Beck, Richard Allan,  1967- <br/><br/>
The authenticity of faith  the varieties and illusions of religious experience /  [electronic resource] : 
Richard Beck. 
 - Abilene, Tex. :  Abilene Christian University Press,  c2012 
 - 1 online resource (272 p.)  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Prelude: a new kind of apologetics -- Masters of suspicion -- The future of an illusion -- The existential turn -- Terror management -- The two families of God -- Sick souls, winter Christians, and saints of darkness -- Defensive and existential believers -- Worldview defense revisited -- Feeling queasy about the incarnation -- The Thomas Kinkade effect -- The God who cracked -- Conclusion: the authenticity of faith. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0891127941 (electronic bk.) 9780891127949 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Personality--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Typology (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Apologetics.<br/>Apologetics.<br/>Personality--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Typology (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>RELIGION / Christian Life / General
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV4597.57  / .B43 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>248.2