Walter R. Martin war ein amerikanischer evangelikaler Geistlicher und Autor, der sich der christlichen Apologetik widmete. Er gründete das Christian Research Institute als Informationszentrum für allgemeine christliche Apologetik sowie für die Apologetik gegenüber sogenannten „Gegenkulten“. Seine Arbeit konzentrierte sich auf die Verteidigung des christlichen Glaubens und die Analyse anderer religiöser Gruppen. Martin bemühte sich, ein tieferes Verständnis des Christentums und seiner Argumente zu vermitteln.
Die Relevanz einer begriffsgeschichtlichen Betrachtung des nihil negativum (absolutes Nichts) und des Nihilismus in der Klassischen Deutschen Philosophie ist unbestritten. Dieser Band versammelt Texte von Timpler, Wolff, Baumgarten, Kant und seinen Kommentatoren, Jacobi, Hegel und Fichte. Aber auch kaum bekannte Denker wie Krug, Obereit, Jenisch oder Köppen kommen zu Wort.
Since the first edition was published in 1965, "The Kingdom of the Cults" has been the authoritative reference work on major cult systems. Updated regularly, it continues to be a crucial tool in countercult ministry and evangelism for teachers and pastors as well as lay Christians.
Douglas Groothuis provides strategies for bringing the gospel to New Age followers and for confronting New Age practices which are gaining ground in schools and businesses.
From the founder and director of the Christian Research Institute. Know across the United States as radio's "The Bible Answer Man" and the bestselling author of The Kingdom of the Cults , Dr. Walter Martin is firmly established as a true apologist for the Christian faith. His authority in biblical research and knowledge of cults has been recognized for many years. Thirty-five years ago Dr. Martin began his investigation and warnings concerning the rise of a new religious movement with roots in Eastern mysticism. He published articles and lectured on the occult and the cults which were spearheads for the current New Age Movement. The impending threat to the Christian Church has now become a reality. Today almost 60 million people dabble in some practices or forms of New Age and occultic thinking. The New Age Cult is Dr. Martin's militant refutation of what has become a major controversy in Christendom. He defines and answers biblically the key teachings of the New Age, exposes the latent dangers of the movement, gives criteria for identifying New Age groups and leaders, and shows the effective steps for communication Christian truth to New Age adherents. What every Christian should know about the New Age Movement.
