Skeptics and Critically Thinking People of Faith Share Common Ground

Shermer, Michael
Myers, David

MICHAEL SHERMER, The Skeptics Society, Altadena, California.
DAVID MYERS, Department of Psychology, Hope College, P.O. Box 9000, Holland, Michigan 49422-9000. E-mail: [email protected]

PsycCRITIQUES 48(4):p 459-461, August 2003. | DOI: 10.1037/000855

Originally published in Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 2003, Vol 48(4), 459-461. Provides a review of the book “How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science” by Michael Shermer (see record 2000-07216-000) which aims to explain belief in God. Shermer offers debunking of paranormal beliefs, including a compelling expose of how James Van Praagh has convinced millions of people that he can “cross over” and talk with the dead. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)