Better Health through Spiritual Practices
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Better Health through Spiritual Practices

A Guide to Religious Behaviors and Perspectives That Benefit Mind and Body

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Better Health through Spiritual Practices

A Guide to Religious Behaviors and Perspectives That Benefit Mind and Body

About this book

An in-depth examination of religious practices around the world and the fascinating science behind how they make us healthier. Many religious and spiritual beliefs promote wellness through their practices or stated objectives—for example, focusing on simple living, having compassion for others, vegetarianism, or meditation and mindfulness. This refreshing work provides a review of the world's spiritual perspectives and traditions, and explores how their guiding principles encourage healthy lifestyle choices. An examination of religious and nonreligious perspectives from around the world—from atheism, Confucianism, and Christianity to Islam, Judaism, Shamanism, and Zoroastrianism—reveals how faith beliefs and values influence behavior and inspire healthy living. With contributions from leading international scholars, the chapters include a discussion of Eastern and Western world religions and their practices—such as fasting or the avoidance of alcohol and tobacco—and how they may foster healthfulness. A contemporary analysis of current research findings suggests possible interventions that individuals and health providers may utilize to enhance healthfulness. A final chapter explores the connection between health, illness, and religious and nonreligious perspectives.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781440853678
eBook ISBN
9798216052586
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
General Health

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Series Foreword
  7. Preface: The Prospect of Our Journey
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1. The Religio-Spiritual Context of Lifestyle Practices and Health Behaviors
  10. Chapter 2. Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism
  11. Chapter 3. The Middle Path to Health: The Relationship between Buddhist Practices and Beliefs, and Health Outcomes
  12. Chapter 4. Health, Spirituality, and Chinese Thought
  13. Chapter 5. Ways of Healing and the Roles of Harmony, Purity, and Violent Rhetoric in Japanese Shinto and Shamanism
  14. Chapter 6. Judaism and Health
  15. Chapter 7. Christianity—Catholic and Seventh-day Adventist Examples
  16. Chapter 8. Islam and Health
  17. Chapter 9. Sufism and Optimal Health
  18. Chapter 10. Lesser Known Spiritualities: Bahá’í’, Rastafari, and Zoroastrianism
  19. Chapter 11. North American Indigenous Spiritualities
  20. Chapter 12. The Spirituality of the Eastern Cherokee and Ani’-Yun-Wiya Shamanistic Medicine
  21. Chapter 13. Agnostic, Atheistic, and Nonreligious Orientations
  22. Chapter 14. Epilogue: Religion, Science, and Health—A Question of Balance or the Space Between?
  23. Index