On Deciding Whether to Believe

Provides a review of the book "The Magic of Prayer: An Introduction to the Psychology of Faith" by M. D. Faber (see record 2001-05876-000). The reviewer discusses Faber's object-relational contribution, the implicit realm of "the uncanny," modernist science and epistemological confusion, the illusion of rationality and honesty, Faber's religious values, and some editorial lapses in the book. The reviewer concludes that Faber's book will interest object-relational psychologists of religion, especially those he criticizes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)