📚 4 Books mentioned in "Why It’s Logical to Believe in God, with Ross Douthat" of Honestly with Bari Weiss
Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss
Episode: Why It’s Logical to Believe in God, with Ross Douthat
Published on April 17, 2025
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
After
Buy After by Bruce Greyson on Amazon
I recommend a book called uh after by a doctor named Bruce Grayson, which is there have been a lot of surveys of the literature on this going back.
Ross Douthat recommends a book about near-death experiences by Bruce Greyson.
Believe
Buy Believe by Ross Douthat on Amazon
His latest book, which we talk about today, is called Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious.
The host introduces Ross Douthat's latest book by title and subtitle.
The Principles of Psychology
Buy The Principles of Psychology by William James on Amazon
And so, you know, if you read William James' varieties of religious experience, the famous, you know, the famous attempt to sort of catalog and analyze these experiences, I saw things like that happened to my parents and people I know.
Ross Douthat mentions William James' book in the context of cataloging and analyzing religious experiences.
The Righteous Mind
Buy The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt on Amazon
I know Jonathan Height talks about this in his book, The Righteous Minds, that we all have sort of a God-shaped hole in us...
The host mentions Jonathan Haidt's book and a concept discussed within it.