A Roman Catholic educator ponders his failure to defend a thinking-skills program to angry parents convinced that such "New Age" philosophies would corrupt their children. Many Christian Fundamentalist authors are ultrafundamentalists attempting to assert their world view as dominant. Hated New Age practices include acupressure, YMCA aerobics, biofeedback, Catholic Communion, globalism, vegetarianism, and rock and roll. (Contains 21 references.) (MLH)