There is a growing body of research on religious coping with major life events and its implications for health.
Studies indicate that religious coping is commonly used by many groups in times of stress.
Religious coping has been associated with the health and mental health-related outcomes of a wide variety of critical life situations, such as illness, victimization, war and the death of a loved one. Dr. Harold Koenig, director of the Center for the Study of Religion, Spirituality and Health at Duke University, has published more than 150 scientific articles and chapters and has authored or co-authored eleven books about the link between religion and health. A. Studying patients over time, we can directly demonstrate that there is at least an association between religious involvement and attending a religious service, Bible-study and prayer groups and less frequent hospital admissions and shorter stays. There are several reasons for this. First, people of faith tend to cope better with stress.