Conversations: Doug Groothuis on Meditation and New Age Spirituality
Summary
Meditation and yoga are major parts of the mainstream culture in the West today. While only a few decades ago, they were only in the counter-culture revolution of the 60s and 70s. These practices do not originate in the Western mind but are the products of Eastern religions that were imported to the West. Yoga, meditation, and other Eastern mystic assumptions were imported and rebranded as health disciplines. Nevertheless, these practices still come with worldview implications that Christians must discern. Dr. Douglas Groothuis joins us on this episode of Filter to talk about the dangers of New Age practices and how to discern them. He shares with us the history of how these worldviews were imported and assimilated into mainstream American culture. Dr. Groothuis also shares where to spot some of these ideas which have seeped into the church. Douglas Groothuis is an expert in Eastern religions and New Age spirituality. He has been researching and writing on these topics since the 1970s. He’s the author of three books on these issues—Unmasking the New Age (1986), Confronting the New Age (1988), and Jesus In An Age of Controversy (2002). He has also contributed numerous other articles and essays on these topics to both scholarly and academic publications. Dr. Groothuis is Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary. Check out the full show notes for highlights and resources from this episode: https://www.aaronshamp.com/podcast/2021/4/2/filter-conversations-doug-groothuis-on-meditation-and-new-age-spirituality SUPPORT THIS PODCAST: PayPal: https://paypal.me/AaronShamp?locale.x=en_US Venmo: @AaronShamp Cash App: $AaronShamp –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Track: Perseverance — Land of Fire [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/Ue48lJLVA30Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/perseverance–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/filterpodcast/messageMeditation and yoga are major parts of the mainstream culture in the West today. While only a few decades ago, they were only in the counter-culture revolution of the 60s and 70s. These practices do not originate in the Western mind but are the products of Eastern religions that were imported to the West. Yoga, meditation, and other Eastern mystic assumptions were imported and rebranded as health disciplines. Nevertheless, these practices still come with worldview implications that Christians must discern.
Dr. Douglas Groothuis joins us on this episode of Filter to talk about the dangers of New Age practices and how to discern them. He shares with us the history of how these worldviews were imported and assimilated into mainstream American culture. Dr. Groothuis also shares where to spot some of these ideas which have seeped into the church.
Douglas Groothuis is an expert in Eastern religions and New Age spirituality. He has been researching and writing on these topics since the 1970s. He’s the author of three books on these issues—Unmasking the New Age (1986), Confronting the New Age (1988), and Jesus In An Age of Controversy (2002). He has also contributed numerous other articles and essays on these topics to both scholarly and academic publications. Dr. Groothuis is Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary.
Check out the full show notes for highlights and resources from this episode: https://www.aaronshamp.com/podcast/2021/4/2/filter-conversations-doug-groothuis-on-meditation-and-new-age-spirituality
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