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This book uniquely examines, across cultures, the health benefits and detriments of religious beliefs, with important implications for individual wellbeing and human survival.

Belief, Behavior, and Health takes the reader through journeys of the authorâs research in the Middle East, Africa, and the urban United States, where she focused on the unequal health and survival of women globally and vulnerable groups in the United States. Almost every health problem, especially those experienced by the poor and disadvantaged, arose from or was made worse by the conditions in the environment in which people lived. Laneâs detailed studies of beliefs about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam led to the authorâs deep observations on how religious belief and practice, as well as discrimination due to religious prejudice, can be a major influence on health, both positively and negatively. In this book, Lane shows how religious precepts and cultural influences on religious behavior fun

Belief Behavior and Health

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 10 March 2024
      ISBN-13 9781032847986
      978-1032847986
      ISBN-10 1032847980
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book uniquely examines, across cultures, the health benefits and detriments of religious beliefs, with important implications for individual wellbeing and human survival.

      Belief, Behavior, and Health takes the reader through journeys of the authorâs research in the Middle East, Africa, and the urban United States, where she focused on the unequal health and survival of women globally and vulnerable groups in the United States. Almost every health problem, especially those experienced by the poor and disadvantaged, arose from or was made worse by the conditions in the environment in which people lived. Laneâs detailed studies of beliefs about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam led to the authorâs deep observations on how religious belief and practice, as well as discrimination due to religious prejudice, can be a major influence on health, both positively and negatively. In this book, Lane shows how religious precepts and cultural influences on religious behavior fun

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