Frederick and Grace Evelyn (Van Nostrand) Raschke.
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Painted Black: From Drug Killings to Heavy Metal : The Alarming True Story of How Satanism Is Terrorizing Our Communities
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The Interruption of Eternity: Modern Gnosticism and the Origins of the New Religious Consciousness
(Scholarly but delightfully written for the public, Carl R...)
Scholarly but delightfully written for the public, Carl Raschke's book, The Interruption of Eternity: Modern Gnosticism and the origins of the New Religious Consciousness has demonstrated that the new religious consciousness in America, revealed in new religions, has its counterpart in gnostic tendencies stemming from the second century A.D. to the present. Reflecting the ancient gnostic dualism of spirit and matter, the examples he gives illustrate how in times of social crises and anomie the disdain for this world may result in a search for spiritual reality; a distrust of history, the longing for an eternal now. Bringing together examples both likely and seemingly unlikely, he presents a comprehensive history of this tendency in many movements, ranging from the occult throughout the centuries to Jungian thought, from Shamanism to modern Spiritual ism, from Bergson and Nietzsche to Nazism, and from German Pietism and English Methodism to Christian Science, the Divine Light Mission, the Hare Krishna movements and others.
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Carl Allan Raschke
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Education
Bachelor, Pomona College, 1966; Master of Arts, Graduate Theological Union, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1973.
Career
Staff reporter, Livermore (California) Herald and News, 1967-1968; teaching assistant, U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1970-1971; assistant professor religious studies, U. Denver, 1972-1977; professor religious studies, U. Denver, since 1984; director Institute for the Humanities, U. Denver, since 1987. Member of advisory group on public humanities National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, 1988.
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Works
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The Interruption of Eternity: Modern Gnosticism and the Origins of the New Religious Consciousness
(Scholarly but delightfully written for the public, Carl R...)
- Painted Black: From Drug Killings to Heavy Metal : The Alarming True Story of How Satanism Is Terrorizing Our Communities
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Painted Black: The Chilling True Story of the Wave of Violence Sweeping Through Our Hometowns
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- Theological Thinking: An Inquiry (Aar Studies in Religion)
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The Interruption of Eternity: Modern Gnosticism and the Origins of the New Religious Consciousness
Membership
Senior fellow Independence Institute, Golden, Colorado, since 1986. Columnist Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, 1987-1990. President Omega Foundation, 1981-1984.
Member American Academy Religion (president Denver chapter 1977-1978, editor since 1982), American Philosophical Association, American Association for Advancement Core Curriculum (president), Institute for Advanced Philosophical Research (advisor), Colorado Innovation Society.
Interests
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Married Lorita Elaine Lagiglia, March 2, 1968 (divorced). 1 child, Erik; married Susan Kay Doughty, September 9, 1981.
