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More to Explore --Worldview Theme #2A: The True
Believer |
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The True
Believer, book by Eric Hoffer (from online
encyclopedia) |
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true
believer syndrome (from online
encyclopedia) |
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Optimism Bias (from online
encyclopedia) |
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Propositional
Knowledge (from online encyclopedia) |
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Delusion
(from online encyclopedia) |
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Dogma (from online
encyclopedia) |
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List
of Common Misconceptions (from online
encyclopedia) |
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Wishful Thinking
(from online encyclopedia) |
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Partisan
(from online encyclopedia) |
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Worldview
Watch issue
#14, posted 12/16/2010: "Science and Theology: "The Humble
Approach" " |
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Worldview
Watch issue #31: posted 3/26/2013: "God, Science, Faith" |
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Worldview Watch issue #38, posted
5/16/2014 "Connecting September 11, 2001 to
Worldview Themes" |
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Philosophical Isms (information
on 220 philosophical, political, or moral doctrines or belief systems) |
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This
I Believe (home page of NPR program 2005-2009 revival of 1950's
program hosted by Edward R. Murrow) |
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List of Over 500 Human Values
(with links) |
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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") |
| Belief:
What it Means to Believe and Why Our Convictions Are So Compelling by
James Alcock (more from Amazon on this 2018 Prometheus Books
offering) |
| “Reflective
Beliefs” by Hugo Mercier (Essay 2017 contribution
to Edge.org) |
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Knowledge--A
Very Short Introduction by Jennifer Nagel (book review by Steven Poole
The Guardian Oct 2014) |
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Denial: Self
Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind
by Ajit Varki & Danny Brower (link to author’s UCSD
website with excerpts, reviews of this 2013 book) |
| The
Righteous Mind -- Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion by
Jonathan Haidt (New York Times 2012 book review by
William Saletan) |
| 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") |
| "Are
These Uncertain Times Drawing Us Into a Cycle of Dogma and
Prejudice?" (Jan 25 2017 research report) |
| The
Evolution of the West: How Christianity Has Shaped Our Values by Nick
Spencer (book review from The Economist November 5 2016) |
| "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) |
| Stages
of Faith Development (a Unitarian Universalist religious education
handout) |
| "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 |