Research continues to show that religious people tend to live longer and healthier lives and are more emotionally and physically resilient. Religions and spiritual traditions offer whole tool-kits regarding creating and sustaining meaningful and balanced lives. Through this website we aim to share these insights flowing from the world’s wisdom traditions with the public.
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Health and Healing in World Religions is a comprehensive introduction to the field that explores the research that links spirituality and well-being, including work with addiction and trauma.
Each chapter includes an introduction to and summary of each tradition, questions at the conclusion, and boxes that highlight key ideas from the chapter and interviews with medical professionals and other healers. Health and Healing in World Religions looks at cutting edge interfaces between spirituality and health such as mindfulness practices, addiction programmes, Indigenous approaches to healing, traditional Chinese medicine, yoga and Ayurveda, and more. The text provides an overview of the research and practice all in one place and includes extensive bibliographies and resource guides for ease of reference.
Health and Healing in World Religions is derived from over twenty years of teaching and research in health and healing and comes from an in-depth understanding of religion and spirituality.
The Sacred in Exile addresses the fact that, for the first time in history, a large segment of the population in the western world is living without any form of religious belief. The authors examine what has been lost from the point of view of sociology, psychology, and philosophy of religion. The book sits at the nexus of a number of important debates including: the role of religion in public life, the connection between religion and physical and psychological well-being, and the implications of the loss of ritual in terms of maintaining communities.