Toward a sociological theory of religion and health
Driven by funding agencies, empirical research in the social scientific study of health and medicine has grown in quantity and developed in quality. When it became evident, in what is now a tradition of inquiry, that people 's religious activities had significant health consequences, a portion...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Series/Journal: | Religion and the social order
v. 19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Resilience (Personality trait)
/ Mental health
/ Health
/ Stress
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| Further subjects: | B
Health ; Religious aspects
B Religion Social aspects B Collection of essays B Religion Social aspects B Medicine ; Religious aspects B Health B BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Gaia & Earth Energies B Medicine Religious aspects B Religion B RELIGION ; Christianity ; General B Health Religious aspects B Medicine Religious aspects B Health Religious aspects B Electronic books B Religion ; Social aspects |
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| Summary: | Driven by funding agencies, empirical research in the social scientific study of health and medicine has grown in quantity and developed in quality. When it became evident, in what is now a tradition of inquiry, that people 's religious activities had significant health consequences, a portion of that body of work began to focus more frequently on the relationship between health and religion. The field has reached a point where book-length summaries of empirical findings, especially those pertinent to older people, can identify independent, mediating, and dependent variables of interest. Every |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references. - Print version record |
| ISBN: | 9004210849 |