The Healing Power of Faith: Science Explores Medicine's Last Frontier - Hardcover

Koenig, Harold G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684852969 ISBN 13: 9780684852966

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

An infirm, lifetime alcoholic suddenly becomes sober and strong. A patient undergoing open-heart surgery amazes doctors with a speedy convalescence. A cancer patient given only a few months to live defies the predictions. What accounts for such remarkable recoveries? Is it miracle or medicine? In this book, Dr. Harold G. Koenig, Director of Duke University's Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health, presents scientific evidence - the fruits of fifteen years of dedicated investigation - that provides answers to these puzzling medical mysteries. In a marriage of science and spirituality, Dr. Koenig's team of highly trained medical researchers track the influence of religious beliefs and lifestyle on physical and mental health with astonishing results. Through cutting-edge studies involving thousands of patients of both sexes from all over the country, Dr. Koenig shows how strong belief itself may affect immune system responses, lower blood pressure, and extend survival.

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Review:

Dr. Robert H. Schuller the Crystal Cathedral (Garden Grove, California)Informative, yes. Inspirational, yes. Emotionally stirring, definitely! This book will touch both your head and your heart. It is about real people, struggling against almost unbelievable odds, whose faith has enabled them to overcome. It is about groundbreaking, state-of-the-art scientific research, ushering in a new age of medicine and spirit. If you are wondering what effect having faith will have on your life, read this book.

About the Author:

Harold G. Koenig, M.D., is the Director of Duke University's Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health. He is also Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behaviorial Sciences and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. In 1996, Dr. Koenig organized a symposium on religion and health at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest and most prestigious scientific organization. Dr. Koenig is the author of ten books and over 150 articles for a professional audience. This is his first book for the general public. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0684852969
• ISBN 13: 9780684852966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224