Medicine for the spirit: Religious coping in individuals with medical conditions

Religions

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-53

  Cummings, Jeremy P ^a   Pargament, Kenneth I ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Religious coping; Spiritual struggle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864916678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rel1010028     Document Type: Article

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