Elaine Pagels, Ph.D. is a faculty member with the Princeton University Department of Religion. Dr. Pagels focuses on the evolution of Jewish and Christian concepts of evil, pluralism, and the story of creation and its role in the development of sexual attitudes in the Christian West. She is the author of The Gnostic Gospels, The Origin of Satan, Adam, Eve and the Serpent and Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas. One of the world's leading and most respected religious scholars, Elaine is one of the rare teachers who speaks with the kind of power and charisma of a Joseph Campbell.

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