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Reviews and discussions have appeared in The New Yorker, [1] Freethought Today, [2] First Things, [3] Journal of the American Medical Association, [4] The Gerontologist, [5] the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, [6] Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, [7] The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, [8] Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, [9] Journal of ...
Religio Medici (The Religion of a Doctor) by Sir Thomas Browne is a spiritual testament and early psychological self-portrait. Browne mulls over the relation between his medical profession and his Christian faith.
Kenneth Pargament is a major contributor to the theory of how individuals may use religion as a resource in coping with stress, His work seems to show the influence of attribution theory. Additional evidence suggests that this relationship between religion and physical health may be causal. [19] Religion may reduce likelihood of certain diseases.
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In terms of religion and science, 85% of evangelical scientists saw no conflict (73% collaboration, 12% independence), while 75% of the whole scientific population saw no conflict (40% collaboration, 35% independence). [232] Religious beliefs of US professors were examined using a nationally representative sample of more than 1,400 professors.
Mediaeval hospitals had a strongly Christian ethos and were, in the words of historian of medicine Roy Porter, "religious foundations through and through"; ecclesiastical regulations were passed to govern medicine, partly to prevent clergymen profiting from medicine. [19] John XXI was a medieval pope and physician who wrote popular medical texts.
Pope Benedict XVI publicly reemphasized the Catholic Church's opposition to in vitro fertilization, claiming it separates the unitive procreative actions that characterize the sexual embrace. [3] In addition, the church opposes in vitro fertilization because it might cause disposal of embryos; Catholics believe an embryo is an individual with a ...
In the High Middle Ages, the religion that had begun by decrying the power of law (Romans 7:1) [dubious – discuss] developed the most complex religious law the world has ever seen. [ 110 ] : 382 Canon law became a fertile field for those who advocated strong papal power, [ 109 ] : 260 and Brian Downing says that a church-centered empire ...