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 Eckandars God is Allah, the Muslims God. This claim is evaluated in three branches with regarding Islamic and Shiite viewpoint. Sugmads names, attributes and activitie. Sugmads recognition possibility, Sugmads recognition and reaching methods. The results illustrate that, there is a long distance and huge difference between Ecknkars theology and Isamic-Shiite theology. The studys method is descriptive-explaining, along with critical view that has reintegrated in three parts.
Abdolreza Mahmoudi, Maryam Shamsaei and Hashem Kakaie. The Explaining and Critical Look at Eckankars Theology
According to the Islamic Doctrines.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/sscience.2016.4329.4337
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1818-5800/sscience.2016.4329.4337