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| Author | : Harold G. Koenig |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2002-01-17 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 9780198032816 |
This book is the first to present new medical research establishing a connection between religion and health and to examine the implications for Eastern and Western religious traditions and for society and culture. The distinguished list of contributors examine a series of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) topics that relate to religious faith and behavior. PNI studies the relationships between mental states and the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems. Among the issues it focuses upon are how mental states, in general, and belief states, in particular, affect physical health. The contributors argue that religious involvement and belief can affect certain neuroendocrine and immune mechanisms, and that these mechanisms, in turn, susceptibility to cancer and recovery following surgery. This volume is essential reading for those interested in the relationship between religion and health.
| Author | : Gerhard Emmanuel Lenski |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1977 |
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| Author | : John C. Green |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010-03-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1597974307 |
Analyzes religion's surprising role in voting preference
| Author | : Alicja Curanović |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 2012-03-15 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1136478647 |
This book examines how religion interacts with Russian foreign policy, arguing that religion is an important and neglected factor in shaping Russia’s outlook towards international relations. It surveys the importance of religion for social life in Russia, both historically and at present, and considers a wide range of Russian attitudes which are affected by religion – such as Russian nationalism, notions of Slavic solidarity, the divine mission of Russian Orthodox civilisation, Russian imperialism, Russia’s special approach towards Islam. The book discusses how religious organizations, especially the Russian Orthodox Church, operate in international relations, pursuing their own interests and those of the Russian state; explores how religious ideas and culture linked to religion impinge on Russian attitudes and identity, and thereby affect policy; and demonstrates how policy influenced by religion impacts on Russian foreign policy in practice in a wide range of examples, including Russia’s relations with other orthodox countries, non-orthodox Western countries, Muslim countries, Israel and the Vatican.
| Author | : Victorita Trif |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2019-12 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9781799814283 |
"This book examines sophisticated paradigms from academic narratives and educational realities"--
| Author | : Peter Clarke |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 1063 |
| Release | : 2011-02-04 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0191557528 |
The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion draws on the expertise of an international team of scholars providing both an entry point into the sociological study and understanding of religion and an in-depth survey into its changing forms and content in the contemporary world. The role and impact of religion and spirituality on the politics, culture, education and health in the modern world is rigorously discussed and debated. The study of the sociology of religion forges interdisciplinary links to explore aspects of continuity and change in the contemporary interface between society and religion. Using a combination of theoretical, methodological and content-led approaches, the fifty-seven contributors collectively emphasise the complex relationships between religion and aspects of life from scientific research to law, ecology to art, music to cognitive science, crime to institutional health care and more. The developing character of religion, irreligion and atheism and the impact of religious diversity on social cohesion are explored. An overview of current scholarship in the field is provided in each themed chapter with an emphasis on encouraging new thinking and reflection on familiar and emergent themes to stimulate further debate and scholarship. The resulting essay collection provides an invaluable resource for research and teaching in this diverse discipline.
| Author | : Philip Hefner |
| Publisher | : Augsburg Fortress Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : |
"This amazing book takes into account all of the leading premises of the modern concept of biocultural evolution and builds a bridge to religious theory. Its value lies in its ability to pose the major questions and sketch proposals for dealing with them. To my knowledge it is the first work to make such an attempt." --Solomon H. Katz University of Pennsylvania "Hefner's book is a major breakthrough in doing constructive theology. His view of human beings as created co-creators is filled with balanced insight regarding how humans are united with the rest of creation, while having a special place because of their brains and culture." --Karl E. Peters Coeditor, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science
| Author | : Antony Loewenstein |
| Publisher | : Macmillan Publishers Aus. |
| Total Pages | : 359 |
| Release | : 2013-07-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1743289138 |
Four Australian thinkers come together to ask and answer the big questions, such as: What is the nature of the universe? Doesn't religion cause most of the conflict in the world? and Where do we find hope? We are introduced to the detail of different belief systems - Judaism, Christianity, Islam - and to the argument that atheism, like organised religion, has its own compelling logic. And we gain insight into the life events that led each author to their current position. Jane Caro flirted briefly with spiritual belief, inspired by 19th century literary heroines such as Elizabeth Gaskell and the Brontë sisters. Antony Lowenstein is proudly culturally, yet unconventionally, Jewish. Simon Smart is firmly and resolutely a Christian, but one who has had some of his most profound spiritual moments while surfing. Rachel Woodlock grew up in the alternative embrace of Baha'i belief but became entranced by its older parent religion, Islam. Provocative, informative and passionately argued, For God's Sake encourages us to accept religious differences but to also challenge more vigorously the beliefs that create discord.
| Author | : Dale A. Matthews |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 1999-04-01 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 1440621454 |
Drawing from the latest scientific research, as well as numerous illustrative case studies, The Faith Factor offers convincing proof that religious practices can and do enhance the healing powers of medicine. And nationally renowned physician Dale A. Matthews offers a program any patient can follow to incorporate faith into their own healing. Dr. Matthews points out that encouraging an integration of religious beliefs and practices in medical settings can have important benefits for the entire medical community, from patients and doctors to national health policy makers. He shows how the national trend toward rediscovering religious values has led many patients to use prayer in conjunction with conventional treatment, and that the results have already confirmed that faith and religious practice can be valuable medicine. Finally, Dr. Matthews helps readers explore the connection between faith and medicine in their own lives through methods of prayer, community worship, and study of Scripture.
| Author | : Robert H. Thouless |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 1972-01-06 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 9780521081498 |
The third edition of this successful book, which applies the science of psychology to problems of religion. Dr Thouless explores such questions as: why do people believe? Why are their beliefs often held with irrational strength? How are changes in belief systems related to mental health? What are reasonable attitudes towards alternative belief systems? This edition includes samples of the experimental and statistical studies of religious problems, including the author's own study of the strength of religious beliefs. This edition also pays more attention to the problems of non-Christian religious systems, with special consideration given to the problems of mutual toleration. Finally Dr Thouless considers whether it is reasonable for modern man to adhere to any religious belief system. This is an excellent textbook for students of the social sciences, particularly psychology and theology, and will also interest the general reader who has an intellectual curiosity about religion.
