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  How To Be An Adult

  $14.95

  Living life as a happy, mature adult does not always come easily to all of us. In this best-selling work, David Richo conveys to his readers just how to do this, based on his many years’ experience as a psychotherapist and workshop leader.

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  Contemporary Varieties Of Religious Experience

  $49.00

  Introduction

  Evolution Of A Pluralist

  James’s Conversion Typology

  Prophets

  Monks

  Mystics

  Between Me And My God

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  First published in 1902, William James’s Varieties of Religious Experience is considered a classic in religious studies and the psychology of religion. But how has James’s classic study weathered decades of development in psychology and behavioral sciences? Do the assertions about religious experience in the Varieties still ring true in light of neuro-cognitive and neuro-hormonal research, resiliency studies, studies of temperament, and traumatic studies? By extending William James’s own research throughout the century since its publication this volume seeks to answer those questions. In doing so, it revolutionizes our understanding of James’s own view of psychology and reveals the extraordinary value of James’s perspective for religion, psychology, and spirituality today. In doing so, it offers vital insights for pastoral care and faith development at both the individual and congregational level.

  From the Introduction by James Fowler:

  Drawing on the authenticity of her own experience, Bridgers carries us into a remarkably clear and well documented account that traces William James’s evolution as a psychologist, philosopher, and a deeply engaged inquirer into the dynamics of spiritual development and transformation… This book has a major contribution to make. Bridgers’s study illumines the horizons of contemporary research in the study of religious experience, in all its varieties, and in the context of globalization.

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  Why Would Anyone Believe In God

  $40.00

  Preface

  What Does It Mean To “believe”?

  Where Do Beliefs In Gods Come From? Religious Concepts As Minimally Counterintuitive

  Where Do Beliefs In Gods Come From? Finding Agents Everywhere

  Where Do Gods Come From? Additional Factors That Contribute To Gods’ Credibility

  How Religious Actions Enhance Belief In Gods

  The Naturalness Of Belief In God

  The Naturalness Of Believing In Minds: An Analog For Understanding Belief In God

  Why Would Anyone NOT Believe In God?

  In Conclusion

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  Because of the design of our minds. That is Justin Barrett’s simple answer to the question of his title. With rich evidence from cognitive science but without technical language, psychologist Barrett shows that belief in God is an almost inevitable consequence of the kind of minds we have. Most of what we believe comes from mental tools working below our conscious awareness. And what we believe consciously is in large part driven by these unconscious beliefs. Barrett demonstrates that beliefs in gods match up well with these automatic assumptions; beliefs in an all-knowing, all-powerful God match up even better. Barrett goes on to explain why beliefs like religious beliefs are so widespread and why it is very difficult for our minds to think without them. Anyone who wants a concise, clear, and scientific explanation of why anyone would believe in God should pick up Barrett’s book.

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