Prayer Religious Experience Psychology and Religion Psychology
Prayer Religious Experience Psychology and Religion Psychology
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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Scientific Research on Prayer - Debra Williams' review of research attempting to prove the power of prayer.
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Medical Bureau at Lourdes - 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.
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Intercessory Prayer Debate between W Harris & I Tessman - Is there scientific evidence that intercessory prayer speeds medical recovery? A Debate. Published at the CSICOP-site with other critical articles.
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Problems with Prayer and Faith Healing - Collected critiques of prayer on the website of Guide to Atheism and Agnosticism.
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Psychology of Prayer - Notes and bibliographic references for D. Andrew Kille's lecture on prayer, a part of the Pastoral Ministries Program at Santa Clara University.
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Distant Healing Project - 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.
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TIME: Investigating the Power of Prayer - Critical comment by Leon Jaroff against national funding of prayer studies.
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Transcendent and Spiritual Experiences of Scientists - Web-site with collected accounts from scientists about their transcendent, transpersonal, mystical, paranormal, or psychic experiences, here: Healing on Distance.
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Samueli Institute - A non-profit, non-affiliated organization conducting and supporting research on the biology of healing and the therapeutic relationship.
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Boundary Institute - A nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to research of anomalous phenomena related to consciousness (which might contribute to explain intercessory prayer).
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BBC News: Does Prayer Work? - Review of evidence for answered prayer for world peace and health.
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