Machine generated contents note: 1. No One Left But God -- 1.1. Three Story Lines -- 1.2. Look Ahead -- 2. Religious Belief and Belief in Delusion -- 2.1. For Christ's Sake, So to Speak -- 2.2. Truth about the False -- 2.3. What to Believe about Belief -- 3. Modes of Morals Made -- 3.1. Clinical Concerns about Commands -- 3.2. Abraham Dilemma -- 4. Spiritual Sense and Sensibility -- 4.1. Spirituality without Precise Definition -- 4.2. When God Comes to Mind -- 4.3. Words about Warrant -- 5. Theistic Pragmatics and Personal Well-Being -- 5.1. One Pilgrim's Progress -- 5.2. Theistic Pragmatics in Practice -- 5.3. Summary and Substance -- 6. Elements of Religious Delusion -- 6.1. Malaise, Despair and Delusion -- 6.2. Perception, Conception and Belief -- 6.3. Five Factor Conception -- 7. Straight from Crooked Wood -- 7.1. Soul Therapy -- 7.2. Samples and Similitudes
Summary
What, if anything, is religious or spiritual delusion? What does religious delusion reveal about the difference between good and bad spirituality? 'The Abraham Dilemma' is the first book written by a philosopher on the topic of religious delusion - on the disorder's causes, contents, consequences, diagnosis and treatment