
New Age Movement: Spiritual but Lost
By Dr. Venkat PotanaLength7h 27m
About this audiobook
This book, New Age Movement: Spiritual but Lost, by Dr. Venkat Potana is a timely and deeply engaging exploration of one of the most influential spiritual shifts shaping the modern world. With clarity and narrative strength, Dr. Potana traces how New Age thought, manifestation culture, energy spirituality, and therapeutic religion have moved from niche subcultures into mainstream life, quietly reshaping how people understand truth, identity, and the search for meaning
Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length7 hrs 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 15, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Welcome Note
59Therapy Culture
2Preface
60Education
3Introduction
61Hollywood
4Chapter 1: Spiritually Restless
62Social Media Algorithms
5The Quiet Crisis of Modern Life
63Influencer Spirituality
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6Distrust Toward Institutions
64Chapter 9: Spirituality in the Church
7Spiritual but Not Religious
65Motivational Christianity
8The Mental Health and Identity Crisis
66Emotionalism
9New Spiritual Marketplace
67Self-Help Gospel
10The Human Search for Meaning
68Prosperity Overlap
11Biblical Reflection on Human Restlessness
69Therapeutic Preaching
12Conclusion
70Experience-Centered Spirituality
13Chapter 2: When the Self Became Sacred
71Celebrity Church Culture
14Expressive Individualism
72Chapter 10: The Crisis of Discernment
15Self-Spirituality and the Turn Inward
73Biblical Illiteracy
16Self-Discovery Culture
74Emotional Authority
17Emotional Authority
75Deconstruction Culture
18Therapeutic Spirituality
76Confusion About Truth
19Chapter 3: Modern Spiritual Marketplace
77Relativism
20Yoga Spirituality
78PART IV — DISCERNMENT IN A CONFUSED AGE
21Crystals
79Chapter 11: Counterfeit Light
22TikTok Spirituality
80False Spirituality
23Manifestation Culture
81Counterfeit Transcendence
24Influencers
82Deception
25The Wellness Industry
83Spiritual Warfare
26Chapter 4: The Roots of New Age Thought
84Biblical Discernment
27Theosophy
85Testing Spirits
28Eastern Spirituality Enters America
86Conclusion
29The Occult Revival
87Chapter 12: Why People Stay
30The Human Potential Movement
88Emotional Comfort
31The New Thought Movement
89Identity Attachment
32California Spirituality
90Spiritual Addiction
33Oprah Spirituality
91Community Needs
34Social Media Evolution
92Meaning Structures
35Chapter 5: Manifestation and Inner Power
93Chapter 13: Truth Without Fear
36Law of Attraction
94Compassion
37Consciousness Ideology
95Apologetics
38Vibration Language
96Listening
39Energy Spirituality
97Humility
40Positive Confession Culture
98Avoiding Arrogance
41Attraction Thinking
99Cultural Engagement
42Chapter 6: Signs and Synchronicities
100Conclusion
43Angel Numbers
101PART V — THE GOSPEL AND THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH
44Synchronicity
102Chapter 14: Jesus and the Hungry Soul
45Spirit Guides
103Thirst for Transcendence
46Channeling
104Grace vs Self-Salvation
47Tarot
105Christ-Centered Spirituality
48Paranormal Fascination
106Relationship vs Technique
49The Spiritual Logic of Signs
107Gospel Hope
50Chapter 7: Healing Without the Healer
108Conclusion
51Reiki
109Chapter 15: A Church That Shines in the Dark
52Chakra
110Rebuilding Discernment
53Trauma Spirituality
111Deep Discipleship
54Meditation Movements
112Theological Formation
55Mindfulness Secularism
113Truth and Love
56Embodied Spirituality
114Evangelism in Spiritual Culture
57Chapter 8: How New Age Thinking Entered American Culture
115The Future of the Church
58Corporations
116Conclusion: The Search Itself: Explore Related Books