Southern Evangelical Seminary New Religious Movements Professor Richard G. Howe, Ph.D. Introduction to New Religious Movements (pdf) The Marks of a Cult (pdf) Mormonism 01 Organization and Origin of the Mormon Church (pdf) 02 Mormonism and the Marks of a Cult (pdf) 03 Convince Us of Our Errors (pdf) Jehovah’s Witnesses 01 Jehovah’s Witnesses (pdf) 02 Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Marks of a Cult (pdf) 03 Hell (pdf) Occultism 01 Introduction: A Christian Perspective on the Occult (pdf) 02 Extreme Occultism - Satanism (pdf) 03 Moderate Occultism - Witchcraft (pdf) 04 Mainstream Occultism - New Age Movement Pt. a. Introduction (pdf) Pt. b. How Is the New Age Movement Affecting Society? Self-Improvement / Self-Motivation (pdf) Pt. c. How Is the New Age Movement Affecting Society? Corporate World; Education; Medicine; (pdf) Pt. d. How Is the New Age Movement Affecting Society? Government; Science; Media; Religion (pdf) 05 “Christian” Occultism - The Word of Faith Movement Pt. a. Prolegomena (pdf) Pt. b. Spiritual Law (pdf) Pt. c. The Force (pdf) Pt. d. Words of Power (pdf) Pt. e. Godhood (pdf) Readings for AP 502 and AP 802 Mormonism Primary Readings in Mormonism LeGrand Richards - A Marvelous Work and a Wonder LDS "What the Mormons Think of Christ" Bruce R. McConkie - Mormon Doctrine: "Melchizedek Priesthood" "Mother in Heaven" "Restoration of the Gospel" "Salvation by Grace" Christian Critiques of Mormonism Richard G. Howe - Convince Us of Our Errors Richard G. Howe - Mormonism's Plan of Salvation Jehovah's Witnesses Primary Readings in Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower - Should You Believe in the Trinity? Watchtower - What Must I Do to Be Saved? "What Must I Do to Be Saved?" "What We Must Do to Be Saved" Watchtower - A Divided Church: Can It Survive? "A Divided Church: How Bad Is It?" "A Divided Church: Can It Survive?" "At Which Table Are You Feeding?" Watchtower - Is the Bible Open to Just Any Interpretation? Insights on the Scriptures - "God's Active Force: Holy Spirit" Christian Critiques of Jehovah's Witnesses Richard G. Howe - The Trinity Richard G. Howe - Hell The First and the Last Excerpt from Harner, Philip B. "Qualitative Anarthrous Nouns: Mark 15:39 and John 1:1. Journal of Biblical Literature 92 (1973): 75-87. The Occult Extreme Occultism: Satanism Primary Readings: Satanism none Christian Critiques of Satanism Richard G. Howe, "Satanism: A Taste of the Dark Side" Moderate Occultism: Witchcraft Primary Readings: Satanism none Christian Critiques of Witchcraft Richard G. Howe, "Witchcraft: It May Not Be What You Think" Mainstream Occultism: New Age Movement/Freemasonry Primary Readings in the New Age Movement/Freemasonry Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose Select New Age Readings: Deepak Chopra Interview - "What's Deepak's Secret;” Matthew Fox Interview - "The Sounds of Silence;" Helen Schucman - A Course in Miracles; Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich Masony The Holy Bible: Masonic Edition Title page; "The Great Light in Masonry;" "Charge to Master Masons;" "The Bible in Masonry;" "Scriptural Quotations and Allusions in the Masonic Ritual;" Albert G. Mackey - An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry "Royal Art;" Manley P. Hall - The Secret Teachings of All Ages "Freemasonic Symbolism" Christian Critiques of the New Age/Freemasonry Montenegro, Marcia "A New Earth, Ancient Deception: An Evaluation of Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. Montenegro, Marcia "Deepak Chopra's Third Jesus: The Persistent New Age Jesus." Richard G. Howe - "Some Concerns about Holistic Medicine" Richard G. Howe - "Response to a Critic" Richard G. Howe - "Does the Bible Teach Reincarnation?" "Christian" Occultism: The Word of Faith Movement/Aberrant Theology Primary Readings in the Word of Faith Movement/Aberrant Theology Kenneth Copeland - The Laws of Prosperity Paul Yonggi Cho - The Fourth Dimension William DeArteaga - Quenching the Spirit "Contemplative Spirituality: A Shalem Senior Staff Monograph." Thomas Keating - "Resting in God's Presence." Christian Critiques of Word of Faith Movement/Aberrant Theology Montenegro, Marcia "Contemplative Prayer: Is it Really Prayer?" Multi Media (including some not covered in class) Benny Hinn Words and Witchcraft (mp3) On the Trinty (mp3) (wmv) God made man little gods (mp3) Hank Hanegraaff’s Response to Benny Hinn and Hinn’s Rejoinder (mp3) Kenneth Copeland Adam was God in the flesh (mp3) The force of faith (with Paul Crouch) (mp3) (wmv) God is 6’ 2” and weighs 200 pounds (mp3) Kenneth Copeland could have done what Jesus did (mp3) You don’t have a god in you. You are one. (mp3) Casey Treat Creflo Dollar The force of faith Pt. 1 (wmv) The force of Faith, Pt. 2 (wmv) Morris Curelo/John Avanzini Paul Crouch Collateral Readings for AP 502 and AP 802 James Trefil, “Physics Demystified” Science Digest (April 1983): 94-95.