Fishing in a Puddle of Doubt and Disbelief?: A Rejoinder to the Speed et al. Commentary
In the article "Religiously/Spiritually Involved, but in Doubt or Disbelief—Why? Healthy?", Mrdjenovich (in J Relig Health https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0711-2, 2018) explored the practices of religious attendance and prayer among atheists and agnostic theists. Speed et al. (in J Reli...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
2022
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2022, Volume: 61, Issue: 3, Pages: 2323-2330 |
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| Summary: | In the article "Religiously/Spiritually Involved, but in Doubt or Disbelief—Why? Healthy?", Mrdjenovich (in J Relig Health https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0711-2, 2018) explored the practices of religious attendance and prayer among atheists and agnostic theists. Speed et al. (in J Relig Health https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01109-1, 2020) offered a commentary regarding Mrdjenovich’s (2018) article with attention to moderators of associations between religious/spiritual constructs and health outcomes. In this rejoinder, I review Speed et al.’s (2020) commentary and I identify a number of concerns, both with their observations and ostensive oversights involving qualitative research methodology, the utility of survey data, the domain of belief, and the impact of calls for a pluralistic approach in the religion-heath research field. I conclude that Mrdjenovich does not misunderstand mechanisms of the (non)religion-health relationship as much as Speed et al. seem to misinterpret Mrdjenovich’s (2018) purpose, perspective, and default position on the issues. I reiterate that a concerted effort is required to study health outcomes among religious minorities. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-021-01200-1 |