Prayer, Meditation, and Anxiety: Durkheim Revisited
Religions September 14, 2017 John Bartkowski, Gabriel Acevedo, Harriet Van Loggerenberg
Durkheim argued that religion’s emphasis on the supernatural combined with its unique ability to foster strong collective bonds lent it power to confer distinctive social benefits. Subsequent research has confirmed these propositions with respect to religion and mental health. At the same time, meditation has been linked to mental health benefits in intervention-based studies. Our investigation...