Unbelievable?! Theistic/Epistemological Viewpoint Affects Religion–Health Relationship

Research suggests that Religion/Spirituality promotes a variety of positive health outcomes. However, despite reporting lower levels of Religion/Spirituality, non-believers report comparable levels of health to believers. The current study tested the hypothesis that Religion/Spirituality does not have a uniform effect on health for all persons, and tested theological/epistemological categories as moderators. Using the 2012 and 2014 General Social Survey (N = 2670), the relationship between Religion/Spirituality and happiness and self-rated health was investigated. Results indicated that Gnostic Theists experienced Religion/Spirituality more positively than their peers did; Agnostic Theists experienced Religion/Spirituality less positively than their peers did; and Negative Atheists experienced Religion/Spirituality less positively than their peers did. These findings suggested that Religion/Spirituality is not associated with salutary effects for all persons, and that whether a person believes in god(s) and how confident he/she was in god(s)’ existence, influenced his/her experience with Religion/Spirituality.     

Disentangling the Role of Religiosity in Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Religion and Health - Religion is a complex and sociocultural driver of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination decisions, but its exact role has been mixed/unclear. We used a...     

The Return of Religion to North American Public Education?

Books reviewed:
Jon H. Roberts and James Turner, The Sacred and Secular University
D. G. Hart, The University Gets Religion, Religious Studies in American Higher Education
Russell T. McCutcheon, Manufacturing Religion, The Discourse of Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of Nostalgia     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed:
Conrad Cherry, Betty A. Deberg, and Amanda Porterfield, Chapel Hill, Religion On Campus: What Religion Really Means To Today'sUndergraduates.
Mark R. Warren, Dry Bones Rattling: Community Buil–Ding To Revitalize American Democracy.
Paul A. Bramadat, The Church On The World's Turf: An Evangelical Christian Group As A Secular University.
Margaret Harris, Organizing God's Work.
William V. D'Antonio, James D. Davidson, Dean R. Hoge, And Katherine Meyer, American Catholics: Gender, Generation And Commitment.
Marcela Cristi, From Civil To Political Religion: The Intersection Of Culture, Religion, And Politics.
Troy Messenger, Holy Leisure: Recreation And Religion In God's Square Mile.
Stephen Sharot, A Comparative Sociology Of World Religions: Virtuosos, Priests, And Popular Religion.
Adrian J. Ivakhiv, Claiming Sacred Ground: Pilgrims And Politics At Glastonbury And Sedona.     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
S. Mark Heim Depth of the Riches: A Trinitarian Theology of Religious Ends
Alistair McFadyen Bound to Sin: Abuse, Holocaust and the Christian Doctrine of Sin
Charles Miller The Gift of the World: An Introduction to the Theology of Dumitru Staniloae.
Stuart Murray Biblical Interpretation in the Anabaptist Tradition
Andreas Pangritz Karl Barth in the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Frits de Lange Waiting for the Word: Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Speaking about God
Mark Theissen Nation and Samuel Wells, eds., Faithfulness and Fortitude: In Conversation with the Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas
Keith Ward Religion and Revelation ; Religion and Creation ; Religion and Human Nature ; Religion and Community     

Progress and Cumulation in the Sociology of Religion: A Symposium

Mark Chaves: Introduction to the Symposium N.J. Demerath III: Diagnosing the Reverend Dr. Dumpty “After the Fall” Mary Jo Neitz: Eve, Lilith, and the Sociology of Religion: Comments on Zald Robert Wuthnow: Practice and Progress in the Study of Religion Mayer N. Zald: Where Are We in the Sociological Study of Religion? Continuing the Conversation     

Unity,ontology, and the divine mind

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion - In his landmark book on philosophical theology, Saving God: Religion After Idolatry, Mark Johnston develops a panentheistic metaphysic of the...     

Typologies and Meanings of Prayer Among Patients

Journal of Religion and Health - Religion often aids patients, but critical questions arise concerning how patients approach issues regarding prayer. In-depth interviews suggest 12 key patient...     

To Buy or Not to Buy? Introducing Philosophy of Religion

Books reviewed in this article:
Beverley Clack and Brian R. Clack, The Philosophy of Religion: A Critical Introduction
Brian Davies OP (ed.), Philosophy of Religion: A Guide to the Subject     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Science and Religion: An Interpretation of Two Communities. By H arold S chilling .
The New Consciousness in Science and Religion . By HAROLD SCHILLING.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Saving and Secular Faith: An Invitation to Systematic Theology , by B. A. Gerrish.
Jesus is My Uncle , by Luis G. Pedraja.
The Human Person in Science and Theology , edited by Niels HenrikGregersen, Willem B. Drees and Ulf Görman.
Down, Up, and Over: Slave Religion and Black Theology , by Dwight N. Hopkins.
Religion and Popular Culture in America , edited by Bruce David Forbes and Jeffrey H. Mahan.
God, Humanity and the Cosmos: A Textbook in Science and Religion , by Christopher Southgate.     

Belief in God’s Help During Hepatitis C: A Qualitative Study on Muslim Patients in Pakistan

Journal of Religion and Health - Religious/spiritual beliefs play an important role in nursing of patients during chronic condition. Religion comprises an institutionalized set of transcendent...     

Religiosity/Spirituality Matters on Plant-Based Local Medical System

Journal of Religion and Health - Religiosity/spirituality can affect health and quality of life in myriad ways. Religion has been present since the first moments of our evolutionary history,...     

Supernaturalist analytic existentialism: Critical notice of Clifford Williams’ Religion and the meaning of life

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion - In this critical notice of Clifford Williams’ Religion and the meaning of life, I focus on his argumentation in favour of the moderate...     

China,Gender Issues,Medical Philosophy and Measurement Scales

Journal of Religion and Health - In this fourth issue of the Journal of Religion and Health for 2022, four key themes are explored: (1) religious and spiritual issues in China, (2) gender-related...     

The Relation Between Religious Coping,Adjustment to Fertility,Being Affected by Infertility,and Satisfaction with Life in Turkish Women with Infertility

Journal of Religion and Health - Religion has been an important tool in treating the difficulties expereinced by infertile females. This study was conducted to determine the relationship...     

Christianity,Family, Students,and COVID-19

Journal of Religion and Health - Four substantial topics are explored in this issue of the Journal of Religion and Health, namely: (1) Christianity, (2) family and faith dynamics, (3) the spiritual...     

Chaplaincy,Cancer, Aged Care and COVID-19

Journal of Religion and Health - Four key topics are explored in this second issue of the Journal of Religion and Health for 2022. Following a condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, (1)...     

Implicit Religion

Implicit Religion: the Journal of the Centre for the Study of Implicit Religion and Contemporary Spirituality began publication in 1998, but the formal study of Implicit Religion began just thirty years before, in 1968. Its study concentrates upon those aspects of everyday life, the understanding of which may be enhanced if we ask whether they might have, within them, some sort of inherent religiosity of their own. While many other terms, and many other journals, have some degree of overlap with this area of interest, now, it is thought that this Journal is unique in its consistent study of the non-reductionist theory and empirical manifestations of (what might be termed) “secular faith.”     

The Font of all Wisdom

Can Religion be Explained Away ? D. Z. Phillips (ed.) Atheism and Theism , J. J.C. Smart and J. J. Haldane Arguing for Atheism: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion , Robin Le Poidevin