Making God real and making God good: SomE mechanisms through which prayer may contribute to healing

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 707-725

  Luhrmann, Tanya Marie ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

healing; prayer; psychosis; trauma

Indexed keywords

HEALING; PRAYER; PSYCHOSIS; TRAUMA;

FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMBOLISM;

ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INJURY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGION; SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL HEALING; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886382039     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461513487670     Document Type: Article

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