More to Explore --Worldview Theme #2A: The True
Believer |
The True
Believer, book by Eric Hoffer (from online
encyclopedia) |
true
believer syndrome (from online
encyclopedia) |
Propositional
Knowledge (from online encyclopedia) |
Delusion
(from online encyclopedia) |
Dogma (from online
encyclopedia) |
List
of Common Misconceptions (from online
encyclopedia) |
Wishful Thinking
(from online encyclopedia) |
Partisan
(from online encyclopedia) |
Worldview
Watch issue
#14, posted 12/16/2010: "Science and Theology: "The Humble
Approach" " |
Worldview
Watch issue #31: posted 3/26/2013: "God, Science, Faith" |
Worldview Watch issue #38, posted
5/16/2014 "Connecting September 11, 2001 to
Worldview Themes" |
Philosophical Isms (information
on 220 philosophical, political, or moral doctrines or belief systems) |
This
I Believe (home page of NPR program 2005-2009 revival of 1950's
program hosted by Edward R. Murrow) |
List of Over 500 Human Values
(with links) |
The Faith Angle
Forum ("aims to strengthen reporting and commentary on how
religious believers...affect American politics and public life." |
Eric
Hoffer (author: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements; The Passionate State of Mind, and others) |
The
True Believer Revisited, by Tim Madigan (article from Philosophy Now) |
true-believer
syndrome (from skepdic.com) |
The
Fixation of Belief, by Charles Sanders Peirce (classic essay) |
Absolute
Certainty: The Grip of Belief, by Terry Walstrom
(confessions of a former religious true believer) |
Truth:
A Guide, by Simon Blackburn (read portions of this book on Google
Books website) |
The
Truth Contest ("seeking answers to the big questions of life, the
truth about life and death") |
The
Believing Brain by Michael Shermer (read excerpts of this 2011 book) |
Responsible
Thinking by Bob Korn (an online book about critical thinking and the
problem of false beliefs) |
The Faith Instinct by Nicholas Wade
(2009 book re: "how religion evolved and why it endures") |
"A
Candid Welcome" by Meg Riley (spring 2012 article on ten
religious beliefs that divide people) |
The
Science of Why We Don't Believe Science by Chris Mooney (April 2011 Mother
Jones article) |
The
Biology of Belief, by Jeffrey Kluger (article from Time February
23, 2009) |
Do
Religious Leaders Believe Their Religion? by Ken Perrott (July 2007
article w/ links to related ones) |
All
About the Journey (how a "practicing atheist"
became a true believer--a book by Randall Niles and whole website) |
Popper's
Inversion / Leaving Truth (website of "hard-core
empiricists...with an axe to grind" that questions "why we
believe" in thoughtful way) |
What
is Faith? (essay on Progressive Humanism website) |
Evolving
God: A Provocative View of the Origins of Religion, Barbara J. King
(review of this 2007 book ) |
noble
causes to make the world a better place that need support |
Common
Dreams (progressive slant) |
Reasons
to Believe (Christian slant) |
Wingnuts:
How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America by John Avlon (review of
2010 book) |
The
Purpose Driven Life (website of book from Christian author, Rick
Warren) |
"The
greatest threat to civility is...an excess of certitude"
(from "The Oddness of Everything", by George Will, in Newsweek) |
Beliefnet.com
(offers a spiritual approach to your daily health and happiness) |
When
Faiths Collide, by Martin E. Marty (a call to embrace religious
pluralism by U. of Chicago professor) |
Love
the Contradictions, by Robert Hardies (UU perspective) |
Skeptics
and True Believers: The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and
Religion, by Chet Raymo |
quotes
related to belief |
More to Explore --Worldview Theme #2B: I
Know What's Best For You |
Missionary (from
online encyclopedia) |
Evangelicalism
(from
online encyclopedia) |
Religious
Conversion (from online encyclopedia) |
Persuasion
Technology (from
online encyclopedia) |
Advertising
(from
online encyclopedia) |
Lobbying (from online
encyclopedia) |
Arrogant
( from online encyclopedia) |
Grandiosity
(from online encyclopedia) |
Subliminal
Stimuli (from online encyclopedia) |
Worldview
Watch #23: Regulating Society: We Know What's Best for You |
Worldview
Watch #26: Worldviews, Blasphemy, and Bumper Stickers |
Worldview Watch #35: posted
11/17/2013: Freedom and Motorcycle Helmet Laws |
Proselytism,
Change of Religion, and International Human Rights, by Natan Lerner |
The
Evangelism Toolbox -- database w/ multi-lingual, multi-format
evangelism resources to share your faith in Christ |
Tentmaker
(evangelical Christian website) |
Articles
About Evangelism (from the Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists) |
Military
Chaplains Controversy (PBS Religion & Ethics News report about
evangelizing at the Air Force Academy) |
Links
on Attitude, Persuasion, and Influence |
Influence:
The Psychology of Persuasion, by Robert Cialdini (2007 book from
Arizona State Univ. professor) |
Steve's
Primer of Practical Persuasion and Influence (online as part of West
Virginia University course) |
Coercive
Persuasion and Attitude Change (from Encyclopedia of Sociology) |
Ethics
in Proselytizing -- A Jewish View, by R. Mecklenburger |
"Affinity
Fraud: Fleecing the Flock" (article about "swindling people
who trust you" in The Economist Jan 28 2012 |
"Confessions
of a Lobbyist," by Joel Stein (article in Time, June 2,
2008) |
"Paternalism
and Its Discontents" by
M. Jones and R. Bayer
(2006 article uses motorcycle helmet laws to make its case) |
Advertising
( from online encyclopedia) |
Educating
the Consumer About Advertising -- Some Issues (from ERIC Digest) |
Missions
and Evangelism Quotes |
quotes
related to persuasion |