Religion and mental health /
This is an interdisciplinary collection of previously unpublished papers on the much-disputed relationship between religious behavior and mental health. Schumaker has assembled a distinguished international roster of contributors - sociologists and anthropologists as well as psychiatrists and psycho...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1992.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=151157 |
| Summary: | This is an interdisciplinary collection of previously unpublished papers on the much-disputed relationship between religious behavior and mental health. Schumaker has assembled a distinguished international roster of contributors - sociologists and anthropologists as well as psychiatrists and psychologists of religion. Taken together, the papers provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of research in the field, as well as shedding new light on a number of specific topics, subject groups, and interpretive perspectives. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 320 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423764536 9781423764533 128044097X 9781280440977 0195069854 9780195069853 |