Full Product Details
Author: Candy Gunther Brown
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.666kg
ISBN: 9780674064676
ISBN 10: 0674064674
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 30 April 2012
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Readers interested in the relationship between religion and medicine will find that this book sets a new standard.--A. W. Klink Choice (11/01/2012) This book is a remarkable synthesis of empirical research and theological insight which opens up important new areas for evidence-based scientific and spiritual exploration. It points out, and then guides the reader around, the multiple pitfalls, biases and emotions that inevitably surround the topic of the scientific investigation of prayer and healing.--Martin Moore-Ede, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman, Global Medical Research Institute and former Professor, Harvard Medical School Testing Prayer fills a significant gap in the study of the role of healing in contemporary religious movements, and is unusual in doing so through the use of a range of perspectives. The book is clearly written, well referenced, and in a balanced and considered way avoids the temptations to privilege either theology or experience over science, or to reduce observed phenomena to material explanations. The author instead encourages conversation among scientists and religious practitioners with a view toward future collaborative exploration. I found the project original, credible and compelling.--Dr. John R. Peteet, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Testing Prayer fills a significant gap in the study of the role of healing in contemporary religious movements, and is unusual in doing so through the use of a range of perspectives. The book is clearly written, well referenced, and in a balanced and considered way avoids the temptations to privilege either theology or experience over science, or to reduce observed phenomena to material explanations. The author instead encourages conversation among scientists and religious practitioners with a view toward future collaborative exploration. I found the project original, credible and compelling.--Dr. John R. Peteet, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Readers interested in the relationship between religion and medicine will find that this book sets a new standard.--A. W. Klink Choice (11/01/2012)
Author Information
Candy Gunther Brown is Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, and Adjunct Associate Professor, American Studies Program, at Indiana University, Bloomington.
