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Toward a sociological theory of religion and health / edited by Anthony Blasi.

Contributor(s): Blasi, Anthony J
Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion and the social order: v. 19.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011Description: viii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789004205970 (hardback : alk. paper); 9004205977 (hardback : alk. paper)Subject(s): Medicine -- Religious aspects | Health -- Religious aspects | Religion -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 201/.661 LOC classification: BL65.M4 | T678 2011Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction : sociological theory on religion and health / Anthony J. Blasi -- Religion and mental health : through the lens of the stress process / Christopher G. Ellison and Andrea K. Henderson -- The role of divine beliefs in stress processes / Scott Schieman and Alex Bierman -- Transcendent experience and health : concepts, cases, and sociological themes / Jeff Levin -- Does religion protect against psychological distress among chronically ill and poor women? / Barbara Kilbourne, Sherry Cummings, and Robert S. Levine -- Religion and health in Japan : past research, new findings, and future directions / Michael K. Roemer -- Religion and mental health in China / Eric Y. Liu -- Religious involvement and Latino immigrant health / Ephraim Shapiro -- Stress, religious-based coping, and physical health / Neal Krause -- Religious involvement and religious struggles / Terence D. Hill and Ryon J. Cobb -- The recondite religious life of health / Anthony J. Blasi.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : sociological theory on religion and health / Anthony J. Blasi -- Religion and mental health : through the lens of the stress process / Christopher G. Ellison and Andrea K. Henderson -- The role of divine beliefs in stress processes / Scott Schieman and Alex Bierman -- Transcendent experience and health : concepts, cases, and sociological themes / Jeff Levin -- Does religion protect against psychological distress among chronically ill and poor women? / Barbara Kilbourne, Sherry Cummings, and Robert S. Levine -- Religion and health in Japan : past research, new findings, and future directions / Michael K. Roemer -- Religion and mental health in China / Eric Y. Liu -- Religious involvement and Latino immigrant health / Ephraim Shapiro -- Stress, religious-based coping, and physical health / Neal Krause -- Religious involvement and religious struggles / Terence D. Hill and Ryon J. Cobb -- The recondite religious life of health / Anthony J. Blasi.

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