Implications for Seventh-day Adventist Faith and Practice

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by  Manuel Vasquez

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NEW AGE HOLISTIC HEALTH; IMPLICATIONS FOR
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAITH
AND PRACTICE
A Dissertation
Presented in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Doctor of Ministry
by
Manuel Vasquez
July 1996
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NEW AGE HOLISTIC HEALTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAITH
AND PRACTICE
A dissertation
presented in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree
Doctor of Ministry
by
Manuel Vasquez
APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE:
/
Adviser, Director of D.Min. Program
C. Mervyn Maxwell Bruce L. Bauer
Professor of Church History, Emeritus
Albert S. Whiting Dean, SDA Theolcjgical Seminary
Director, General Conference Health Werner K. Vyhmeister
and Tejnperance Department
Afilio'K_üupeRârs Date approved
Director, Institute of Hispanic Ministries
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ABSTRACT
NEW AGE HOLISTIC HEALTH; IMPLICATIONS FOR
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAITH
AND PRACTICE
by
Manuel Vasquez
Adviser. C. Mervyn Maxwell
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.ABSTRACT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
D.Min. Dissertation
Andrews University
Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary
Title: NEW AGE HOLISTIC HEALTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAITH AND PRACTICE
Name of researcher: Manuel Vasquez
Name and degree of faculty adviser: C. Mervyn Maxwell, Ph.D.
Date completed: July 1996
Problem
Alternative New Age holistic health therapies can be physically and spiritually
dangerous for Seventh-day Adventist Christians because these therapies are based on
nonbiblical worldview philosophies, universal energy forces, astrology, the occult, and
Eastern mysticism.
Method
Primary and secondary New Age holistic health sources, as well as the Bible, the
writings of Ellen G. White and other Christian writers were researched. Interviews were
conducted with Chinese acupuncturists and New Age holistic health practitioners. The
intent was to discover the roots of New Age holistic health therapies and practices and
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