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“For They Knew Not What It Was”: Rethinking the Tacit Narrative History of Religion and Health Research

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Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 1/2017

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Abstract

Over the past couple of decades, research on religion and health has grown into a thriving field. Misperceptions about the history and scope of this field, however, continue to exist, especially among new investigators and commentators on this research. Contrary to the tacit narrative, published research and writing date to the nineteenth century, programmatic research to the 1950s, and NIH funding to 1990; elite medical journals have embraced this topic for over 100 years; study populations are religiously and sociodemographically diverse; and published findings are mostly positive, consistent with psychosocial theories of health and confirmed by comprehensive reviews and expert panels.

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Titel: “For They Knew Not What It Was”: Rethinking the Tacit Narrative History of Religion and Health Research
verfasst von: Jeff Levin
Publikationsdatum: 03.11.2016
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-016-0325-5

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