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Realized Religion [electronic resource] : Relationship Between Religion & Health
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chamberlain, Theodore J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health.
- Health--Religious aspects.
- Religious aspects.
- Health--Religious aspects--Bibliography.
- Local Subjects:
- Health.
- Health--Religious aspects.
- Religious aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- West Conshohocken : Templeton Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Realized Religion includes research that investigates the impact of spirituality in health and healing, faith healing, religion and mental health, religion and life satisfaction, religion and mental disorders, religion and martial satisfaction, the effect of religion on suicide, and the effect of religion on alcohol use and abuse. This book documents over 300 scientific studies published by reputable scientific journals demonstrating that religion has an ameliorating effect on the survival rate of surgical patients, on depression and anxiety, on suicide rates, and on promoti
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Realized Religion Defined; 1 The Role of Prayer in Health and Healing; 2 Faith Healing; 3 Mental Health; 4 Life Satisfaction; 5 Mental Disorders; 6 Marital Satisfaction; 7 Suicide; 8 Alcohol Use and Abuse; 9 The Need for Religious Values in Empirical Research; 10 Christianity: A Model of Realized Religion's
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-26071-9
- 9786613260710
- 1-890151-83-1
- OCLC:
- 476009494
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