Book to Refute NewAgeism

[utica]

Hi -

I have a family member heavily caught up in new age religion. She was raised Catholic and has abandoned the faith.

I’m looking for a good book of Catholic apologetics that takes on new ageism.

Any recomendations? It would be an extra bonus if the book was written by Pope Benedict.

Also, please pray that she my find her way back to the Truth.

 

[mercygate]

Don’t know if she would read it but a couple of years ago the Vatican produced an outstanding statement on this, JESUS CHRIST
***THE BEARER OF THE WATER OF LIFE. ***

vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/interelg/documents/rc_pc_interelg_doc_20030203_new-age_en.html

You could read it and move forward from there.

 

[Scott_Waddell]

Goddess Unmasked: The Rise of Neopagan Feminist Spirituality by Philip G. Davis

It is not Catholic, but it does not emphasize non-Catholic/Protestant stuff either. That is, it sticks mainly to refuting paganism using a “mere Christian” model to contrast.

Scott

 

[DeFide]

utica:

Hi -

I have a family member heavily caught up in new age religion. She was raised Catholic and has abandoned the faith.

I’m looking for a good book of Catholic apologetics that takes on new ageism.

Any recomendations? It would be an extra bonus if the book was written by Pope Benedict.

Also, please pray that she my find her way back to the Truth.

The Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Kreeft & Tacelli
(You can check out Kreeft’s writing by Googling “Peter Kreeft featured writing”)

 

[thann]

An excellent and fairly brief book is Moira Noonan’s autobiography, Ransomed From Darkness. It is a real eye-opener. Read it yourself before passing it on. I read it in one sitting before I sent it to my niece, who is also caught up in the lie of the New Age.

I can’t recommend this book highly enough – I am sure it covers all of the deceit your family member is experiencing.

God bless you, and my prayers are with you for her re-conversion.

'thann

 

[utica]

Thanks everyone!

I also found a book at amazon by Fr. Mitch Pacwa, “Catholics and the New Age: How Good People Are Being Drawn into Jungian Psychology, the Enneagram, and the Age of Aquarius.”

Has anyone read it?

 

[WanderAimlessly]

utica:

Thanks everyone!

I also found a book at amazon by Fr. Mitch Pacwa, “Catholics and the New Age: How Good People Are Being Drawn into Jungian Psychology, the Enneagram, and the Age of Aquarius.”

Has anyone read it?

I have and it is excellent. It is a little on the dated side since it was written about a decade ago, but still addresses many of the issues facing the Church today.

PF