Theosophy and New Thought by Henry Clay Sheldon - Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry – "Faithful to the Reformation":
"Much of 21st Century Evangelical Christianity is what used to be called New Thought. Rev. Sheldon writes,
"The conception of Christ characteristic of New Thought is purely humanitarian...He may be characterized as a God-man, but not as the God-man...There is no ground whatever for believing that his personality differed from that of other men. He stands before us as the moral ideal, and fulfills the office of Saviour by example. Even in his miracles he is not apart from us. The so-called miracles were perfectly conformable to law, and indicate the kind of equipment any man might use if he would but enter upon his full inheritance."
This book makes the important connection between the ideas of Madame Blavatsky's Theosophy and what passes as mainstream Christianity today.
Contents (91 pages)
Preface
Part I – Theosophy
Chapter 1. Historical Outlines
Chapter 2. Appraisal Of Theosophy By Theosophists
Chapter 3. The Attitude Assumed Toward Competing Faiths
Chapter 4. The Basis Of Authority
Chapter 5. The Doctrine Of God
Chapter 6. Cosmological Theories
Chapter 7. Conceptions Of Man And His Destiny
Chapter 8. The Theosophic Principle Of Authority Tested
1 Madame Blavatsky falsified her History with Spiritualism
2 Madame Blavatsky Played the Role of a Charlatan and Trickster
3 Theosophy Was Drawn From Modern Writings, not the Mahatmas
4 Tibet not evidence of exceptionally endowed instructors
5 Where are the Benefits of the Supposed Mahatmas?
6 Skepticism of Theosophists
Chapter 9. Comments On Prominent Features Of The Theosophical System
Part II – New Thought
Chapter 1. General Sketch
Chapter 2. The Doctrine Of Man
Chapter 3. The Conception Of God And Of Man’s Relation To Him
Chapter 4. The Therapeutic Scheme
Chapter 5. Some Grounds Of Criticism
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| Henry Clay Sheldon, Yale BA and MA. |
About the Author – Henry Clay Sheldon
“Henry Clay Sheldon was elected to the Boston University School of Theology Faculty in 1875, where he served as processor of Systematic Theology. He held his chair for forty-six years until his retirement in 1921.
“After receiving a Bachelors and Masters at Yale in 1867 and 1870 respectively, he entered the ministry, serving a church in St. Johnsbury, Vermont (1871-73) and Brunswick, Maine (1872-75).
“Sheldon was a prolific writer; his texts include History of Christian Doctrine (in two volumes), History of the Christian Church (in five volumes), System of Christian Doctrine, Unbelief in the Nineteenth Century, Sacerdotalism in the Nineteenth Century, and New Testament Theology. Sheldon died in 1928.
“According to Sheldon, ‘The art of preaching consists in seeing the truth clearly, grasping it firmly, holding it in due perspective, and proclaiming it with the whole man to the whole man. The ideal preacher is logician, prophet and poet in one.’1"
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