Faith Healing

Prayer As Medicine For The Sick

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld | Posted 04.22.2012

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A spiritual approach to our health uses the words of our prayers in order to ground us, strengthen us and heal us. This is what faith is about. It should be something we embrace at all times in our life.

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Parents Lose Children After Son Dies After Faith Healing

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.18.2012

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After 16-year-old Austin Sprout lost his life when his parents, Brandi and Russel Bellew, opted for prayer instead of medical treatment, their remaini...

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What Counts As Legitimate Scientific Research On Prayer?

Candy Gunther Brown, Ph.D. | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Science and Healing, Prayer and Meditation, POWER of PRAYER, Religion News, Testing Prayer, Religion and Science, Healing, Faith Healing, Religion News

My basic response is this: Prayer effects should be subject to the same standards as other research. This means that standards should not be lower, nor should they be higher.

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Can Science Prove The Healing Power Of Prayer?

Candy Gunther Brown, Ph.D. | Posted 05.02.2012

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If prayer affects health then patients, doctors and policymakers should all want to know. Scientific research has returned mixed results. Part of the confusion stems from how prayer is studied.

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Can Strong Prayer Bend The Medical Cost Curve?

Michael L. Millenson | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Health Care Coverage, Psychiatric Drugs, Prayer, Health Care Costs, David Healy, Faith Healing, Evidence-Based Medicine, Religion and Science, Prayer and Meditation, Religion News

Appealing to the Almighty offers awe-inspiring economic potential. In the Bible, both Moses and Jesus heal lepers. Think what they could do with diabetes or cancer! Still, the question remains whether prayers by ordinary people can produce an equivalent clinical impact.

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The Positive Health Effects Of Prayer

Russ Gerber | Posted 10.02.2011

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Researchers who have concluded (once again) that more and more Americans are praying about their health. As striking as that is, it's not the big surprise in the latest study.

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Faith-Healing Parents Sentenced

Posted 08.27.2011

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By Steve Mayes Religion News Service OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) Brushing aside pleas for leniency, a county judge on Friday (June 24) sentenced two m...

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Faith Healing Parents Convicted

Posted 08.08.2011

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By Steve Mays Religion News Service OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) After just an hour of deliberation, jurors on Tuesday (June 7) unanimously found two ...

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Couple Go On Trial In Oregon Faith Healing Case

Posted 07.25.2011

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By Steve Mayes and Jeff Mapes Religion News Service OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) A couple whose reliance on faith healing threatened their daughter's e...

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Even Religious Freedom Has Limits

Tom Krattenmaker | Posted 05.31.2011

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Does the religious freedom of a small, separatist faith-healing church trump the rights of its members' children to live to adulthood?

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Faith Healers Responsible For Child Deaths Under Proposed Oregon Bill

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Steve Mayes Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon prosecutors and lawmakers endorsed a bill Monday (Feb. 21) that would remove special le...

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Child In Faith-Healing Case Continues To Improve

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Steve Mayes Religion News Service OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) A 13-month-old child who faced blindness in one eye after her parents treated her with p...

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Jesus The Healer

Matt J. Rossano | Posted 05.26.2011

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Recent studies suggest that placebo healing is real, and understanding it may shed light on how healers of the ancient past, such as Jesus, had such powerful positive effects.

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Healing Revival In Alabama (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night, ABC continued its series, "Faith Matters," with a report on a so-called spirit revival taking place in Mobile, Ala. Spurred by faith and v...

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Judge Returns Infant To Faith-Healing Parents

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Steve Mayes, The Oregonian Religion News Service OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) A Clackamas County judge ruled Friday (Sept. 24) that an infant who faced...

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Faith Healers Plead Not Guilty To Criminal Mistreatment

Religion News Service | Steve Mayes | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Steve Mayes / The Oregonian Religion News Service OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) Two members of a controversial faith-healing church were charged Thursd...

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Prescription for Peace in Times of Sickness: Finding Comfort in God's Word

Beth Bosserman | Posted 05.25.2011

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While suffering from chronic illness, do you question God's concern for you? Do you feel forgotten by him?

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D.A. Reaches Out To Families In Faith-Healing Church

Religion News Service | By Steve Mayes / The Oregonian | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Steve Mayes / The Oregonian Religion News Service OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) District Attorney John Foote kept his promise to reach out to an Oregon ...

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Glenn Beck: the Televangelist Con Man Selling God's Plan for America

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

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If religious zealots blur the line between what happens in the pulpit and what happens in Congress, it's that much easier for Congress to tax and regulate what happens in the pulpit. Be careful what you wish for, Beck and Palin.

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Spirituality: A Powerful Factor for Health Care Reform

Gary Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Like the 36 percent of Americans who say they've experienced or seen healing through prayer, my lifestyle of spirituality includes the practice of healing through prayer. I've found that prayer "works."

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Neil Beagley, Faith-Healing Teen, Dies Of Easily Treatable Illness

AP | Posted 11.17.2011

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GLADSTONE, Ore. — Authorities say a teenager from a faith-healing family died from an illness that could have been easily treated, just a few mo...

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Faith Healing: From Jesus To Neurotransmitters

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

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This was originally posted in the Washington Post's "On Faith" section in response to their question: "Do you believe that faith can effect your healt...

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