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The literary critic Harold Bloom distinguishes Christianity from the other two dominant monotheistic religions in his book ''Agon'' by contrasting them with [[Gnosticism]]:

The literary critic Harold Bloom distinguishes Christianity from the other two dominant monotheistic religions in his book ''Agon'' by contrasting them with [[Gnosticism]]:

"Gnosticism polemically is decidedly not a faith, whether in the Christian sense, ''pistis'', a believing that something was, is, and will be so; or in the Hebraic sense, ''emunah'', a trusting in the Covenant.  If religion is a binding, then Gnosticism is an unbinding, but not for the sake of things or persons merely as they are.  Gnostic freedom is a freedom for knowledge, knowledge of what in the self, not in the psyche or soul, is Godlike, and knowledge of God beyond the cosmos.  But also it is a freedom to be known, to be known by God, by what is alien to everything created, by what is alien to and beyond the stars and the cosmic system and our earth."

:"Gnosticism polemically is decidedly not a faith, whether in the Christian sense, ''pistis'', a believing that something was, is, and will be so; or in the Hebraic sense, ''emunah'', a trusting in the Covenant.  If religion is a binding, then Gnosticism is an unbinding, but not for the sake of things or persons merely as they are.  Gnostic freedom is a freedom for knowledge, knowledge of what in the self, not in the psyche or soul, is Godlike, and knowledge of God beyond the cosmos.  But also it is a freedom to be known, to be known by God, by what is alien to everything created, by what is alien to and beyond the stars and the cosmic system and our earth."

Faith is emphasized in Christianity but is unrecognized by the worldview of [[Philosophical skepticism|philosophical skepticism]].

Faith is emphasized in Christianity but is unrecognized by the worldview of [[Philosophical skepticism|philosophical skepticism]].