ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: The Mainstreaming of the Holistic Health Movement
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Over the past decade, governmental agencies, medical schools, influential voices in the media, and the public at large have seen a remarkable surge of interest in alternative medicine in the United States. While many therapies focus on unproven but otherwise spiritually neutral approaches (for example, nutritional supplements), others arise from or validate worldviews — especially the monism ("All is One") of the New Age movement — that are hostile to the teachings of Scripture. The cultural developments that have brought alternative (still often called "holistic") therapies into the cultural mainstream are complex and often understandable. However, a number of general cautions are still in order regarding this movement.
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