New Thought

by Anderson, C. Alan; Whitehouse, Deborah G.

• ISBN13: 9781410701725
• ISBN10: 1410701727
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Authorhouse

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction to Revised Edition	xvii
1. What Is New Thought?	1	(12)
2. Philosophical and Organizational Aspects of New Thought	13	(36)
Is There a Metaphysician in the House?	14	(6)
A Brief Gallop Through History	20	(4)
Where It All Began: Phineas Parkhurst Quimby	24	(7)
Spreading the Word: Warren Felt Evans	31	(2)
Diverting the Stream: Mary Baker Eddy	33	(2)
The Movement Forms: Emma Curtis Hopkins	35	(1)
Divine Science	36	(1)
Unity	37	(2)
Religious Science/Science of Mind	39	(4)
Seicho-No-Ie	43	(2)
Other New Thought Groups	45	(1)
Bringing It Together: The International New Thought Alliance	46	(3)
3. Religious Background of New Thought	49	(30)
Religion and Spirituality	49	(1)
The Spiritual-Mystical and the Occult	50	(7)
Breeds of God	57	(3)
Religion in the United States	60	(3)
New Thought as Reformation	63	(1)
Just Do What the Man Said	64	(3)
Believe in Jesus or Believe Jesus?	67	(1)
Healing Within Traditional Churches	68	(3)
Blending of New Thought Techniques and Revivalist Christianity	71	(2)
Solving the Problem of Evil	73	(2)
Reclaiming Mysticism and Putting It to Work	75	(1)
Doing It in Stages	76	(3)
4. New Thought Expands: From Health to Wealth and Happiness	79	(18)
I Want to Be Happy	82	(1)
New Thought and Prosperity	83	(8)
New Thought in Business	91	(1)
New Thought in Church	92	(5)
5. New Thought and New Age	97	(28)
New What?	97	(5)
What's in a Name?	102	(1)
Old and New New Age	103	(2)
Proto-New Age: the	105	(2)
New Age Demographics	107	(2)
New Age Interests and Activities	109	(3)
But Will It Last?	112	(1)
Similarities Between New Age and New Thought	113	(4)
And Differences	117	(3)
The Ever-Present Critics	120	(2)
Summary	122	(3)
6. Something New in New Thought	125	(40)
God's Job Description and Yours	125	(1)
Not-So-Common Sense	125	(2)
Paradigm Shifts: Revolutions of Thought	127	(5)
Alternatives to Postmodernism: Primordialism/Perennialism	132	(4)
Getting Personal	136	(2)
Alternatives to Postmodernism: What's Behind Door #2	138	(4)
Pantheism and Panentheism	142	(5)
Process New Thought	147	(1)
Laws	147	(2)
The Golden Calf of Active Law	149	(1)
Why God Cannot Be Law	150	(5)
Don't Ride the Epicycles	155	(1)
Demythologize or Die, at Least Intellectually	155	(1)
A Doctrinal Updating Through the Open Top	156	(1)
Healing	157	(1)
Other Advantages of Process New Thought	158	(1)
Recapitulation	159	(6)
7. Growing Practical Application of New Thought	165	(18)
Critics and Corrections	165	(4)
Recovering the Missing Ingredient	169	(2)
Self-Discipline, Mastery, and Freedom	171	(5)
Creeping into the Culture	176	(2)
Change Your Thinking for the Gipper	178	(1)
A Digression About Depression	179	(2)
It's Not Just for Sunday Any More	181	(2)
8. New Thought in Practice	183	(24)
Support for New Thought from Psychology	184	(7)
Get the Picture	191	(2)
New Thought and Economics	193	(3)
Getting Through the Day	196	(4)
Specific Techniques	200	(7)
9. Sky-Blue Expressions: An Affirmative Summary of Who I Am	207	(8)
Bibliography	215	(14)
About the Authors	229