The Ancient-Turned-New Concept of “Spiritual Hygiene”: An Investigation of Media Coverage of Meditation from 1979 to 2014
A spiritual—yet not religious—practice, meditation has been touted as beneficial to boosting the immune system, lowering blood pressure, alleviating migraines, and increasing gray matter in parts of the brain. While scientific research on meditation is beginning to quantify its benefits, there is in...
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2016, Volume: 55, Issue: 5, Pages: 1748-1762 |
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Frame theory
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