Barrington, published in 1898. Quite a few of the pioneering apologists were Baptist pastors, like I.
1917, 1921, 1975 (Loizeaux Brothers). Confusion of Tongues, by C.W.
Some book titles use both terms. The acceptance of these alternatives to the word "cult" in Evangelicalism reflects, in part, the wider usage of such language in the sociology of religion. ==Apologetics== The term "countercult apologetics" first appeared in Protestant Evangelical literature as a self-designation in the late 1970s and early 1980s in articles by Ronald Enroth and David Fetcho, and by Walter Martin in Martin Speaks Out on the Cults.
1917, 1921, 1975 (Loizeaux Brothers). Confusion of Tongues, by C.W.
Hall. ==Other technical terminology== Since the 1980s the term "new religions" or "new religious movements" has slowly entered into Evangelical usage alongside the word "cult".
Some book titles use both terms. The acceptance of these alternatives to the word "cult" in Evangelicalism reflects, in part, the wider usage of such language in the sociology of religion. ==Apologetics== The term "countercult apologetics" first appeared in Protestant Evangelical literature as a self-designation in the late 1970s and early 1980s in articles by Ronald Enroth and David Fetcho, and by Walter Martin in Martin Speaks Out on the Cults.
An initial step in this direction occurred in 1980 when the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization convened a mini-consultation in Thailand.
The latter paper adopts a different methodology to that advocated in 1980. In the 1990s, discussions in academic missions and theological journals indicate that another trajectory is emerging that reflects the influence of contextual missions theory.
Scripture Twisting: Twenty Ways the Cults Misread the Bible, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, 1980. Sire, James W.
Gordon Melton, Why Cults Succeed Where The Church Fails (Brethren Press, Elgin, 1985). Jenkins, Philip, Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History (Oxford University Press, New York, 2000). Johnson, Philip, "Apologetics, Mission, and New Religious Movements: A Holistic Approach," Tribes: Journal of Christian Missions to New Religious Movements, 1 (1) (2002) Melton, J.
Paul Publications, Sydney, 1988. ===History and critical assessments=== Cowan, Douglas E.
Cults, Sects, and the New Age, Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, 1989. Martin, Walter R.
The latter paper adopts a different methodology to that advocated in 1980. In the 1990s, discussions in academic missions and theological journals indicate that another trajectory is emerging that reflects the influence of contextual missions theory.
The Kingdom of the Cults, edited by Ravi Zacharias, Bethany, Bloomington, 2003 McDowell, Josh and Don Stewart, Handbook of Today's Religions, Thomas Nelson, Nashville, 1992 Rhodes, Ron, The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2001 Sire, James W.
and Ron Rhodes, When Cultists Ask, Baker, Grand Rapids, 1997 House, H.Wayne, Charts of Cults, Sects and Religious Movements, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2000. LeBar, James J.
Walker ==See also== Anti-cult movement ==References== ===Primary sources=== Abanes, Richard, Cults, New Religious Movements, and Your Family, Crossway Books, Wheaton, 1998. Ankerberg, John and John Weldon, Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions, Harvest House, Eugene, 1999. Enroth, Ronald (ed)., A Guide to New Religious Movements, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, 2005. Geisler, Norman L.
Walker ==See also== Anti-cult movement ==References== ===Primary sources=== Abanes, Richard, Cults, New Religious Movements, and Your Family, Crossway Books, Wheaton, 1998. Ankerberg, John and John Weldon, Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions, Harvest House, Eugene, 1999. Enroth, Ronald (ed)., A Guide to New Religious Movements, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, 2005. Geisler, Norman L.
and Ron Rhodes, When Cultists Ask, Baker, Grand Rapids, 1997 House, H.Wayne, Charts of Cults, Sects and Religious Movements, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2000. LeBar, James J.
Gordon Melton, Why Cults Succeed Where The Church Fails (Brethren Press, Elgin, 1985). Jenkins, Philip, Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History (Oxford University Press, New York, 2000). Johnson, Philip, "Apologetics, Mission, and New Religious Movements: A Holistic Approach," Tribes: Journal of Christian Missions to New Religious Movements, 1 (1) (2002) Melton, J.
The Kingdom of the Cults, edited by Ravi Zacharias, Bethany, Bloomington, 2003 McDowell, Josh and Don Stewart, Handbook of Today's Religions, Thomas Nelson, Nashville, 1992 Rhodes, Ron, The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2001 Sire, James W.
The Kingdom of the Cults, edited by Ravi Zacharias, Bethany, Bloomington, 2003 McDowell, Josh and Don Stewart, Handbook of Today's Religions, Thomas Nelson, Nashville, 1992 Rhodes, Ron, The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2001 Sire, James W.
Bearing False Witness? An Introduction to the Christian Countercult (Praeger Publishers, Westport, Connecticut & London, 2003). Enroth, Ronald M.
Richardson, (Routledge, London, 2003), pp. 102–113. Saliba, John A., Understanding New Religious Movements'', 2nd edition (Alta Mira Press, Walnut Creek, Lanham, New York & Oxford, 2003). ==External links== Apologetics Index; The counter-cult movement Douglas E.
The issue was revisited at the Lausanne Forum in 2004 with another paper.
The Universe Next Door 4th ed., InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, 2004. Tucker, Ruth A.
Another Gospel: Cults, Alternative Religions and the New Age Movement, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2004. Vatican Report on Sects, Cults and New Religious Movements, St.
He started his blog in 2005 and wrote there until his death in 2014. Silva's work paved the way for other internet discernment ministries such as Pirate Christian Radio, a group of blogs and podcasts founded by Lutheran Pastor Chris Rosebrough in 2008, and Pulpit & Pen, a discernment blog founded by Baptist Pastor and polemicist J.D.
Walker ==See also== Anti-cult movement ==References== ===Primary sources=== Abanes, Richard, Cults, New Religious Movements, and Your Family, Crossway Books, Wheaton, 1998. Ankerberg, John and John Weldon, Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions, Harvest House, Eugene, 1999. Enroth, Ronald (ed)., A Guide to New Religious Movements, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, 2005. Geisler, Norman L.
He started his blog in 2005 and wrote there until his death in 2014. Silva's work paved the way for other internet discernment ministries such as Pirate Christian Radio, a group of blogs and podcasts founded by Lutheran Pastor Chris Rosebrough in 2008, and Pulpit & Pen, a discernment blog founded by Baptist Pastor and polemicist J.D.
He started his blog in 2005 and wrote there until his death in 2014. Silva's work paved the way for other internet discernment ministries such as Pirate Christian Radio, a group of blogs and podcasts founded by Lutheran Pastor Chris Rosebrough in 2008, and Pulpit & Pen, a discernment blog founded by Baptist Pastor and polemicist J.D.
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