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9780062502520

Healing Words

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  • ISBN13:

    9780062502520

  • ISBN10:

    0062502522

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-08-19
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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Summary

Proving prayer to be as valid and vital a healing tool as drugs or surgery, the bestselling author of Meaning & Medicine and Recovering the Soul offers a bold integration of science and spirituality.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi(2)
Author's Note xiii(2)
Preface xv
Introduction 1(10)
PART ONE: Understanding Prayer and Healing 11(44)
1. Saints and Sinners, Health and Illness
13(24)
2. The Reach of the Mind: Setting the Stage for Prayer
37(18)
PART TWO: Factors Influencing the Efficacy of Prayer 55(104)
3. Prayer and the Unconscious Mind
57(26)
4. Where Do Prayers Go?
83(6)
5. How to Pray and What to Pray For
89(20)
6. Love and Healing
109(10)
7. Time-Displaced Prayer: When Prayers Are Answered Before They Are Made
119(14)
8. Your Doctor's Beliefs and Why They Matter
133(12)
9. When Prayer Hurts: An Inquiry into "Black Prayer"
145(14)
PART THREE: The Evidence 159(50)
10. God in the Laboratory
161(8)
11. Prayer and Healing: Reviewing the Research
169(28)
12. What Is Healing?
197(12)
Afterword 209(2)
Appendix 1. Controlled Experimental Trials of Healing 211(26)
Appendix 2. Spontaneous Regression of Cancer 237(6)
Appendix 3. How Good Is the Evidence? Prayer, Meditation, and Parapsychology 243(6)
Appendix 4. Healing and the Mind: A Summing Up 249(6)
Notes 255(22)
Index 277

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