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100 1  McAfee, David G.,|eauthor. 
245 10 No Sacred Cows :|bInvestigating Myths, Cults, and the 
       Supernatural /|cDavid G. McAfee. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bPitchstone 
       Publishing / Independent Publishers Group,|c[2017] 
264  4 |c©2017 
300    1 online resource (448 pages) 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
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506    Access limited to subscribing institutions. 
520    While belief in religious supernatural claims is waning 
       throughout the West, evidence suggests belief in 
       nonreligious supernatural claims is on the rise. What 
       explains this contradiction? How can a society with a 
       falling belief in God have a rising belief in ghosts, 
       psychic powers, ancient astronauts, and other supernatural
       or pseudo-scientific phenomena? Taking the same 
       anthropological approach he employed in his notable 
       studies of religion, atheist author and activist David G. 
       McAfee turns his attention to nonreligious faith-based 
       claims. Whether going undercover as a medium, getting 
       tested at Scientology headquarters in Los Angeles, or 
       interviewing celebrity paranormalists and famous skeptics,
       he leaves no stone unturned in his investigation. As in 
       the case of religion, he finds an unwillingness among 
       "believers" to critically examine their most closely held 
       convictions. Only once individuals honestly assess their 
       own sacred cows will they be able to ensure that their 
       beliefs conform to the known facts -- and that our 
       decisions as a society are based on the best available 
       evidence. 
588 0  Print version record. 
650  0 Occultism. 
650  0 Parapsychology. 
650  0 Religion. 
650  0 Supernatural. 
650  7 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Supernatural.|2bisacsh 
655  0 Electronic books. 
700 1  d'Entremont, Yvette. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aMcAfee, David G.|tNo sacred cows.
       |dDurham, North Carolina : Pitchstone Publishing, [2017]
       |z9781634311182 (pbk. : alk. paper)|w(DLC)2016052922 
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