TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Explaining and Critical Look at Eckankar’s Theology
According to the Islamic Doctrines
AU - Mahmoudi, Abdolreza AU - Shamsaei, Maryam AU - Kakaie, Hashem 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 17
SP  - 4329
EP  - 4337
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.4329.4337
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.4329.4337
KW  - Allah
KW  -Paul twichel
KW  -Eckankar
KW  -eck
KW  -key sugmad
KW  -Mahanta
AB  - 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.
ER  -