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100 1 _aBrown, Candy Gunther,
_d1971-
_1http://viaf.org/viaf/285989
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245 1 0 _aTesting prayer :
_bscience and healing /
_cCandy Gunther Brown.
260 _aCambridge, Mass. :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 372 pages) :
_billustrations
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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340 _gpolychrome.
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_0http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003
347 _adata file
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : the magisteria of science and religion -- From Toronto Blessing to global awakening : healing and the spread of Pentecostal-Charismatic networks -- Why are biomedical tests of prayer controversial? -- Are healing claims documented? -- How do sufferers perceive healing prayer? -- Can health outcomes of prayer be measured? -- Do healing experiences produce lasting effects? -- Conclusion : what science can show about prayer.
588 0 _aPrint version record.
520 _aDrawing on medical records, surveys of prayer recipients, prospective clinical trials, and multiyear follow-up observations and interviews, Brown shows that the widespread perception of prayer's healing power has demonstrable social effects which can in some cases produce improvements in health that can be scientifically verified.
520 _aWhen sickness strikes, people around the world pray for healing. Many of the faithful claim that prayer has cured them of blindness, deafness, and metastasized cancers, and some believe they have been resurrected from the dead. Can, and should, science test such claims? A number of scientists say no, concerned that empirical studies of prayer will be misused to advance religious agendas. And some religious practitioners agree with this restraint, worrying that scientific testing could undermine faith. In Candy Gunther Brown's view, science cannot prove prayer's healing power, but what scientists can and should do is study prayer's measurable effects on health. If prayer produces benefits, even indirectly (and findings suggest that it does), then more careful attention to prayer practices could impact global health, particularly in places without access to conventional medicine. Drawing on data from Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians, Brown reverses a number of stereotypes about believers in faith-healing. Among them is the idea that poorer, less educated people are more likely to believe in the healing power of prayer and therefore less likely to see doctors. Brown finds instead that people across socioeconomic backgrounds use prayer alongside conventional medicine rather than as a substitute. Dissecting medical records from before and after prayer, surveys of prayer recipients, prospective clinical trials, and multiyear follow-up observations and interviews, she shows that the widespread perception of prayer's healing power has demonstrable social effects, and that in some cases those effects produce improvements in health that can be scientifically verified.
546 _aIn English.
650 0 _aSpiritual healing
_xPentecostal churches.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2021006754
650 0 _aToronto blessing.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96001648
650 6 _aGuérison par la foi
_xÉglises pentecôtistes.
650 6 _aBénédiction de Toronto.
650 7 _aRELIGION
_xChristian Theology
_xSoteriology.
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650 7 _aMEDICAL
_xAlternative Medicine.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aSpiritual healing
_xPentecostal churches
_2fast
650 7 _aToronto blessing
_2fast
758 _ihas work:
_aTesting prayer (Text)
_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGYFB7m3GqjxkQh3JcjR83
_4https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aBrown, Candy Gunther.
_tTesting prayer.
_dCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012
_z9780674064676
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