Toward a Sociological Theory of Religion and Health
[electronic resources]
\ edited by Anthony Blasi.
; Boston
: Brill
, 2011.
viii, 276 p.
Religion and the social order
; v. 19
Includes bibliographical references.
Sociological theory on religion and health / Anthony J. Blasi -- Religion and mental health : through the lens of the stress process / Christopher G. Ellison and Andrea K. Henderson -- The role of divine beliefs in stress processes / Scott Schieman and Alex Bierman -- Transcendent experience and health : concepts, cases, and sociological themes / Jeff Levin -- Does religion protest against psychological distress among chronically ill and poor women? / Barbara Kilbourne, Sherry Cummings, and Robert S. Levine -- Religion and health in Japan : past research, new findings, and future directions / Michael K. Roemer -- Religion and mental health in China / Eric Y. Liu -- Religious involvement and Latino immigrant health / Ephraim Shapiro -- Stress, religious-based coping, and physical health / Neal Krause -- Religious involvement and religious struggles / Terence D. Hill and Ryon J. Cobb -- The recondite religious life of health / Anthony J. Blasi.