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God, Faith, and
Health:
Exploring the Spirituality - Healing Connection
by Jeff
Levin
John Wiley & Sons, 2001
ISBN: 0471355038
Spirituality and Healing, 272 pages
Hardcover, $24.95
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ABOUT THE
BOOK
God, Faith, and Health is a riveting exploration of the
latest scientific evidence that spirituality is good for
you.
Did you know that people who pray or attend religious services
have less illness and better physical and mental health than
those who do not? This is just one of the startling facts about
the connection between spirituality and health revealed in this
fascinating, inspiring, groundbreaking new book by scientist Jeff
Levin, who has conducted much of the original research that
proves the connection.
Thanks in great part to the pioneering efforts of Jeff Levin, a
quiet revolution has taken place in medical science over the past
decade, and medicine has come to embrace the idea of the
connection between faith and healing to such an extent that
between one-third and one-half of the mainstream medical schools
in North America now offer courses in health and spirituality. In
God, Faith, and Health, Dr. Levin doesn't promote a
particular spiritual point of view. Instead, he draws upon his
original research as well as on studies conducted by researchers
around the world to explore the latest compelling evidence of the
connection between health and an array of spiritual beliefs and
practices, including prayer, religious services, healing rituals,
meditation, faith, and others. He also shares the dramatic
stories of dozens of people who have been healed through their
faith, and he discusses strategies for improving your own health
through spiritual practice.
REVIEW
"Jeff Levin writes with incredible clarity, style, and passion.
He is one of the first and finest scientists ever to brave this
territory and has had enormous influence on others due to his
scientific rigor. Levin speaks powerfully as a true leader and
authority in this growing field. This book is a MUST read for
anyone interested in the religion-health connection, especially
those wondering if such a connection exists at all."
--Harold G. Koenig, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and
Medicine, Duke University Medical Center and author of The
Healing Power of Faith
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JEFF LEVIN, Ph.D., M.P.H., is one of the
country’s foremost authorities on the interface of religion
and health and has lectured nationally and internationally on
most aspects of this subject. His research has been featured in
many newspapers and magazines, including USA Today, The
Washington Times, Newsday, JAMA, Modern
Maturity, Moment, Spirituality and Health, and
in cover stories in Time, Readers’ Digest,
and Macleans, and on national radio and television,
including NPR, PBS, CTV, and CBN.
Dr. Levin is the author or co-author of over 120 scholarly
publications, as well as over 100 conference presentations and
invited lectures and addresses, nearly all of which deal with the
role of religion in physical and mental health and aging, or with
maternal and child health. He is author of God, Faith, and
Health: Exploring the Spirituality-Healing Connection; editor
of Religion in Aging and Health: Theoretical Foundations and
Methodological Frontiers; co-editor of Essentials of
Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the forthcoming
Textbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, both
with Dr. Wayne B. Jonas, former Director of the NIH National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM); and,
co-author of the forthcoming Religion in the Lives of African
Americans: Research on the Social, Psychological, and Political
Role of Religion.
Dr. Levin lives in Kansas with his wife, Dr Lea Steele. A magna
cum laude graduate of Duke University, his biography is included
in Who’s Who in Theology & Science,
Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, and
International Who’s Who in Medicine. He is a
recipient of both the 1996 and 1997 Templeton Prize for Exemplary
Papers in Religion and the Medical Sciences, and in 1997 served
as Distinguished Lecturer at Duke University Medical Center and
delivered the First Annual K.J. Lee Fellowship Lecture at
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Author’s Website
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