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Unless a theologian has the inner fortitude of a desert saint, he has only one effective remedy against the threat of cognitive collapse in the face of these pressures: he must huddle together with like-minded fellow deviants—and huddle very closely indeed. Only in a countercommunity of considerable strength does cognitive deviance have a chance to maintain itself. The countercommunity provides continuing therapy against the creeping doubt as to whether, after all, one may not be wrong and the
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― A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural
― A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural
