Abdolreza  Mahmoudi, Maryam  Shamsaei, Hashem  Kakaie, 
    The Explaining and Critical Look at Eckankar’s Theology
According to the Islamic Doctrines,
    The Social Sciences,
    Volume 11,Issue 17,
    2016,
    Pages 4329-4337,
    ISSN 1818-5800,
    sscience.2016.4329.4337,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.4329.4337)
    Abstract: This study tries to criticize theology of Eckankar School according to Islamic teaching especially from
the shiite viewpoint. Paul Twitchell, one of current remarkable founders of Eckankar School, claims that the
Eckandar’s God is Allah, the Muslim’s God. This claim is evaluated in three branches with regarding Islamic
and Shiite viewpoint. Sugmad’s names, attributes and activitie. Sugmad’s recognition possibility, Sugmad’s
recognition and reaching methods. The results illustrate that, there is a long distance and huge difference
between Ecknkar’s theology and Isamic-Shiite theology. The study’s method is descriptive-explaining, along
with critical view that has reintegrated in three parts.
    Keywords: Allah;Paul twichel;Eckankar;eck;key sugmad;Mahanta