Neal M Krause

Gebundenes Buch

Religion, Virtues, and Health

New Directions in Theory Construction and Model Development

Beschreibung

In Religion, Virtues, and Health: New Directions in Theory Construction and Model Development, Krause suggests that religion may operate, in part, by bolstering physical health as well as psychological well-being. The book is designed to explain how these health-related benefits arise. The main conceptual thrust of his model is that people learn to adopt key virtues from fellow church members, including forgiveness, compassion, and beneficence. These virtues, in turn, promote a deeper sense of meaning in life. Then, meaning in life exerts a beneficial effect on health and well-being.

Autor

Neal M. Krause is the Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education in the University of Michigan's School of Public Health. He retired in 2015 and lives in Bloomington, Indiana. He has written extensively on religion, health, and well-being. Dr. Krause specializes in the use of latent variable models. He was the Principal Investigator on the Landmark Spirituality and Health Survey, which is the largest study to date on religion and health. His research interests focus specifically on how social relationships that arise in religious institutions influence health.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780197587652
• ISBN-10: 0197587658
• Artikelnr.: 62535917