The Infiltration of the New Age [Paperback]

J. Yutaka Amano (Author), Norman L. Geisler (Author)

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Publication Date: July 1989

The authors show that New Age thought indeed influences TV, movies, music, and books. Working from a firm biblical base, they critique the movement itself and also the sometimes-misguided Christian responses to it.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Pub (July 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 084231606X
• ISBN-13: 978-0842316064
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,995,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars TWO EVANGELICAL RESEARCHERS LOOK AT THE "NEW AGE", June 16, 2011

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This review is from: The Infiltration of the New Age (Paperback)

at the time this 1989 book was written, J. Yukata Amano was a free-lance writer, who had also co-written The Reincarnation Sensation and Religion of the force with Dr. Norman Geisler (b. 1932), who is a very prominent Christian apologist and philosopher.

They write in the first chapter, "What exactly is this New Age movement? What do they believe? How are they organized? How do they feel about Christians and the Bible? What do they intend to accomplish, and how successful have they been so far? Is there a New Age conspiracy underway? These questions and more will be answered throughout this book."

Here are some additional quotations from the book:

"As bad as the psychology of selfism is, many persons, in their zeal to refute New Age psychology, ironically find themselves backing into a kind of New Age view of God. In an overreaction to the psychology of selfism, Hunt and McMahon (in The Seduction of Christianity: Spiritual Discernment in the Last Days) seem to reject any notion of self-esteem... There is no room for a middle ground, according to Hunt and McMahon... Forgoing a balanced view of self-esteem, Hunt and McMahon seem to have come full circle." (Pg. 53)

"We should not reject psychology in total and deny the truths discovered in the field. As noted earlier, God reveals truth through general revelation too. Rather, we must steer a middle course between exalting the field of psychology and rejecting its findings completely." (Pg. 74)

"Determine whether or not the (holistic health) practice is inherently unbiblical. For example, even though many occultists use acupuncture, it does not follow that acupuncture is an occult technique. Many occultists also brush their teeth, but this does not make dental hygiene satanic." (Pg. 84)

"Much Christian energy is unnecessarily spent on political conspiracy theories, looking for invisible governments, and trying to identify the coming Antichrist. This is unbiblical, unfruitful, and unnecessary." (Pg. 100)