Cover and pages have some wear; pages appear to be unmarked aside from writing on inside front cover; pages are lightly age-toned. ISBN 0830812237
Confronting the New Age: How to Resist a Growing Religious Movement is a 1988 book by Christian philosopher Douglas R. Groothuis that serves as a strategic guide for Christians to identify, critique, and witness to adherents of the New Age movement. Building on his earlier work Unmasking the New Age, this book focuses on practical application rather than just definition.
Key aspects of the book include:
-Strategic Witnessing: It provides methods for bringing the Christian gospel to New Age followers and engaging in respectful dialogue. -Cultural Identification: Groothuis helps readers identify New Age influences in various sectors, including business seminars, public schools, pop psychology, biofeedback therapy, and visualization techniques. -Theological Critique: The book argues that the New Age movement, which combines Eastern mysticism with Western optimism, is a distinct religious threat that contradicts biblical -Christianity. It challenges concepts like pantheism, the divinity of the self, and religious syncretism. -Practical Advice: It offers sound suggestions for discerning New Age elements in media, music, and education, urging Christians to resist the movement's growing cultural tide.
