Investigating Prayer Impact on Health and Quality of Life /

• Main Author: Olver, Ian N. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Philosophy.; Alternative medicine.; Quality of Life.; Quality of Life > Research.; Applied psychology.; Psychology, clinical.; Social Sciences.; Quality of Life Research.; Health Psychology.; Complementary & Alternative Medicine.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Philosophy of Religion.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4571-5

From the ancients to the Renaissance, religion and medicine worked hand in hand to heal the people, until the scientific minds of the Enlightenment created a physical model of illness without a spiritual component. In this century, spirituality is gaining recognition as part of individuals<U+0019...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. What is Prayer and Why Study it?
• Chapter 2. Studies of Prayer as a Complementary Therapy
• Chapter 3. A Theological Reflection on Prayer
• Chapter 4. The Relationship Between Spiritual Wellbeing and Quality of Life
• Chapter 5. A Randomized Blinded Study of Intercessory Prayer in Patients with Cancer
• Chapter 6. The impact of the study on the trials team
• Chapter 7. Response to our Study of Prayer
• Chapter 8. What next?.