Religious Beliefs About Illness

This article discusses the questions whether religion in our culture promotes the belief that illness is deserved and whether religion might promote complacency or indifference to suffering. This discussion first raises Lemer's (1991) point that some beliefs about suffering-although culturally...

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Main Author: Loewenthal, Kate Miriam 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 1997
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1997, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 173-178
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