The Fallacies of Religious Clerics

Why do intelligent and educated people sometimes defend weak arguments when their deepest beliefs are at stake?
The Fallacies of Religious Clerics examines the reasoning errors, biases, and argumentative techniques that can appear when religious beliefs are defended against criticism.
The book begins with basic questions: What is a fallacy? What is bias? Why can people recognize faulty reasoning in others while failing to see it in themselves?
It then examines arguments commonly used by religious clerics and defenders of religion—from appeals to common sense and morality to the fear that abandoning religious belief would lead to injustice, meaninglessness, or moral decline.
But the book is concerned with more than individual fallacies. It asks a deeper question: What happens when the mind is not merely searching for truth, but is also trying to protect a belief it already holds?
Written in clear and accessible language for general readers, The Fallacies of Religious Clerics is an exploration of religion, reasoning, bias, and the psychological mechanisms that can protect deeply rooted beliefs from criticism.