Prayer Religious Experience Psychology and Religion Psychology

Prayer Religious Experience Psychology and Religion Psychology

Prayer

Prayer is a fundamental activity within many religions. Understandings of prayer vary from reductive psychological explanations in terms of positive thinking and self-talk through to theological descriptions of communication with the Divine. Of late there has been a surge of interest in scientific experiments attempting to measure the effectiveness of prayer, particularly on health.

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- Collected critiques of prayer on the website of Guide to Atheism & Agnosticism.
- The ultimative answer to a prayer, but: "This is the kind of thing that I wouldn't believe, even if it were true!"
- Extensive collection of studies, discussions and recommendations to the topic by Daniel J Benor.
- Mini-site from the Institute of Noetic Sciences, including summary of distant healing research, full text research and review articles, videos of interviews with researchers, bibliography, and FAQ.
- Complete documentation of a three day conference (2003) covering all aspects in the field.
- Collection of skeptical articles on the power of prayer in medical healing by Gary Posner (up to 2002).
- Critical comment by Leon Jaroff against national funding of prayer studies.
- Article by Wayne B. Jonas, Cindy C. Crawford (2003). Alternative Therapies, 9, 56-61.[PDF]
- Description of the process for recognition of miraculous cures. Includes list of the recognized cures at Lourdes, and details of the International Medical Association of Lourdes (AMIL) Bulletin.
- Notes and bibliographic references for D. Andrew Kille's lecture on prayer, a part of the Pastoral Ministries Program at Santa Clara University.
- A nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to research of anomalous phenomena related to consciousness (which might contribute to explain intercessory prayer).
- Collection of scientific research articles and media articles exploring the power of intercessory prayer on health.
- Debra Williams' review of research attempting to prove the power of prayer.
- Web-site with collected accounts from scientists about their transcendent, transpersonal, mystical, paranormal, or psychic experiences, here: Healing on Distance.
- The cover story discusses shortly the main issues in investigating faith and health.
- Is there scientific evidence that intercessory prayer speeds medical recovery? A Debate. Published at the CSICOP-site with other critical articles.
- Four video stories hosted by Jay Ingram investigating remote prayer. Includes interview with Duke University's Dr. Mitchell Krucoff.
- A non-profit, non-affiliated organization conducting and supporting research on the biology of healing and the therapeutic relationship.
- A research project by Niels C Hvidt; excerpts of publications.
- Review of Lobo et al's (2001) double blind study into the effects of intercessory prayer on IVF success.
- Review of evidence for answered prayer for world peace and health.

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