Introducing TL Brink, MSI Press Author



TL Brink

TL Brink is the author of How to Argue with an Atheist: How to Win the Argument without Losing the Person.
T.L. Brink is a social scientist and author of fifteen books, two dozen encyclopedia articles, and hundreds of journal articles, reviews and conference presentations. His main topics of interest include clinical assessment and treatment of mental disorders in later life, religious phenomena, cancer attitudes, consumer behavior, qualitative research methods, and Big Data Analytics using Bayesian Sequential Statistics. He has degrees from Claremont Men’s College, San Jose State University, Santa Clara University and the University of Chicago. He has been a member of the Association for Psychological Science, American Psychological Association, American Sociological Association, Western Psychological Association, Western Positive Psychology Association, Midwestern Psychological Association, International Council of Psychologists, Sociedad Interamericana de Psicologia, Gerontological Society of America, American Academy of Religion, Religious Research Association, and Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. He has served as editor, editorial board member, or peer reviewer for more than a dozen professional journals. He has been appointed to the faculties of Stanford University School of Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Public Health, Universidad Iberoamericana, University of Redlands, University of California Riverside, and University of the People. He is currently Professor of Psychology at Crafton Hills College. On youtube he has over 600 videos which have received 1.7 million hits for HEADLESSPROFESSOR. Dr. Brink resides in Mexico and southern California.

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