Testing Prayer: Science and Healing
The conflict between science and religion has deterred empirical investigations of religious claims. Members of various religious denominations have felt that their beliefs could be undermined by scientific explorations. Scientists have shown similar degrees of concern regarding such investigations,...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 74, Issue: 4, Pages: 550-552 |
| Review of: | Testing prayer (Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard Univ. Press, 2012) (Mannheimer, Andrew)
Testing prayer (Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard Univ. Press, 2012) (Mannheimer, Andrew) |
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| Summary: | The conflict between science and religion has deterred empirical investigations of religious claims. Members of various religious denominations have felt that their beliefs could be undermined by scientific explorations. Scientists have shown similar degrees of concern regarding such investigations, fearing that results from scientific studies of religion may be used to promote religious beliefs or practices. In Testing Prayer: Science and Healing, Candy Gunther Brown posits that both the concepts of science and religion can be respected while examining the empirical effects of religious practices on culture and society. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srt037 |