Prayer, process, and the future of medicine

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-37

  Epperly, Bruce G ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0034402739     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004686624118     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. The power of prayer has been discussed in recent books such as Larry Dossey, Healing Words (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993) and Prayer Is Good Medicine (New York: Harper-Collins, 1996), Harold Koenig, Is Religion Good for You? New York: Haworth, 1997) and The Healing Power of Faith (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999), Dale Matthews, The Faith Factor (New York: Viking, 1998), and Bruce Epperly, Spirituality and Health, Health and Spirituality (Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1997).
2. The power of prayer has been discussed in recent books such as Larry Dossey, Healing Words (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993) and Prayer Is Good Medicine (New York: Harper-Collins, 1996), Harold Koenig, Is Religion Good for You? New York: Haworth, 1997) and The Healing Power of Faith (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999), Dale Matthews, The Faith Factor (New York: Viking, 1998), and Bruce Epperly, Spirituality and Health, Health and Spirituality (Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1997).
3. The power of prayer has been discussed in recent books such as Larry Dossey, Healing Words (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993) and Prayer Is Good Medicine (New York: Harper-Collins, 1996), Harold Koenig, Is Religion Good for You? New York: Haworth, 1997) and The Healing Power of Faith (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999), Dale Matthews, The Faith Factor (New York: Viking, 1998), and Bruce Epperly, Spirituality and Health, Health and Spirituality (Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1997).
4. The power of prayer has been discussed in recent books such as Larry Dossey, Healing Words (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993) and Prayer Is Good Medicine (New York: Harper-Collins, 1996), Harold Koenig, Is Religion Good for You? New York: Haworth, 1997) and The Healing Power of Faith (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999), Dale Matthews, The Faith Factor (New York: Viking, 1998), and Bruce Epperly, Spirituality and Health, Health and Spirituality (Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1997).
5. The power of prayer has been discussed in recent books such as Larry Dossey, Healing Words (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993) and Prayer Is Good Medicine (New York: Harper-Collins, 1996), Harold Koenig, Is Religion Good for You? New York: Haworth, 1997) and The Healing Power of Faith (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999), Dale Matthews, The Faith Factor (New York: Viking, 1998), and Bruce Epperly, Spirituality and Health, Health and Spirituality (Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1997).
6. The power of prayer has been discussed in recent books such as Larry Dossey, Healing Words (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993) and Prayer Is Good Medicine (New York: Harper-Collins, 1996), Harold Koenig, Is Religion Good for You? New York: Haworth, 1997) and The Healing Power of Faith (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999), Dale Matthews, The Faith Factor (New York: Viking, 1998), and Bruce Epperly, Spirituality and Health, Health and Spirituality (Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1997).
7. An earlier essay, "Metaphysics and the Vision of Health," Journal of Religion and Health 27:3 (Fall 1988), pp. 245-255, explored the impact of process thought on our understanding of health and medicine in a preliminary fashion.
8. George Engle, "The Need for a New Medical Model: A Challenge for Biomedicine," Science 166:4286 (April 8, 1977), p. 129.
9. Timaeus 87c-88b.
10. Quoted in M. Todd, "The Challenge to Medicine: Prevention of Illness" in E.M. Goldway, ed., Inner Balance: The Power of Holistic Healing (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall), p. 2.
11. Alfred North Whitehead, Modes of Thought, p. 21.
12. Larry Dossey, Prayer is Good Medicine (New York: HarperCollins, 1996), p. 65.
13. Dale Matthews, David Larson, Constance Berry, The Faith Factor: An Annotated Bibliography of Clinical Research on Spiritual Subjects (Bethesda, MD: National Institute for Healthcare Research, 1993), pp. 44-45.
14. Bruce Epperly, At the Edges of Life (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1992), p. 92.