New Religious Movements & Offshoots
Modern religious movements, syncretic traditions, and offshoots of older religions.
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Eckankar
An NKJV-anchored examination of Eckankar: the religion of "the Light and Sound of God," the Living ECK Master tradition, and the case for the Word made flesh.
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Hare Krishna (ISKCON)
An NKJV-anchored examination of ISKCON (Hare Krishna): Bhaktivedanta Swami's Gaudiya Vaishnavism in the West, and the case for Christ as the only Way.
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Nation of Islam
An NKJV-anchored examination of the Nation of Islam (NOI): its founder, theology, and racial cosmology, and the biblical case for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Raëlian Movement
An NKJV-anchored examination of the Raëlian Movement: its UFO-creator origin myth and the case for Yahweh as Creator and Christ as the Word made flesh.
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Rastafari
An NKJV-anchored examination of Rastafari: its claim that Haile Selassie I is Christ, the Ethiopianist hermeneutic, and the case for Jesus as the only Way.
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Scientology
A respectful, NKJV-anchored examination of Scientology: L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics, the thetan and OT levels, and the biblical case for the gospel of Christ.
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Theosophy
An NKJV-anchored examination of Theosophy: Blavatsky's synthesis of Eastern and Western esotericism, the Mahatmas, and the case for Christ as the only Word.
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Transcendental Meditation
An NKJV-anchored examination of Transcendental Meditation (TM): Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's mantra-based practice, Vedic roots, and the case for prayer in Christ.
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Urantia Movement
An NKJV-anchored examination of The Urantia Book: claimed celestial authorship, expanded cosmology, and the case for the all-sufficient Word of God.