Is Faith Delusion? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Is Faith Delusion? write by Andrew Sims. This book was released on 2009-03-09. Is Faith Delusion? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is faith delusion? Is religion bad for your health? How, in a scientifically and technologically advanced age, can people still believe in God/spirit/'other'? Clearly not all believers are primitive and ill-educated; an alternative explanation is that they must be mad, or at least severely neurotic (as suggested by Freud). This book starts by looking at, and giving reasons for, the connection and the division between Christian faith and psychiatry. It asks whether science challenges Christians involved with psychiatry, as patients or professionals, and whether the spiritual needs of patients are recognised. The author examines the scope and use of the neuro-sciences and considers cause and effect, natural selection and determinism. He explores the overlap (and the difference) between psychiatric symptoms and religious belief, the possible association between demon possession and mental illness, and the idea that some people are intrinsically religious and some are not. The variations of personality are examined, with their implications for belief. Posited as a statement, that faith is delusion is always hostile, but outcome studies (reviewed here) show that in general religious belief and practice convey good mental health. Religious faith and mental illness are different, and their concepts come from different world-views. A consideration of them in relation to each other is long overdue. The author is a former Professor of Psychiatry and President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and has also been Chairman of their Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group, so is exceptionally well qualified to address the subject. Although the book is technically proficient, it is aimed at the general reader and is illustrated with stories, brief case histories and anecdotes.
The Dawkins Delusion?
The Dawkins Delusion? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dawkins Delusion? write by Alister McGrath. This book was released on 2011-05-18. The Dawkins Delusion? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Alister McGrath and Joanna Collicutt McGrath present a reliable assessment of The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, famed atheist and scientist, and the many questions this book raises--including, above all, the relevance of faith and the quest for meaning.
Is Faith Delusion?
Is Faith Delusion? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Is Faith Delusion? write by Andrew Sims. This book was released on 2009-05-09. Is Faith Delusion? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How, in a scientifically and technologically advanced age, can people still believe in God? Andrew Sims examines both the connection and the division between Christian faith and psychiatry.
The Delusion of Disbelief
The Delusion of Disbelief - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Delusion of Disbelief write by David Aikman. This book was released on 2016-01-05. The Delusion of Disbelief available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The last few years have seen a great assault upon faith in the publishing world, with an influx of books denouncing religious belief. While attacks on faith are not new, what is notable about these books—several of which have hit the bestseller charts—is their contention that belief in God is not only deluded, but dangerous to society. In The Delusion of Disbelief, former Time senior correspondent and bestselling author David Aikman offers an articulate, reasoned response to four writers at the forefront of today's anti-faith movement: Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens. Aikman shines a light on the arguments of these “evangelists of atheism,” skillfully exposing their errors and inconsistencies. He explains what appears to motivate atheists and their followers; encourages Christians to look closely at what they believe; arms readers with powerful arguments in response to critics of faith; and exposes the social problems that atheism has caused throughout the world. Aikman also takes on one of the most controversial questions of our time: Can American liberties survive in the absence of widespread belief in God on the part of the nation's people? The answer to that question, says Aikman, is critically important to your future. The Delusion of Disbelief is a thoughtful, intelligent resource for anyone concerned about the increasingly strident and aggressive new attacks on religious belief. It is the book that every person of faith should read—and give away.
The Christian Delusion
The Christian Delusion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Christian Delusion write by John W. Loftus. This book was released on 2010. The Christian Delusion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this anthology of recent criticisms aimed at the reasonableness of Christian belief, former evangelical minister and apologist Loftus has assembled fifteen outstanding articles by leading skeptics, expanding on themes introduced in Loftus' first book.
