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Title:

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

Publisher:

Brill,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

viii, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Medicine--Religious aspects.
Health--Religious aspects.
Religion--Social aspects.

Other Authors:

Blasi, Anthony J.

Notes:

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 protest 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.

Series:

Religion and the social order, 1061-5210 ; v. 19

ISBN:

9004205977 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004205970 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)709890422

LCCN:

2011009686

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)