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In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Jeff Levin explores the latest compelling evidence of the connection between health and an array of spiritual beliefs and practices, including prayer, attending religious services, meditation, and faith in God. Drawing on his own and other published studies, Dr. Levin shows how religion’s emphasis on healthy behaviors and supportive relationships influences one’s overall health and how the optimism and hopefulness of those who profess faith promote the body’s healing responses. Filled with dramatic personal stories, God, Faith, and Health will alter the way you think about your body and your faith and will show you the path to improving your own health through spiritual practice.
“Jeff Levin writes with incredible clarity, style, and passion. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the religion-health connection, especially those wondering if such a connection exists at all.”
-Harold G. Koenig, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, and author of The Healing Power of Faith
“Beautifully written and packed with compelling scientific evidence for the spirituality-health connection . . . . With the precision of a scientist, the courage of a true pioneer, and the artistry of a storyteller, Levin reminds us of what we can no longer afford to ignore: that our spiritual life matters mightily to our health and well-being at every level.”
-Janet F. Quinn, Ph.D., R.N., Associate Professor, University of Colorado School of Nursing
ASIN : B00DNL0C2Y
Publisher : Trade Paper Press; 1st edition (July 20, 2007)
Publication date : July 20, 2007
Language : English
File size : 539 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
Print length : 284 pages
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Reviewer: Harmonious
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The main message in this book squares perfectly with many revelations contained in “A course in miracles”
Review: I read this book, initially, more than ten years ago but, now, having read also “A course in miracles” in the meantime, I can state confidently that the main message in Dr. Levin’s book squares perfectly with the tenets of “A course in miracles”. I humbly suggest to Dr. Levin to check out the truths “proposed” in “A course in miracles” because these truths answer, in an eloquent manner, practically all the rhetorical questions that Dr. Levin asks in this momentous book of his. Dr. Levin, besides being a thorough scientist, is one courageous human being; with this book he risked his professional reputation and maybe even his chances of “putting bread on the table”. Thank you, Dr. Levin, for in addition of giving us good science in this book, you have given us hope and pointed for us the way out of needless misery.
Reviewer: John K. Graham
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent summary of Spirituality and Health
Review: The author, Jeff Levin,PhD, has presented a nice summary of the over 3,000 articles which have now appeared in the literature supporting the positive effect Religion/Spirituality have on health. The book is readable and yet well documented. The findings should convince even the most cynical. Commitment to one’s religion, when genuine, has many positive health effects. Levin’s work supports that finding.
Reviewer: john sisler
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Tech Heavy
Review: Not an easy read. The subject is important to me but the average person, I can’t see loving it. I could be wrong.
Reviewer: A retired scientist
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wow, what a book
Review: This is a terrific book. I’ve read just about all the other popular books on the connections between spirituality and health (by Koenig, Matthews, Dossey, Siegel, Chopra, Benor, and all the rest) and this is by FAR the most level-headed and scientifically grounded. It seems that everyone writing on this topic is either a conservative religious M.D. or some kind of new age follower. Levin is neither. He’s a credible, methodologically skilled scientist who actually did much of the original research he summarizes. I’ve heard him talk–he’s excellent–and this book, like his lectures, focuses on the how & why of a spirituality-health connection. He comprehensively outlines all the possible ways that faith may be connected to health–through effects on behavior, social relationships, emotions, beliefs, etc. He even raises the possibility of some things that a lot of scientists might consider unproven (subtle energies, nonlocality, psi, the supernatural), but he is careful and guarded with his tone and, throughout the book, meticulous with his citations. He always considers both sides of the issue and never overstates things. Plus the book is marvelously readable. When was the last time you could say that about an epidemiologist? Very highly recommended to both science types and laypeople. This guy is ready for the big time.
Reviewer: Jorge R. Sanchez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: spirituality and health
Review: Excelent resource for the consideration, discussion and further investigation on the subject of science-faith relationship. Spiritual dimension of the human being is a reality that integrates its wholeness and well-being, existentially and scientifically proven.
