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San Francisco, CA : HarperSanFrancisco,
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0062514237 / 9780062514233
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'With the elegance of simplicity and the precision of science, Dossey shows us how we can create a lasting partnership between faith and medicine.' DEEPACK CHOPRA, M.D. Experience the Healing Power of Prayer From the author of 'The New Y
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CONTENTS:
Experiments in prayer can help heal the religion/science split -- The impact of prayer experiments on religious beliefs -- The scientific understanding of prayer is limited -- Prayer is not just a placebo -- Prayer is not required to go anywhere -- Evaluating the criticism that "prayer kills" -- Celebrating the diversity of prayer -- Prayer and false hope -- Praying for others without their consent -- Using public funds for prayer research -- Medical malpractice and the failure to use prayer -- Would you want a doctor who prays? -- The universe is prayer -- Prayer is an attitude of the heart -- Prayer is what it needs to be -- A prayer for prayer -- Distinguishing between religion and prayer -- The body does not distinguish between prayer and meditation -- Ordinary magic -- Credentials don't matter in prayer -- Children are prayer -- Four-legged forms of prayer -- A doctor tests prayer -- Overcoming ambivalence and confusion about prayer -- Who can benefit from prayer? -- When we need to pray, we will -- There is no best way to pray -- More prayer is not always better -- Choosing to pray privately or publicly depends on our temperament -- You can pray in your dreams -- Glimpsing the infinite -- Forgiving ourselves for getting sick -- Praying "Thy will be done" -- Praying for corn in Iowa -- The answer isn't always yes -- Be careful what you ask for -- Beware of negative prayer -- Prayer helps us be warriors, not worriers.
Experiments in prayer can help heal the religion/science split -- The impact of prayer experiments on religious beliefs -- The scientific understanding of prayer is limited -- Prayer is not just a placebo -- Prayer is not required to go anywhere -- Evaluating the criticism that "prayer kills" -- Celebrating the diversity of prayer -- Prayer and false hope -- Praying for others without their consent -- Using public funds for prayer research -- Medical malpractice and the failure to use prayer -- Would you want a doctor who prays? -- The universe is prayer -- Prayer is an attitude of the heart -- Prayer is what it needs to be -- A prayer for prayer -- Distinguishing between religion and prayer -- The body does not distinguish between prayer and meditation -- Ordinary magic -- Credentials don't matter in prayer -- Children are prayer -- Four-legged forms of prayer -- A doctor tests prayer -- Overcoming ambivalence and confusion about prayer -- Who can benefit from prayer? -- When we need to pray, we will -- There is no best way to pray -- More prayer is not always better -- Choosing to pray privately or publicly depends on our temperament -- You can pray in your dreams -- Glimpsing the infinite -- Forgiving ourselves for getting sick -- Praying "Thy will be done" -- Praying for corn in Iowa -- The answer isn't always yes -- Be careful what you ask for -- Beware of negative prayer -- Prayer helps us be warriors, not worriers.