AN impressive body of research indicates that elderly . people who are involved in religion tend to enjoy better physical and mental health than older adults who are not as religious (Koenig, 1995; Levin, 1996). The articles in this issue by Idler and Kasl (1997a, 1997b) provide convincing evidence of this point. Their research indicates that increased church attendance is associated with bette...

the idea of relation between religions is one of important subjects in comparative religion, philosophy of religion and new theology. in this respect, from one hand the theory of plurality and diversity of religions, and on the other hand globalization, which is one of outcomes of our modern world, has lead human beings on some new attitudes about relation of religions like: exclusivism, plural...

broadly speaking, the holy quran as the most sublime heavenly message is a book of human life. since, the life creator, the sender of this holy book, is the creator of human body and mind. human mental activity starts from about 16 weeks of fetal life with the blow of divine spirit into the fetus. at this point, we observe the beginning of mental and psychological activities and the emergence o...

background: to test if social support and ethnicity mediate/moderate the association between religion involvement and subjective health in the united states. methods: this is a secondary analysis of national survey of american life, 2003. hierarchical regression was fit to a national household probability sample of adult african americans ( n = 3570), caribbean blacks ( n = 1621), and whites ( ...

Research indicates that childhood adversity is associated with poor mental health in adulthood. The purpose of this study is to examine whether the deleterious long-term effects of childhood adversity on adult mental health are reduced for individuals who are involved in religious practices. Using longitudinal data from a representative sample of American adults ( N = 1,635), I find that religi...