My concern in this paper is the relationship between faith and practical rationality. I seek to develop a unified account of statements of faith concerning mundane matters and those concerning religious faith. To do so, I consider the sense in which faith requires going beyond the evidence, and argue that faith requires terminating the search for further evidence. Having established this, I tur...

While citizens can know scientific facts, they also have faith in science - with faith defined as a firm belief for which there is no proof. Using national public opinion surveys from twelve nations from 1993 to 2010, I examine three different types of faith in science that citizens could hold. I examine temporal changes in levels of faith in science as well as the social determinants of each t...

Both parents and peers have been validated by previous research as being important contributors to the development of religious faith. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the contributions of the transmission (e.g., parent church attendance) and transactional (e.g., discussions about faith) models of socialization, as well as explore the possibility that a third model, the transformation...

The widespread use of faith-based and traditional healing for mental disorders within African contexts is well known. However, normative responses tend to fall two camps: on one hand, those oriented towards the biomedical model psychiatry stress abuses superstition such healing, whilst critics adopting a more ‘local’ perspective have fundamentally challenged universalist claims diagnostic categ...

This article examines the case study of Joseph, an incarcerated man in a northeastern state who experienced myriad traumas over course his life and attained healing through spirituality. We follow story from abusive childhood home to foster care system, where he was further traumatized repeated forced separations. Then, adolescent years witnessing deaths two integral people life, we see Joseph’...

INTRODUCTION Shared use of recreational facilities is a promising strategy for increasing access to places for physical activity. Little is known about shared use in faith-based settings. This study examined shared use practices and barriers in faith communities in North Carolina. METHODS Faith communities in North Carolina (n = 234) completed an online survey (October-December 2013) designed...

BACKGROUND Hip fractures are a common type of fragility fracture that afflict 293,000 Americans (over 5,000 per week) and 35,000 Canadians (over 670 per week) annually. Despite the large population impact the optimal fixation technique for low energy femoral neck fractures remains controversial. The primary objective of the FAITH study is to assess the impact of cancellous screw fixation versus...

Faith, as the key element of the mass psyche, manifests itself in the public mind and the collective unconscious. Systematization of the diverse phenomenology of faith, the distinction of its scope, forms and kinds allows us diagnose its nonadaptive variants and develop the specifi c principles and methods of correction and therapy. Rational understanding of the typology of faith allows develop...

Human beings have long turned to religion and faith healing overcome illness seek delay death. In the context of COVID‑19 pandemic, I consider how in Mexico, devotees Santa Muerte are turning folk saint death ward off recover from virus. argue that supplication during times coronavirus offers a social critique on current Mexico. The government has introduced budget cuts, reducing spending this ...

After coronary angioplasty, the arteries heal by a series of complex and dynamic mechanisms, which aim to restore vessel architecture and ensure laminar flow. With stent implantation, foreign material is introduced: an additional variable that significantly disturbs the healing process. Ideally, the stent struts should be covered by a perfectly functioning neo-endothelium, but this is not alway...