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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Otros Autores: Blasi, Anthony J. 1946- (Editor )
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Leiden Boston Brill 2011
En:Año: 2011
Colección / Revista:Religion and the social order v. 19
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Religión / Resiliencia / Salud mental / Salud / Gestión de estrés
Otras palabras clave:B Health ; Religious aspects
B Medicine ; Religious aspects
B Health
B BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Gaia & Earth Energies
B Medicine Religious aspects
B Colección de artículos
B RELIGION ; Christianity ; General
B Health Religious aspects
B Religión
B Religión Social aspects
B Medicine Religious aspects
B Health Religious aspects
B Electronic books
B Religion ; Social aspects
B Religión Social aspects
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:No electrónico
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Sumario: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
Notas:Includes bibliographical references. - Print version record
ISBN:9004210849