New Age MovementReincarnation, auras, and energizing crystals -- surely these are the stuff of fairy tales, nothing more. People don’t really speak to ancient Egyptian holy men, or listen seriously to Shirley MacLaine, for that matter -- do they? Drawing from a range of occult, pagan, and pseudo-scientific traditions, the New Age Movement is broad, diffuse, hard to nail down -- and insidiously dangerous. Its belief in the "divinity of humanity," its emphasis on "self-actualization," and its looking forward to a coming utopian "new world" have tremendous appeal. But does it have the truth? |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 17
Page 7
... reality It is an interpretive frame- work through which or by which one makes sense out of the data of life and the world " ( Norman L Geisler and William Watkins , Worlds Apart : A Handbook on Worldviews [ Grand Rapids : Baker , 1989 ] ...
... reality It is an interpretive frame- work through which or by which one makes sense out of the data of life and the world " ( Norman L Geisler and William Watkins , Worlds Apart : A Handbook on Worldviews [ Grand Rapids : Baker , 1989 ] ...
Page 9
... reality as a unified whole . b . The word itself comes from the Greek word monos ( “ one ” ) . c . Everything in the universe is viewed as composed of the same sub- stance ; all is organically one . As New Ager George Trevelyan puts it ...
... reality as a unified whole . b . The word itself comes from the Greek word monos ( “ one ” ) . c . Everything in the universe is viewed as composed of the same sub- stance ; all is organically one . As New Ager George Trevelyan puts it ...
Page 16
... reality . " ( 1 ) This teaching is seen in such seminars as Lifespring , est , and The Forum.43 ( 2 ) Such seminars are heavily influenced by Eastern mysticism and promise enlightenment regarding one's true potential . ( 3 ) These ...
... reality . " ( 1 ) This teaching is seen in such seminars as Lifespring , est , and The Forum.43 ( 2 ) Such seminars are heavily influenced by Eastern mysticism and promise enlightenment regarding one's true potential . ( 3 ) These ...
Page 17
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
Page 19
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
Contents
6 | |
7 | |
II Theology | 33 |
III Witnessing Tips | 79 |
IV Selected Bibliography | 85 |
V Parallel Comparison Chart | 89 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Acts Age books Age Defined Age movement Age Position Age seminars Age worldview Agers believe Agers say Agers to Support Akashic Records Angeles Anthroposophy Aquarian Gospel Ascended Masters Benjamin Creme Bible Revelation channeling Christian Coming of Christ consciousness core truth cosmic Christ create Creator Cults David Spangler distinct divinity Doctrine Douglas Groothuis Dowling earth Eastern Elizabeth Clare Prophet energy enlightenment Esoteric eternal evil Factors Giving Rise Fritjof Capra Geisler God's Grand Rapids heaven Hindu Holistic Health human potential humankind impersonal incarnation interpretation InterVarsity Press italics added Jesus Christ Jesus taught John karma Luke MacLaine's Maitreya Marilyn Ferguson Matt means meditation Miller monism mystical Notovitch's occult pantheism parables Paul Pervasiveness Quantum Physics reality Refutation of Arguments reincarnation resurrection Ryerson Scripture Second Coming Second Coming Bible Section Shirley MacLaine sins Spangler says spiritual Statistics Support Their Position teaching Testament Theosophy things Trevelyan universe verse word world religions Yahweh York