New Age Movement in American Culture

Richard Kyle is Professor of History and Religion at Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas.

• The New Age Has Arrived; The New Age and the Occult Tradition; Precursors of the New Age in America; American Society and the New Age; The Modern New Age; New Age Religious and Philosophical Assumptions; Science and Education in the New Age; The New Age Reaches Out - Politics and Economics; The New Age Turns Inward - Salvation through Psychology; Health and Healing in the New Age; The "Pop" New Age - Occult Practices; Evaluating the New Age.

A thoroughly documented and generally reliable assessment of historical roots of New Age influences and the impact they will continue to have on mainstream American life. Christians urgently need to respond to this summons to sharpen their philosophical and theological discernment. -- Gordon R. Lewis, Senior Professor Theology/Philosophy, Denver Seminary and author of Testing Christianity's Truth Claims (UPA) Serious students of the New Age movement will not want to overlook the resources this modest-appearing book has to offer. -- Robert Ellwood, AMERICAN STUDIES A useful reference for libraries, scholars, and students. -- Christel Manning, RELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW This is an excellent introduction to the New Age for anyone with a serious interest. It is a useful guide for EHEers, especially American ones, as it would be most helpful in enabling them to situate themselves within one of the most important spiritual movements of our day. Exceptional Human Experience This is an impressive book. Kyle has done his homework well. An up-to-date, panoramic, accurate look at an important movement that is all-too-frequently misunderstood. -- Elliot Miller, CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL This is an impressive book. Kyle has done his homework well. An up-to-date, panoramic, accurate look at an important movement that is all-too-frequently misunderstood. -- Elliot Miller, CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL A thoroughly documented and generally reliable assessment of historical roots of New Age influences and the impact they will continue to have on mainstream American life. Christians urgently need to respond to this summons to sharpen their philosophical and theological discernment. -- Gordon R. Lewis, Senior Professor Theology/Philosophy, Denver Seminary and author of Testing Christianity's Truth Claims (UPA) Serious students of the New Age movement will not want to overlook the resources this modest-appearing book has to offer. -- Robert Ellwood, AMERICAN STUDIES A useful reference for libraries, scholars, and students. -- Christel Manning, RELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW This is an excellent introduction to the New Age for anyone with a serious interest. It is a useful guide for EHEers, especially American ones, as it would be most helpful in enabling them to situate themselves within one of the most important spiritual movements of our day. Exceptional Human Experience