Exclusive works of art and gifts. Visit The Franklin Mint. How America's spiritual life will change. Don Lattin and Richard Cimino pirituality is everywhere these days. Inspirational books top the best-seller lists, TV series about angels pull in high ratings, office workers fill lunchtime yoga classes.
Studies increasingly show that spirituality generates good mental and physical health.
Now some doctors literally write prayer prescriptions. D.C. After examining the legs of an elderly patient, Matthews urged her to join her church choir. A 1996 survey of members of the American Academy of Family Physicians reports that a remarkable 99 percent believe that religious faith helps patients respond to treatment. Religion's answer to Home Depot, they provide one-stop shopping for those seeking solutions to everyday problems. Such churches may provide practical sermons on relationships as well as salvation, plus sports clubs, child care and 12-step groups.