Miracles: God, Science, and Psychology in the Paranormal, Volume 2, Medical and Therapeutic Events (Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality)

Cover Page......Page 1
Recent Titles in Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 9780275997267 (vol. 2)......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Series Foreword......Page 10
Introduction......Page 13
1 God and Science......Page 16
2 The Enduring Fascination of Miracles......Page 32
3 Relocating, Reanalyzing, and Redefining Miracles: A Psychodynamic Exploration of the Miraculous......Page 42
4 Miracle Attributions, Meaning, and Neuropsychology......Page 64
5 What Is a Medical or Therapeutic Miracle?......Page 82
6 History of Research on Faith, Prayer, and Medical Healings......Page 97
7 Psychoneuroimmunology and Jesus\' Healing Miracles......Page 109
8 The Phenomenology of Transformation and Healing: The Disciples as Miracle Workers and Other Biblical Examples......Page 129
9 Miracles and Crowd Psychology in African Culture......Page 149
10 Sacred Bleeding: The Language of Stigmata......Page 169
11 Miracles in Kongo Religious History: Evaluating the Ritual Healing Theory......Page 191
12 Where Medicine Ends and the Miraculous Begins in Mysterious Healings......Page 213
13 Faith: An Existential, Phenomenological, and Biblical Integration......Page 228
14 The Healing Power of the Will to Live......Page 250
15 Intercessory Prayer, Group Psychology, and Medical Healing......Page 264
Conclusion......Page 278
Index......Page 282
About the Editor and Advisers......Page 292
About the Contributors......Page 296