Faith Healing - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Intercessory prayer for the alleviation of ill health.

13 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: Prayer is amongst the oldest and most widespread interventions used with the intention of alleviating illness and promoting good health. Given the significance of this response to illness for a large proportion of the world's population, ... Read more...

"And let us make us a name": reflections on the future of the religion and health field.

15 Mar 2009 After years of marginality, research on religion and health is entering the academic mainstream. Scholarship on this topic has evolved into a large, productive field. As in any emerging field, there are competing visions for what the field should be ... Read more...

Scientific ways to study intercessory prayer as an intervention in clinical research.

30 Dec 2008 The purpose of this article is to share a "research journey" to study the somewhat controversial subject of Christian intercessory prayer (CIP) utilized as a clinical intervention, and the knowledge gained along the way. This article will explore ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Faith Healing - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Intercessory prayer for the alleviation of ill health. 13 Apr 2009
• "And let us make us a name": reflections on the future of the religion and health field. 15 Mar 2009
• Scientific ways to study intercessory prayer as an intervention in clinical research. 30 Dec 2008
• Another anonymous compilation from Samuel Richardson's press: A select manual of devotions for sick persons (1733). 30 Aug 2008
• Faith-based intervention in depression, anxiety, and other mental disturbances. 30 Mar 2008
• Mind and body: do music, imagery, touch, or prayer improve cardiac care? 29 Nov 2006
• The effect of intercessory prayer on wound healing in nonhuman primates. 30 Oct 2006
• World hypotheses and the evolution of integrative medicine: combining categorical diagnoses and cause-effect interventions with whole systems research and nonvisualizable (seemingly "impossible") healing. 30 Oct 2006
• [Procedures of complementary medicine. Spiritual healing and healing through prayer: a discussion paper] 30 Jul 2006
• Explanatory models of common mental disorders among traditional healers and their patients in rural south India. 29 Apr 2006
• [So the confessionals speak!: Disease, gender and social class in the nineteenth century Seville] 30 Dec 2005
• Isla evangelista-a story of church and state: Puerto Rico's faith-based initiatives in drug treatment. 29 Nov 2005
• The mystery of healing. 30 Dec 2004
• Retroactive prayer: lots of history, not much mystery, and no science. 16 Dec 2004
• Arabian traditional healer. 29 Apr 2004
• "Therapeutic touch" is not a Catholic hospital pastoral practice. 30 Jan 2004
• Prayer in psychotherapy: an important consideration. 30 Dec 2003
• Wind of grace. 30 Oct 2003
• Revisiting the Navajo way: lessons for contemporary healing. 30 Dec 2002
• Faith and healing. 30 Dec 2002

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Technical information about 'Faith Healing'

Definition: The use of faith and spirit to cure disease.

Descriptor UI: D029221

Alternative terms: Faith Healing; Healing, Faith; Prayer Healing; Healing, Prayer;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; education; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration;

Tree Number: E02.190.901.155;

History Note: 2002; use MENTAL HEALING 1983-2001