The Transcendental Temptation
A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal
In this landmark work, Paul Kurtz examines the reasons why people accept supernatural and paranormal belief systems in spite of substantial evidence to the contrary. According to Kurtz, it is because there is within the human species a deeply rooted tendency toward magical thinking-the transcendental temptation-which undermines critical judgment and paves the way for willful beliefs. Kurtz explores in detail the three major monotheistic religions-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-finding striking psychological and sociological parallels between these religions, the spiritualism of the nineteenth century, and the paranormal belief systems of to…
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- ISBN: 978-1-61614-828-7
- EAN: 9781616148287
- Produktnummer: 15738894
- Verlag: Prometheus
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 516 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'810 KB
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By Paul Kurtz
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