Religion & the Supernatural
Belief Systems
- Rokeach, M. (1960). The open and closed mind: Investigations into the nature of belief systems and personality systems. New York: Basic Books, Inc.
- Thouless, R. H. (1935). The tendency to certainty in religious belief. British Journal of Psychology, 26, 16-31.
Creationism & Intelligent Design
- Hume, J. G. (1922). Evolution and personality. In Philosophical Essays Presented to John Watson (pp. 298-330). Kingston, ON: Queen's University.
- Larson, E. J. (1997). Summer for the gods: The Scopes trial and America's continuing debate over science and religion. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- McCosh, J. (1874). Religious aspects of the doctrine of development [evolution]. In P. Schaff & S. Prime (Eds.). History, essays, orations, and other documents of the sixth general conference of the Evangelical Alliance, held in New York, October 2-12, 1873, New York, pp. 269-271. Reprinted in G. Daniels (Ed.) (1968). Darwinism comes to America. Waltham, MA: Blaisdell, pp. 96-101.
- Scott, E. C. (2004). Evolution vs. creationism: An introduction. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
- Vuletic, M. I. (2005). Defender's guide to science and creationism.
Religion & Religious Cults
- Braden, C. S. (1949). These also believe: A study of modern American cults. New York: Macmillan.
- Festinger, L., Riecken, H. W., & Schachter, S. (1956). When prophecy fails: A social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world. New York: Harper Torchbooks.
- Harris, S. (2005). The end of faith: Religion, terror, and the future of reason. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
- Heard, A. (1999). Apocalypse pretty soon: Travels in end-time America. New York: Doubleday.
- Hinde, R. A. (1999). Why gods persist: A scientific approach to religion. London: Routledge.
- Humphrey, N. (1995). Soul searching: Human nature and supernatural belief. Chatto and Windus.
- Humphrey, N. (1996). Leaps of faith: Science, miracles, and the search for supernatural consolation. Copernicus.
- Kurtz, P. (1991). The transcendental temptation: A critique of religion and the paranormal. Prometheus Books.
- Polkinghorne, J. (1998). Belief in God in an age of science. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
- Raymo, C. (1998). Skeptics and true believers: The exhilirating connection between science and religion. New York: MJF Books.
- Shermer, M (1999). How we believe: The search for God in an age of science. Freeman.
Secularism
- Jacoby, S. (2004). Freethinkers: A history of American secularism. New York: Henry Holt & Company.
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