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Psychology of Prayer
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Notes and bibliographic references for D. Andrew Kille's lecture on prayer, a part of the Pastoral Ministries Program at Santa Clara University.
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TIME: Investigating the Power of Prayer
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Critical comment by Leon Jaroff against national funding of prayer studies.
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Discovery Channel Canada: The Power of Prayer?
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Four video stories hosted by Jay Ingram investigating remote prayer. Includes interview with Duke University's Dr. Mitchell Krucoff.
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Scientific Research on Prayer
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Debra Williams' review of research attempting to prove the power of prayer.
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Prayer Studies
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Collection of skeptical articles on the power of prayer in medical healing by Gary Posner (up to 2002).
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BBC News: Does Prayer Work?
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Review of evidence for answered prayer for world peace and health.
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Newsweek: Faith and Healing
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The cover story discusses shortly the main issues in investigating faith and health.
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John Templeton Foundation Prayer Study Archive
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Collection of scientific research articles and media articles exploring the power of intercessory prayer on health.
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International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality
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Complete documentation of a three day conference (2003) covering all aspects in the field.
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Samueli Institute
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A non-profit, non-affiliated organization conducting and supporting research on the biology of healing and the therapeutic relationship.
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Intercessory Prayer Debate between W Harris & I Tessman
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Is there scientific evidence that intercessory prayer speeds medical recovery? A Debate. Published at the CSICOP-site with other critical articles.
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Transcendent and Spiritual Experiences of Scientists
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Web-site with collected accounts from scientists about their transcendent, transpersonal, mystical, paranormal, or psychic experiences, here: Healing on Distance.
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Boundary Institute
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A nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to research of anomalous phenomena related to consciousness (which might contribute to explain intercessory prayer).
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The Miracle-Leg
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The ultimative answer to a prayer, but: "This is the kind of thing that I wouldn't believe, even if it were true!"
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Problems with Prayer and Faith Healing
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Collected critiques of prayer on the website of Guide to Atheism & Agnosticism.
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Obgyn.net: Prayer May Influence In Vitro Fertilization Success
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Review of Lobo et al's (2001) double blind study into the effects of intercessory prayer on IVF success.
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Medical Bureau at Lourdes
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Description of the process for recognition of miraculous cures. Includes list of the recognized cures at Lourdes, and details of the International Medical Association of Lourdes (AMIL) Bulletin.
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Distant Healing Project
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Mini-site from the Institute of Noetic Sciences, including summary of distant healing research, full text research and review articles, videos of interviews with researchers, bibliography, and FAQ.
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Science and Spiritual Healing: A Critical Review of Spiritual Healing, "Energy" Medicine, and Intentionality
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Article by Wayne B. Jonas, Cindy C. Crawford (2003). Alternative Therapies, 9, 56-61.[PDF]
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