Handbook of Religion and Health

by Verna Benner Carson, Dana E. King, Harold G. Koenig, et al.

Book Overview

What effect does religion have on physical and mental health? In answering this question, this book reviews and discusses research on the relationship between religion and a variety of mental and physical health outcomes, including depression and anxiety; heart disease, stroke, and cancer; and health related behaviors such as smoking and substance abuse. The authors examine the positive and negative effects of religion on health throughout the life...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195118669
• ISBN13: 9780195118667
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 728 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 9.8" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A good reference book

If health is your field of practice this book will increase you awareness on the importance of holistic approach to health care. If you are researching in the area of religion and spirituality, then this is a must read for your literature review.

The Ultimate Resource!

This is the most comprehensive collection of studies in the field of religion, spirituality and healthcare. Extremely easy to read and nicely organized for easy use. As a researcher myself in the field of spirituality and healthcare, I have found this book to be a "must have" resource for our own work. I would strongly recommend this book wihtout reservation!

An Amazing Book

As a scientist with great faith---and a survivor of three separate cancers---I came to this book with a lot of faith and treatment experience. This is an amazing summary of the literature relating religion and health. There are many, many associations between religious commitment and practice and health, with major implications for crafting healthful lifestyles and treatment of illness. This book is scientifically credible, inspirational from a religious perspective, and interesting throughout. 5 stars only because that is the top star value!!

Well worth the money

This book was well worth the money. There is so much information on religion and health, from a detailed history on religion and medicine to specific subjects like well-being, depression, heart disease, stroke, immune function, and lots on cancer. I think anybody with a health background or a religion background would find this book helpful.

The current Bible of the field

ANDREW J. WEAVER, Ph.D. (aweaver@healthcarechaplaincy.org), a United Methodist pastor and research psychologistThis handbook reviews and discusses the extensive research on the relationships between religion and a variety of mental and physical health outcomes, including depression, anxiety, heart disease, hypertension, stroke and cancer, as well as the destructive behaviors such as smoking, substance abuse, and risky sexual activity. This is a comprehensive and useful summary of the field of religion and health by three recognized experts who can write plain English. This will quickly become one of the Bibles of the field. RECOMMENDED WITHOUT RESERVATION.