The Making of the New Spirituality

The Eclipse of the Western Religious Tradition

By James A. Herrick

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Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 331 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Binding: hardcover
Published: April 2003

ISBN-10: 0-8308-2398-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2398-7
IVP Order Code: 2398

• Surveys new religious trends in Western culture
• Describes a three-hundred-year-long shift in religious attitudes
• Offers unique research into the popular roots of new spirituality
• Comprehensive
• Incisive
• Examines neo-paganism, the paranormal, astrology, nature religion, holistic thinking, New Age
• Describes common elements in new religious philosophy and practice
• Compares and contrasts the new spirituality with Western Judeo-Christian tradition
• Clarifies the choice before contemporary church and society
• A Gold Medallion Award Finalist (Evangelical Christian Publishing Association, 2004)
• On Preaching magazine's 2004 list of "Top Ten Books Every Preacher Should Read"