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Here's what's surprising: a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that faith may indeed bring us health. People who attend religious services do have a lower risk of dying in any one year than people who don't attend. People who believe in a loving God fare better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Biology of Belief | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

That's undeniably true - up to a point. But it's also true that our brains and bodies contain an awful lot of spiritual wiring. Even if there's a scientific explanation for every strand of it, that doesn't mean we can't put it to powerful use. And...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Biology of Belief | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

Faith and health overlap in other ways too. Take fasting. One of the staples of both traditional wellness protocols and traditional religious rituals is the cleansing fast, which is said to purge toxins in the first case and purge sins or serve other pious ends in the second. There are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Biology of Belief | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

How Powerful Is Prayer? For most believers, the element of religious life that intersects most naturally with health is prayer. Very serious theologians believe in the power of so-called intercessory prayer to heal the sick, and some very serious scientists have looked at it too, with more than 6...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Biology of Belief | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

Netanyahu, a former Prime Minister, insists that he should be Israel's next Premier, not Livni. He may be right. Political analysts say the Likud leader stands a far better chance of stitching together a right-wing coalition with small religious groups and Yisrael Beitenu, a nationalist, anti-Arab party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel's Election Dashes Hopes for Peace | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

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