Prayer as Therapy

Prayer as Therapy

Scientists seeking hard evidence of prayer's curative powers misunderstand the nature of prayer in Western theistic traditions. Yet theistically consonant ways in which religious belief may influence health do not figure as they should in current professional practice.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Hastings Center report 2000-05, Vol.30 (3), p.40-40
Hauptverfasser: COHEN, CYNTHIA B, WHEELER, SONDRA E, SCOTT, DAVID A, EDWARDS, BARBARA SPRINGER, LUSK, PATRICIA
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Clinical trials
Dose-response relationship
Dose-response relationship (Biochemistry)
Evaluation
Faith
Health aspects
Health care
Health, Religious aspects
Medical ethics
Medicine, Religious aspects
Medicine, Research
Prayer
Prayers
Spiritual healing
Therapy
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Zusammenfassung:Scientists seeking hard evidence of prayer's curative powers misunderstand the nature of prayer in Western theistic traditions. Yet theistically consonant ways in which religious belief may influence health do not figure as they should in current professional practice.
ISSN:0093-0334
1552-146X