The information on this page is excerpted from the site (9/3/05):
This site is currently not available so for your information I have provided quotes below. I do not endorse this page but provide it as a source to recognize disguised versions of New Thought that have come into Evangelical Christianity. Jim B.
| Unity/Divine Science-Related New Thought Denominations and Outlooks | Overall Organizations | Religious Science-Related New Thought Denominations and Outlooks |
| New Thought Fillmore-style: the Unity
family of beliefs and organizations Unity School of Christianity and Assn. of Unity Churches, incl. directory of member churches; Unity-Progressive Council; World Federation of Unity Churches; and Universal Foundation for Better Living (derived from Unity, by way of C.U.T.) | International
New Thought Alliance (INTA)
INTA
Archives
2003 INTA CONGRESS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
| New Thought Holmes-style: the Religious
Science (Science of Mind) family of beliefs and organizations United Church of Religious Science; Religious Science International; Independent Science of Mind: Global Religious Science Ministries; Affiliated New Thought Network (derived from Religious Science) Process Science of Mind |
| New Thought Cramer and Brooks Divine
Science style: here | here | here | here | here | here | here | Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion (SSMR) | New Thought Taniguchi-style: Seicho-No-Ie |
| Process New Thought--not an organization, but a combination of traditional New Thought techniques and a new understanding of the metaphysical foundation of New Thought, offering new opportunities for most wisely engaging in co-creation with God. See the next section below and the links in the section with this color to numerous writings by Alan Anderson and Deb Whitehouse. See Process Philosophy and the New Thought Movement, as well as A Practical Spirituality . . . , and Nuggets . . . for more details. See also the type of New Thought known as Process Science of Mind. |
The material given above partly summarizes information given below; see there for links to other groupings, independent organizations, individuals, writings, and other resources related to New Thought. Either scroll through the site or go directly to the following: brief introduction | overall organizations | Brad Jensen's conference system | directories of denominational and various independent organizations, books, services, coming events, etc. | periodicals | conventionally published articles available online | various WWW writings | Anderson and Whitehouse books, monograph, and other writings on New Thought in general and on the metaphysical foundations of New Thought | listserv | New Thought-influenced organizations | Philosophy Corner | other resources
The New Thought movement--not to be confused with New Age--is a more than century-old, practically oriented spirituality that promotes fullness of all aspects of living, through constructive thinking, meditating, and other ways of realizing the presence of God. New Thought includes Unity, Religious Science (Science of Mind), Divine Science, and other groups and individuals. It was recognized as "The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness" by William James in The Varieties of Religious Experience. New Thought involves habitual God--good--aligned mental self-discipline. It has no one creed, but has affinities to idealistic philosophical traditions of all ages and places. It is mostly Christian in background, but has become allied to various religions. New Thought continues to develop conceptually, educationally, and organizationally.
Because New Thought affirms freedom of belief of each person, New Thoughters cover a broad range of theological positions, from traditional supernaturalistic theism (God largely outside the world) at one extreme, to pantheism (all is God) at the other, with the newer panentheism (all is IN God) as a centrist, mediating position, rapidly gaining supporters in many theological quarters. In common with most other religions and spiritualities, most forms of New Thought take for granted the existence of continuing substance; however, the Process New Thought represented by the Anderson and Whitehouse writings linked below accepts a process understanding recognizing experience, process, living quanta of energy, and the interactions of these many minds, as the nature of reality. This Process New Thought presents process, panentheism, and a personalism recognizing God as the supreme, not anthropomorphically conceived, person as essential to an adequate New Thought. The latest expression of process thinking within New Thought is Process Science of Mind. An earlier non-pantheistic interpretation of New Thought was advocated by Horatio W. Dresser.
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OVERALL ORGANIZATIONS RELATED TO NEW THOUGHT
| The International New
Thought Alliance: the umbrella organization connecting many New
Thought groups and individuals. Includes links to directories of local
group members, districts, and officials of INTA. |
| Society for the Study of
Metaphysical Religion: the academic organization concerned
primarily with the New Thought movement. |
NEW THOUGHT SCHOOL EMPHASIZING LIBERAL ARTS AS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF NEW THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
| Emma Curtis Hopkins College and Theological Seminary, Clearwater, Florida; has external degree programs and emphasizes academic excellence. |
SOME ORGANIZATIONS INFLUENCED BY NEW THOUGHT
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Guideposts Online, with its Outreach Division, including the Peale Center, promoting the thought of Norman Vincent Peale, who acknowledged his indebtedness to New Thought. Crystal Cathedral of Robert Schuller, whose "possibility thinking" was inspired by Peale's "positive thinking." |
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