Spiritual Snake Oil

Fads & Fallacies in Pop Culture

Chris Edwards, S. C. Hitchcock

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See Sharp Press
07 September 2011

Eclectic & esoteric religions & belief systems; Popular culture; Mind, Body, Spirit

""Spiritual Snake Oil"" shows that the same fallacies that plague religious apologetics also infect virtually all ""new age"" and ""spiritual"" writing. Author Chris Edwards does this by dissecting the arguments and assertions of the most prominent ""new age"" icons and ""spiritual"" writers. They include Robert Pirsig (""Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance""), James Redfield (""The Celestine Prophecy""), Deepak Chopra (""Life After Death""), Dinesh D'Souza (""Life After Death""), Francis Collins's (""The Language of God""), Rhonda Byrne (""The Secret""), and even Michael Crichton (a surprising defender of New Age thinking). As Edwards shows, the same fallacies, the same errors in argument, show up time after time in the writings of these--and virtually all other--""new age"" and ""spiritual"" writers. In addition to explaining these fallacies in the chapters devoted to the individual authors, Edwards devotes a final chapter, ""A Compendium of Fallacies,"" to outlining the tricks and deceptive practices common to illogical arguments.

By: Chris Edwards, S. C. Hitchcock
Imprint: See Sharp Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 213g
ISBN: 9781884365799
ISBN 10: 1884365795
Pages: 146
Publication Date: 07 September 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Edwards is the author of Disbelief 101 and haswritten extensively for many skeptical andsecularist periodicals, includingthe two most prominent, Free Inquiry and Skeptic.

Reviews for Spiritual Snake Oil: Fads & Fallacies in Pop Culture

"""Sure to outrage religious readers, and not just fundamentalists, this chatty, totally irreverent title, written under a pseudonym, speaks to teen rebels of all faiths who question religious indoctrination ... Readers can dip in wherever they like to find support for their arguments against the nonbelievers or to find their own doubts reflected."" -- Booklist on Disbelief 101"