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 o...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
Series:
Religion and the Social Order
19.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004223110.
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Call Number: BL65.M4 T678 2011
- Preliminary Material /
- A. Blasi
- Introduction: Sociological Theory On Religion And Health /
- Anthony J. Blasi
- 1. Religion And Mental Health: Through The Lens Of The Stress Process /
- Christopher G. Ellison and Andrea K. Henderson
- 2. The Role Of Divine Beliefs In Stress Processes /
- Scott Schieman and Alex Bierman
- 3. Transcendent Experience And Health: Concepts, Cases, And Sociological Themes /
- Jeff Levin
- 4. Does Religion Protect Against Psychological Distress Among Chronically Ill And Poor Women? /
- Barbara Kilbourne , Sherry Cummings and Robert S. Levine
- 5. Religion And Health In Japan: Past Research, New Findings, And Future Directions /
- Michael K. Roemer
- 6. Religion And Mental Health In China /
- Eric Y. Liu
- 7. Religious Involvement And Latino Immigrant Health /
- Ephraim Shapiro
- 8. Stress, Religious-Based Coping, And Physical Health /
- Neal Krause
- 9. Religious Involvement And Religious Struggles /
- Terrence D. Hill and Ryon J. Cobb
- 10. The Recondite Religious Life Of Health /
- Anthony J. Blasi
- Contributors /
- A. Blasi.