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Sleeping With Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety

48 reviews
Wendy Kaminer

Pantheon Books, 1999

America the Irrational
Sleeping With Extra-Terrestrials is a wonderful introduction into the world of critical thinking. The post millenium America is a nation deeply mired in superstition and magical thinking. Ms. Kaminer deftly and with humor deflates some of best-loved sacred cows: religion; pop spirituality and pop psychology; junk science. She clearly defines the irrational thinking behind these belief systems ...

I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help

20 reviews
Wendy Kaminer

Vintage, 1993

Brilliant..
Tired of the emotive new age " touchy feely" dumbdown and its obligatory urge to "succeed" or reveal ? sick of the illogical mass oprahisms that now consititute for popular culture ? Then fire up those neurones , because this is the book for you. A Brilliant cynical scathing read.

Free For All: Defending Liberty in America Today

5 reviews
Wendy Kaminer

Beacon Press, 2002

Timely collection of essays in defense of the Bill of Rights
Social conservatives, Stalinist feminists, and political correct Democrats (not to mention the Christian soldiers of the Bush administration) will find no comfort here. Wendy Kaminer is going to come down on the side of individual freedom against governmental power whatever the issue at hand. In this collection of essays, mostly from her column in The American Prospect, Kaminer looks at issues ...

Election Blues.: An article from: The American Prospect
Wendy Kaminer

The American Prospect, Inc., 2000

This digital document is an article from The American Prospect, published by The American Prospect, Inc. on November 6, 2000. The length of the article is 1267 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Election Blues. Author: Wendy ...

"God Talk" and the Democratic Party.(ROUNDTABLE)(Panel Discussion): An article from: Conscience
Wendy Kaminer, Riane Eisler, ...

Catholics for a Free Choice, 2005

This digital document is an article from Conscience, published by Catholics for a Free Choice on June 22, 2005. The length of the article is 6135 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: "God Talk" and the Democratic ...

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.(Book review): An article from: The Humanist
Wendy Kaminer

Thomson Gale, 2007

This digital document is an article from The Humanist, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2007. The length of the article is 999 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.(Book ...

It's All The Rage: Crime And Culture
Wendy Kaminer

Basic Books, 1996

From our decrying of ?the abuse excuse? to our cheers of Free the Juice,? our reactions to violent crime fluctuate wildly. Expanding on her well-known ideas about self-help and the American psyche, Wendy Kaminer shows us how pop-psychology and religious fervor vie with law and rationality in our courtrooms and in our minds. She doesn?t offer up any easy solutions; rather, with her trademark epigrammatic brilliance, she gives us an alarming ...