In Dimensions of Faith, cognitive scientist Steve Donaldson takes readers on a journey from the world of assumptions, set minds, widely varying beliefs, and popular misconceptions to an understanding of the true essence and role of faith as the natural and inevitable product of brains. Using numerous illustrations and examples, Donaldson shows how faith is necessitated by a variety of unavoidable limitations, exposes the myth of a divide between faith and critical thinking, provides practical advice for crafting coherent beliefs, and explains why there can never be such a place as...

Brad West is an anthropology student with in-depth knowledge of history, but little grasp of todays geopolitical realities.

Until he falls in love with a mysterious Chinese woman.

He realizes the enormous ramifications for his country, when he learns he is a pawn in a US government project to rescue China from a political coup.

When his girlfriend suddenly disappears from his college campus, Brad finds himself on a direct flight to Hong Kong. Not only must he hurdle linguistic and cultural barriers and evade Chinese security forces, he must find his girl, save her father, a dissident...