- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Lion Hudson Plc (Sep 21 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0745950604
- ISBN-13: 978-0745950600
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,892,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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According to Ross Clifford Philip Johnson and John Drane in Jesus and the Gods of the New Age, institutional religion seems to be reaching the end of its votive wick and there's a hunger for spirituality at street level that's stronger than ever. Do-it-yourself religion is as popular as B&Q on a Sunday morning, and with celebrity adherents such as Madonna and Richard Gere, it's cool, too.
Clifford and Johnson are Christians who have decided to go on their own search to discover why activities such as yoga, alchemy, astrology, paganism and tarot are becoming so hip. Unlike many ignorant detractors, the authors have set out to listen sympathetically to the stories of today's spiritual searchers, to learn from them and to enter an ongoing conversation with those who have swapped traditional religious belief for their pick 'n' mix alternatives.
The result, therefore, is a highly engaging and thoughtful insight into how Christians might respond to New Age thinking, and how they might better help their own faith to compete in the spiritual marketplace. It is unashamedly evangelistic in its approach--the aim is to "present a practical, field-tested model of how to share your faith and ... apologetically direct conversations towards Jesus' call to discipleship". But the strength of this book lies in the wealth of ordinary examples it presents, in its quest to discover what Jesus means to the post-religious 21st century.
We discover, too, that Christianity has plenty more spiritual connections with everyday life than most of us had realised--and that, in today's spiritual supermarket, it needn't necessarily be left on the shelf. --Brian Draper
Book Description
Today many people are searching for spiritual meaning but for the most part they are not conducting their search anywhere near a church. It is more likely that they are delving into things like alchemy, paganism, gnosicism, tarot, and yoga. In this book, the authors offer help to Christians who want to relate to today's searchers in ways that are meaningful and effective. From their own wide experience of evangelism with New Agers, they share stories of their encounters and give pointers, rooted in the Bible, to the way forward for the Church.
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A WIDE-RANGING SERIES OF "DIALOGUES" ABOUT "NEW AGE" IDEAS, Jun 15 2011
By Steven H. Propp - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Jesus/Gods Of New Spirituality (Paperback)
The authors write in the Introduction to this 2003 book, "Both of us have spent more than a decade witnessing to New Age seekers of the spiritual at psychic fairs and spiritual exhibitions. Being in such unusual venues has not only placed us on the evangelistic coalface but has also touched us in significant ways. After our initial encounters, we quickly realized how unfruitful it is to approach seekers with the objective of debunking, deconstructing, or demonizing their worldview... Amazingly, when we stopped being defensive and began to approach seekers using incarnational principles of mission, we discovered how open many of them are to following Jesus... What distinguishes our book is that it presents a practical, field-tested model of how to share your faith, and demonstrates how you can apologetically direct conversatons towards Jesus' call to discipleship."Here are some additional quotations from the book:
"Matt was keen for us to consider the work of the late Michel Gauquelin (about the "Mars effect")... However, Matt was unaware of the subsequent controversy about the Mars effect... Gaquelin's original research was called into doubt and a bitter dispute ensued between him and his colleagues. Sadly, Gaquelin's loss of reputation led him to destroy his own files, and, after a nervous breakdown, he committed suicide..." (Pg. 100-101)
"While affirming the road to global harmony, there is no neded to lose a belief in a personal Creator God who is distinct from the cosmos." (Pg. 154)
'(T)he near-death traveler is still only on the fringe of the city ... and is yet to fully explore the center... Is there anyone who can guide us through the labyrinth? Is there anyone who has been to the center of town and back? The master, Jesus, is the only one who can guide us through the labyrinth." (Pg. 173)
"As to Jesus being married to Mary Magdalene, there is simply no evidence for this. Their influences from the medieval Grail stories yield an utterly bizarre portrait of Jesus that has no historical support whatsoever." (Pg. 228)
"In this book, we have traversed a wide range of ideas and practices embraced by today's postmodern spiritual seekers. We have recreated conversations we have actually had with seekers to demonstrate their mindsets, and what issues and questions crop up." (Pg. 265)
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