Unmasking the New Age by Douglas Groothuis

by Douglas Groothuis

What is the New Age movement? Is it a conspiracy? What can Christians do about it?In the last ten years the New Age has shifted out of the counterculture into the mainstream of society. Today its effects are felt in almost every aspect of life--medicine, politics, science, psychology and even religion.--Fortune 500 corporations routinely send their managers to New Age seminars to expand their minds and increase productivity.--Entertainer Shirley MacLaine has written two best-selling books that chronicle her conversion to the New Age.--Doctors and therapists increasingly employ healing techniques that are based on pantheistic principles.--Even advertisers on radio and television, in tune with New Age ideas, are telling us that we have unlimited potential.Douglas Groothuis explains how the New Age combines Eastern mysticism with Western optimism and why it has become so popular. His thorough, biblical analysis helps Christians know how to respond to this aggressive movement.

Genres: New Age, Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Cults

Paperback

First published January 24, 1986

About the author

Douglas Groothuis (PhD, University of Oregon) is professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary in Denver, Colorado, where he heads the Apologetics and Ethics masters degree program. His articles have been published in professional journals such as Religious Studies, Philosophia Christi, Themelios, Christian Scholar's Review, Inquiry, and Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. He has written numerous books, including Christian Apologetics and, most recently Philosophy in Seven Sentences.

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dr. Douglas Groothuis’s 1986 treaties on the New Age is proving itself to be an overall timeless resource on the New Age. This book chronicles where the thought for New Age beliefs comes from, the history of New Age’s introduction into the west, and where New Age beliefs are making its way into the secular and sacred spaces of the West. The work that Groothuis did back in 1986 has held up in it’s overall content. There are some references to the New Age’s popularizers that may be obscure for most readers today in 2020. And yet that information will still be helpful for historical purposes and study.
If readers are looking to begin their study into the history and thinking of the New Age, Unmasking the New Age will help anyone begin to understand New Age thought and where the thinking falls short.

[Gabe Chaves · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good refrence book. Not entertaining as a sitdown and read through book. Still good to have.

[Leabelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I don't agree with everything the author has to say, this is probably the best book I have read about the New Age Movement and its informants.

[Dr Rick · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent treatise on the New Age and the Biblical connotations involved.

[Sean McGowan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little dated, but good book.

[Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm most certain I've read this one twice as well.