The Mind of the Bible-Believer
By: Edmund D. Cohen.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Buffalo, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback and Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
Copyright date: 1988 by Edmund D. Cohen. All rights reserved.
Subjects: Bible -- Psychology; Christianity -- Psychology; Protestant churches -- United States; Evangelicalism -- United States; United States -- Church history
Description: For anyone wishing to know what makes the born-again Christian tick. This work will also help the Christian to understand himself. The author displays an unexpected tongue-in-cheek sense of humour to the delight of those of us who have been there.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: label: Introduction: An Illusion Revisted
title: 1; label: 1: The "Old-Time Religion" and the New "Mini-Reformation"
title: 9; label: A Historical View
title: 11; label: The Twentieth Century
title: 29; label: Modernist Theology
title: 32; label: What the Bible Really Teaches on Social Issues
title: 53; label: 2: Psychological Premises and Concerns
title: 67; label: Brainwashing
title: 71; label: Other Psychological Approaches
title: 74; label: Sigmund Freud
title: 80; label: C. G. Jung
title: 87; label: The Bible View of Human Nature
title: 106; label: Human Moral Nature
title: 127; label: 3: The Two Kinds of Mind-Games
title: 137; label: Historical Context of the New Testament
title: 140; label: The Two Kinds of Mind-Games
title: 151; label: The Notion of Mind-Control
title: 163; label: 4: The Evangelical Mind-Control System
title: 169; label: Device 1: The Benign Attractive Persona of the Bible
title: 170; label: Device 2: Discrediting "The World"
title: 172; label: Device 3: Logocide
title: 183; label: Device 4: Assaulting Integrity
title: 234; label: Device 5: Dissociation Induction
title: 259; label: Device 6: Bridge Burning
title: 339; label: Device 7: Holy Terror
title: 347; label: 5: Conclusion
title: 387; label: Mental-Health Implications: A First Impression
title: 387; label: Three Unproductive Questions
title: 391; label: Religion in Politics
title: 393; label: The Big Loophole
title: 400; label: Scapegoating
title: 401; label: The End of the World
title: 403; label: What, Then, Is Christianity?
title: 405; label: Postscript
title: 407; label: Postscript to the Paperback Edition
title: 409; label: Index of Scriptures
title: 417; label: Index of Selected Names, Subjects and Titles
title: 421