Confronting the New Age: How to Resist a Growing Religious Movement [Paperback]

Douglas R. Groothuis (Author), Walter Martin (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1989

Douglas Groothuis provides strategies for bringing the gospel to New Age followers and for confronting New Age practices which are gaining ground in schools and businesses.

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press (September 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830812237
• ISBN-13: 978-0830812233
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,772,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am a philosopher who serves as Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary and as an Affiliate Faculty at Metropolitan State College of Denver. I have authored two dozen academic papers published in journals such as Religious Studies, Inquiry, Sophia, Philosophia Christi, Think, and Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. I have also published dozens of articles in magazines such as Christianity Today, Books and Culture, The Christian Research Journal, and many others.

I am the author of eleven books:

1. Unmasking the New Age (InterVarsity Press, 1986)
2. Confronting the New Age (InterVarsity Press, 1988)
3. Revealing the New Age Jesus (InterVarsity Press, 1990)
4. Christianity That Counts (Baker Books, 1994)
5. Deceived by the Light (Harvest House, 1995)
6. Jesus in an Age of Controversy (Harvest House, 1996)
7. The Soul in Cyberspace (Baker Books, 1997)
8. Truth Decay (InterVarsity Press, 2000)
9. On Jesus (Wadsworth, 2003)
10. On Pascal (Wadsworth, 2003)
11. Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (InterVarsity Press, 2011)

I also co-edited the volume, In Defense of Natural Theology: A Post-Humean Assessment (InterVarsity Press, 2005) with James Sennett.

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I purchased this book here on amazon used a while back and found it to be extremely well written and in depth, and more relevant than ever in our increasing postmodern culture. It's been a long while since I've read the book, but I recently reread some of Chapter 9, on self esteem and the Christian, because my daughter needed some counseling to help her deal with some trauma she'd experienced. Much of today's "Christian" coounseling is very jungian in nature and open to many worldly and unbiblical ideas. I also strongly agree with the author's view of yoga as much more than just an excuse for physical exercise for Christians. The book touches on yoga on pages 77-79 and 133-34. This book has been very helpful. My wife and I have since found counseling that is truly biblical. Mr. Groothuis has done an excellent job and I would highly recommend this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars AN EVANGELICAL RESEARCHER SUGGESTS HOW TO "CONFRONT" THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT, June 16, 2011

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This review is from: Confronting the New Age: How to Resist a Growing Religious Movement (Paperback)

Douglas R. Groothuis (born 1957) is currently Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary. He is also the author of books such as Unmasking the New Age, Revealing the New Age Jesus: Challenges to Orthodox Views of Christ, Deceived by the Light, Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith, Truth Decay: Defending Christianity Against the Challenges of Postmodernism, etc.

He wrote in the Preface to this 1988 book, "My previous book, 'Unmasking the New Age,' attempted to explain the rise, extent and nature of the New Age movement and to subject it to a Christian critique. 'Confronting the New Age' attempts to build on that foundation by developing strategies for reaching New Agers and confronting New Age cultural advances with the truth of Christianity... Although this book is written primarily for Christians, I hope and pray that those sympathetic with the New Age movement will read it also..."

Here are some additional quotations from the book:

"Journals such as 'Free Inquiry' and 'Skeptical Inquirer' often set their gun sights on extravagant New Age claims and hit the target in exposing their inadequacies. (Of course, for the secular humanist, all spirituality is bogus, and so we also find articles rejecting Christianity as well.)" (Pg. 72)
"Even journals which tend to be New Age in orientation, such as 'The Journal of Humanistic Psychology' and 'The Whole Earth Review' ... will sometimes police their own ranks and print articles critical of various aspects of New Age thought." (Pg. 74)
"A look at 'New Age Magazine' in the 1970s would reveal few, if any, positive articles on American business." (Pg. 156)
"(T)he New Age is a deep cultural trend and not a passing fad... This is no flash in the pantheistic pan. But we do need to take the New Age hype with a few grains of sociological salt." (Pg. 201)