Religion, spirituality, and health: The research and clinical implications

HG Koenig - International Scholarly Research Notices, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a concise but comprehensive review of research on religion/spirituality
(R/S) and both mental health and physical health. It is based on a systematic review of …

Religiosity predicts prosociality, especially when measured by self-report: A meta-analysis of almost 60 years of research.

JM Kelly, SR Kramer, AF Shariff - Psychological Bulletin, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
This meta-analysis explores the long-standing and heavily debated question of whether
religiosity is associated with prosocial and antisocial behavior at the individual level. In an …

The missionary roots of liberal democracy

RD Woodberry - American political science review, 2012 - cambridge.org
This article demonstrates historically and statistically that conversionary Protestants (CPs)
heavily influenced the rise and spread of stable democracy around the world. It argues that …

Immigrant volunteering: A stepping stone to integration?

F Handy, I Greenspan - Nonprofit and voluntary sector …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
This article investigates volunteering by immigrants. It examines if and how volunteering
experiences can attenuate the effects of relocation for immigrants as they seek to regain …

[图书][B] Immigrants, evangelicals, and politics in an era of demographic change

JS Wong - 2018 - books.google.com
As immigration from Asia and Latin America reshapes the demographic composition of the
US, some analysts have anticipated the decline of conservative white evangelicals' …

Extending religion-health research to secular minorities: Issues and concerns

K Hwang, JH Hammer, RT Cragun - Journal of Religion and Health, 2011 - Springer
Claims about religion's beneficial effects on physical and psychological health have
received substantial attention in popular media, but empirical support for these claims is …

Addressing criticisms of global religion research: A consumption‐based exploration of status and materialism, sustainability, and volunteering behavior

EA Minton, LR Kahle, TS Jiuan… - Journal for the Scientific …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Religion is a key source of core values and one of the most deeply psychological
experiences; however, prior research has often inadequately measured religion's influence …

[图书][B] Asian American elders in the twenty-first century: Key indicators of well-being

AC Mui, T Shibusawa - 2008 - degruyter.com
AMERICAN SOCIETY is at a critical juncture: policy makers, practitioners, families, and
individuals are forced to face the urgent issues that result from expanding ethnic …

'By helping others, we helped ourselves:'volunteering and social integration of ex-soviet immigrants in Israel

N Khvorostianov, L Remennick - VOLUNTAS: International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Recent immigrants seldom join the ranks of volunteers for various social causes. Immigrants
from former socialist countries have been shown to be particularly averse to organized forms …

Religion, social capital, and health

KHK Yeary, S Ounpraseuth, P Moore… - Review of Religious …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Religion's association with better physical health has been partially explained by health
behaviors, psychosocial variables, and biological factors; but these factors do not fully …