Toward a sociological theory of religion and health
By: edited by Anthony Blasi
Series: Religion and the social order -- v. 19
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9789004205970
Subjects: Medicine; Religion; Religious aspects; Health; Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Sociological theory on religion and health / Anthony J. Blasi; title: Religion and mental health : through the lens of the stress process / Christopher G. Ellison and Andrea K. Henderson; title: The role of divine beliefs in stress processes / Scott Schieman and Alex Bierman; title: Transcendent experience and health : concepts, cases, and sociological themes / Jeff Levin; title: Does religion protest against psychological distress among chronically ill and poor women? / Barbara Kilbourne, Sherry Cummings, and Robert S. Levine; title: Religion and health in Japan : past research, new findings, and future directions / Michael K. Roemer; title: Religion and mental health in China / Eric Y. Liu; title: Religious involvement and Latino immigrant health / Ephraim Shapiro; title: Stress, religious-based coping, and physical health / Neal Krause; title: Religious involvement and religious struggles / Terence D. Hill and Ryon J. Cobb; title: The recondite religious life of health / Anthony J. Blasi.