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Understanding the physician

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The world of the physician and the role that research can play in uncovering this world -- Understanding the beliefs and motivations of the physician -- Approaches and techniques that help us explore the beliefs and motivations of physicians -- Analysis and interpretation of the information we gather -- Using our research to help market brands more effectively.…”
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Willing, wanting, waiting by Holton, Richard, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Intention -- Belief -- Choice -- Weakness of will -- Temptation -- Strength of will -- Rationality -- Freedom.…”
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The ethical treatment of depression autonomy through psychotherapy / by Biegler, Paul, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Autonomy : the importance of justified beliefs about material facts -- Autonomy : the importance of justified beliefs about affect -- Depression : disorder of affect, disorder of autonomy -- Understanding negative biases promotes autonomy in depression -- Understanding causal stressors promotes autonomy in depression -- A special duty to promote autonomy in depression : the moral case for psychotherapy.…”
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American religion contemporary trends / by Chaves, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Diversity -- Belief -- Involvement -- Congregations -- Leaders -- Liberal Protestant decline -- Polarization.…”
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The limits of identity : politics and poetics in Latin America / by Hatfield, Charles Dean, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Culture -- Beliefs -- Meaning -- Memory -- Coda : a new Latin Americanism?.…”
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Hard Sayings The Rhetorics of Christian Orthodoxy in Late Modern Fiction / by Haddox, Thomas F. (Thomas Fredrick)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Christian orthodoxy and the rhetoric of fiction -- Flannery O'Connor, the irreducibility of belief, and the problem of audience -- Catholicism for "really intelligent people" : the rhetoric of Muriel Spark -- John Updike's rhetoric of Christian American narcissism -- Walker Percy's rhetoric of time, apocalypse, and the modern predicament -- The uses of orthodoxy : Mary Gordon and Marilynne Robinson -- Epilogue : on belief and academic humility.…”
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Naipaul's strangers by Barnouw, Dagmar

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : cultural plurality and cultural value -- Understanding strangers -- Postcoloniality and historicity -- Stories of other lives : novels -- Stories of other lives : documentaries ; among the believers : an Islamic journey -- Stories of other lives : documentaries ; beyond belief : Islamic excursions among the converted peoples : Iran -- Stories of other lives : documentaries ; beyond belief : Islamic excursions among the converted peoples : Pakistan -- Uncertain histories : finding the center and the enigma of arrival -- Uncertain histories : a way in the world.…”
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The Quakers a very short introduction / by Dandelion, Pink

Table of Contents: “…-- The history of Quakerism -- Worship -- Belief -- Theology and language -- Ecumenism -- The future of Quakerism.…”
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Intuition, imagination, and philosophical methodology / by Gendler, Tamar

Table of Contents: “…Pretense, imagination, and belief.…”
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Natural reflections human cognition at the nexus of science and religion / by Smith, Barbara Herrnstein

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Prophecies, predictions, and human cognition -- Cognitive machinery and explanatory ambitions : the new naturalism -- "The gods seem here to stay" : naturalism, rationalism, and the persistence of belief -- Deep reading : the new natural theology -- Reflections : science and religion, natural and unnatural.…”
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Theology in the context of science by Polkinghorne, J. C., 1930-

Table of Contents: “…Contextual theology -- Discourse -- Time and space -- Persons and value -- Consonance: creation, providence, and relationality -- Motivated belief -- Eschatology.…”
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Faithful vision treatments of the sacred, spiritual, and supernatural in twentieth-century African American fiction / by Coleman, James W. (James Wilmouth), 1946-

Table of Contents: “…African American faithful belief : imposing social determinism, naturalism, and modernism -- The centrality of religious faith : communal acceptance, textual ambiguity, and paradox -- Critiquing Christian belief : the text as prophecy of different ways of seeing salvation -- Rejecting God and redefining faith : portrayals of Black women's spirituality -- Reshaping and radicalizing faith : the diasporic vision and practice of hoodoo -- Conclusion : fiction, life, and faithful vision : final thoughts on its overall portrayal and relevance.…”
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Coping with the seasons a cognitive-behavioral approach to seasonal affective disorder : therapist guide / by Rohan, Kelly J.

Table of Contents: “…Introductory information for therapists -- Group logistics -- Introduction to the group -- Symptoms, prevalence, and causes of SAD -- How activities relate to mood and thoughts -- Doing more to feel better -- What you think influences how you feel -- Cognitive distortions -- Evaluating your automatic thoughts -- Rational responses -- Core beliefs -- Evaluating your core beliefs -- Maintaining your gains and relapse prevention -- Review and farewell -- Fidelity checklists.…”
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David Armstrong by Mumford, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Naturalism -- Universals -- Laws of nature -- Possibility -- Dispositions -- States of affairs -- Sensations and perceptions -- Metaphysics of mind -- Knowledge and belief -- Truthmaking -- Necessity.…”
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Evolution the disguised friend of faith? : selected essays / by Peacocke, A. R. (Arthur Robert)

Table of Contents: “…Theological evolution : the reshaping of belief.…”
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Science and religion in quest of truth by Polkinghorne, J. C., 1930-

Table of Contents: “…Truth and understanding -- Some lessons from history -- Insights from science -- Theology and science in interactive context -- Motivated Christian belief.…”
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Inscribing faith in late antiquity : between reading and seeing / by Leatherbury, Sean Villareal, 1984-

Table of Contents: “…Material texts -- Framing texts, framing belief -- Ekphrasis and experience -- Embedding texts into images -- Embedded prayers -- Reading and seeing faith.…”
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The Challenge of Bewilderment : Understanding and Representation in James, Conrad, and Ford / by Armstrong, Paul B., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Conradian bewilderment : the metaphysics of belief -- Contingency, interpretation, and belief in Lord Jim -- The ontology of society in Nostromo -- Part III. …”
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Medicine, religion, and the body

Table of Contents: “…Negotiating medicine, healing and religious belief -- pt. 3. Virtue, health and the state.…”
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Nazism and Neo-Nazism in Film and Media / by Lee, C. J. P. (Charles Jason Peter)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction. Beliefs, boundaries, culture -- Film and television -- Nazism, neo-nazism, and comedy -- Necrospectives and media transformations -- Globalization -- Conclusions. …”
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