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True or false?Thinking correctly about new spiritualityMumbo-jumbo, etc…TRUE OR FALSE? ‘Have you noticed the New Age section in your local chain bookshop getting bigger by the month — hundreds of books on witchcraft and the worship of the goddess, the self, animals and nature?’ Is it significant? Have you ever thought about what worldview lies behind films like Lion King or Star Wars? Does it matter if the distinction between humans and animals is increasingly blurred? How should Christians feel about meditation or alternative medicine? You’ll have to read Peter Jones’s short booklet to find out! In it, he urges his readers to recognise new spirituality for what it is — paganism. He identifies the five main views of new spirituality and shows how they are utterly opposed to Christian truth. I was particularly interested in the section highlighting the gradual erosion of many God-given distinctions (between humans and animals, also between traditional family and alternate family structures, for example). The language is not at all complicated but I found I had to read it a few times to get my head round some of the concepts. It is helpful and thought provoking and would suit students or adults who are prepared to think! Mary Davis, © Evangelicals Now - May 2008 |