The Authenticity of Faith: The Varieties and Illusions of Religious Experience by Richard Beck

The Authenticity of Faith: The Varieties and Illusions of Religious Experience

Richard Beck

274 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology religion informative reflective slow-paced
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Is faith simply a form of wishful thinking? Is belief in God merely a consoling illusion? So argued Sigmund Freud in The Future of an Illusion. And the force of Freud's argument continues to be felt as it features prominently among critics of reli...

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