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• Catholics and the New Age (Charis, 1992), by Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J.
  
  
• An excellent Catholic examination of the New Age movement is the Vatican document, "Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life: A Christian Reflection on the ‘New Age,’" released in 2003 by the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Available at www.vatican.va.
  
  
• Jesus in an Age of Controversy (Harvest House, 1996), and Confronting the New Age (InterVarsity Press, 1988), by Douglas Groothuis.
  
  
• The Making of the New Spirituality (InterVarsity Press, 2003), by James A. Herrick is an excellent overview, with a wealth of historical background.
  
  
• A fine popular introduction to Eastern pantheism and New Age beliefs can be found in The Universe Next Door (InterVarsity Press, 1988; 2nd ed., especially pages 136-208), by James W. Sire.