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  • A Clinical and Forensic Guide to Cults and Persuasive Leadership

    Edited by Tyler Durns, Charles Scott, Paul Whitehead, Barbara E. McDermott ...
    Cults have captivated public imagination, gained visibility in the media, and become a popular topic of discourse. While anecdotal and journalistic accounts offer compelling insights, systematic study on the structure, psychological predispositions, and relevance to clinical and legal settings are comparatively scarce. This disparity highlights a crucial need for rigorous scholarly inquiry, moving ... Read more

    $53.29 USD

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    Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

    by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson ...
    A NEW EDITION UPDATED IN 2020 • Why is it so hard to say "I made a mistake" — and really believe it?When we make mistakes, cling to outdated attitudes, or mistreat other people, we must calm the powerful cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so, unconsciously, we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right—a ... Read more

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  • Combating Cult Mind Control

    by Steven Hassan ...
    If you're reading CCMC for the first time, please know that you've found a safe, respectful, compassionate place. This book can help you protect-or regain-your sanity, freedom, and health. It can also help you protect others from the use of mind-control techniques. In this 30th anniversary volume you'll find:• New stories of people who fell under the sway of cults and other forms of undue ... Read more

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  • Capture

    Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering

    by David A. Kessler, M.D. ...
    "A breakthrough book. In a world of increasingly specialized knowledge, it takes a particular gift and some stubbornness to cut across the fields of neuroscience, psychiatry, philosophy and psychology and to ask the fundamental question: Why it is that we can allow our best selves to be captured by and torpedoed by thoughts and actions that sink us?. . . . [Kessler's] ultimate answer is profound ... Read more

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  • Big Gods

    How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict

    by Ara Norenzayan ...
    How did human societies scale up from small, tight-knit groups of hunter-gatherers to the large, anonymous, cooperative societies of today--even though anonymity is the enemy of cooperation? How did organized religions with "Big Gods"--the great monotheistic and polytheistic faiths--spread to colonize most minds in the world? In Big Gods, Ara Norenzayan makes the surprising and provocative ... Read more

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  • Born to Believe

    God, Science, and the Origin of Ordinary and Extraordinary Beliefs

    by Andrew Newberg, M.D., Mark Robert Waldman ...
    Born to Believe was previously published in hardcover as Why We Believe What We Believe.Prayer...meditation...speaking in tongues. What do these spiritual activities share and how do they differ? Why do some people believe in God, while others embrace atheism? From the ordinary to the extraordinary, beliefs give meaning to the mysteries of life. They motivate us, provide us with our individual ... Read more

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  • Spiritual Evolution

    A Scientific Defense of Faith

    by George Vaillant ...
    In our current era of holy terror, passionate faith has come to seem like a present danger. Writers such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens have been happy to throw the baby out with the bathwater and declare that the danger is in religion itself. God, Hitchens writes, is not great.But man, according to George E. Vaillant, M.D., is great. In Spiritual Evolution, Dr. Vaillant ... Read more

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  • Soul Searching : The Religious And Spiritual Lives Of American Teenagers

    The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers

    by Christian Smith Melina Lundquist Denton ...
    In innumerable discussions and activities dedicated to better understanding and helping teenagers one aspect of teenage life is curiously overlooked. Very few such efforts pay serious attention to the role of religion and spirituality in the lives of American adolescents. But many teenagers are very involved in religion. Surveys reveal that 35% attend religious services weekly and another 15% ... Read more

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  • Identifying and Recovering from Psychological Trauma

    A Psychiatrist's Guide for Victims of Childhood Abuse, Spousal Battery, and Political Terrorism

    by Brian Trappler ...
    In this invaluable resource, psychiatrist Brian Trappler explains how victims of childhood abuse, spousal battery, and political terrorism can identify and recover from post-traumatic strress disorder and other forms of psychological trauma. Drawing on his extensive experience treating patients with psychological trauma, Dr. Trappler leads the reader through a hierarchy of stress responses. While ... Read more

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  • What You Don't Know About Religion (but Should)

    by Ryan T. Cragun ...
    What is a religion? Why are people religious? Are religious people more educated than nonreligious people? Are religious people more moral, more humble, or happier? Are religious people more or less prejudiced than nonreligious people? Is religion good for your health? Are people becoming more or less religious? Studying religion as a social phenomenon, Ryan T. Cragun follows the scientific data ... Read more

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  • Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream

    A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior

    by Robert I. Simon, MD ...
    Robert Simon's Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream: A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior is that rare title that is both essential reading for the mental health professional and accessible in style and content to the fascinated lay reader. In twelve powerful and provocative chapters, the author introduces readers to a psychological perspective on evil, character and ... Read more

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  • Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me)

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