Power of Prayer and
Positive Thinking
A Pathfinder
Prayer and positive
thinking has been used for centuries, across ethnic backgrounds, through races,
through religion and across continents to promote healing. Whether it works or not is not a question, it
has been proven that is does. The
question, still debated fervently, is whether it is a divine interaction or a
biological process that affects healing.
If
you would like to learn more about the healing power of prayer and positive
thinking, follow the links on this pathfinder. It will help you find
information in your school library media center, on the Internet, and in the
community about the topic.
Dubois, Paul M. The Hospice
Way Of Death. New York: Human Sciences Press, 1980.
DD 615.85
The Editors Of Time-Life
Books. Powers Of Healing. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life,
1989.
DD 615.8
Larry Dossey, Healing
Words: The Power Of Prayer And The Practice Of Medicine. New York: Harper Collins. 1993.
DD:
291.43
These sites outline medical
studies that support the idea that prayer/positive-thinking positively affects
healing.
2000 – Review: “Distant
Healing” is often effective for improving patient outcomes.
Chronically Ill Patients
Treated By Spiritual Healing Improve In Quality Of Life: Results Of A
Randomized Waiting-List Controlled Study
Two sections that are
helpful in researching the power of prayer and positive thinking are sections:
612 – Medicine
291 – Comparative and
Non-Christian Religion
Online Databases
For a database that
searches medical databases try these EbscoHOST’s databases.
Databases:
MasterFILE
Premier
Health
Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Health
Source - Consumer Edition.
Online Journals
American College of
Physicians Journal Club
Organizations,
Associations
American College of
Physicians
Society of General Internal
Medicine
My topic is often referred
to as some of the following:
Spiritual Healing
Mental Healing
Religious Healing
Distant Healing
James H. Edwards IV