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Criticism of Mormonism/Cognitive dissonance/Further Reading
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Contents
Further reading
Further reading
FairMormon Answers articles
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Mormonism and church integrity
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- Accusations of lying and hypocrisy on the part of the Church
- Censorship and revision of Church history
FairMormon web site
- Daniel C. Peterson, "Reflections on Secular Anti-Mormonism," FARMS Review 17/2 (2005): 423–450. off-site FAIR link
- Blake T. Ostler, "Spiritual Experiences as the Basis for Belief and Commitment," (2007 FAIR Conference Presentation). FAIR link (Key source)
- Wendy Ulrich, "'Believest thou...?': Faith, Cognitive Dissonance, and the Psychology of Religious Experience," FAIR link (Key source)
Video
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"Believest thou?" Faith, Cognitive Dissonance, & Psychology of Religious Experience, Wendy Ulrich (Psychologist), 2005 FAIR Conference |
- Part 1: Cognitive Dissonance
- Part 2: Cognitive Dissonance
- Part 3: Cognitive Dissonance
- Part 4: Cognitive Dissonance
- Part 5: Cognitive Dissonance
- Part 6: Cognitive Dissonance
External links
- Cognitive dissonance - multiple links off-site
- Critique of Cognitive Dissonance Theory off-site
- Clark Goble, "Cognitive Dissonance and Confirmation Bias," Mormon Metaphysics blog post, (20 July 2007), libertypages.com. off-site
- Michael D. Jibson, "Imagine: Review of The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris," FARMS Review 18/1 (2006): 233–264. off-site wiki
- Daniel C. Peterson and William J. Hamblin, "Is Spirituality All in Your Head?," MeridianMagazine.com off-site
- Richard N. Williams, "The Spirit of Prophecy and the Spirit of Psychiatry: Restoration or Dissociation? (Review of The Sword of Laban: Joseph Smith Jr. and the Dissociated Mind)," FARMS Review of Books 12/1 (2000): 435–444. off-site
Printed material
- Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, and Stanley Schachter, When Prophecy Fails: a Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World, (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1956).
- Leon Festinger, A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1957). ISBN 0804701318