At first glance, the inclusion of “iyun” or study of prayer alongside respecting one’s father and mother, gemillut chasadim, and bikur cholim on the list of deeds whose observance ensures a divine ...

Meditation and prayer can heal. Now, this statement is garnering support from survey studies: a research work published by the Journal of Religion and Health suggested that prayer leads to ...

At the Fairfax Community Church in Virginia, the faithful regularly pray for ailing strangers. Same goes at the Adas Israel synagogue in Washington and the Islamic Center of Maryland in Gaithersburg.

TYLER, TX (KLTV) - Making the most out of the lunch hour is taking on a new meaning for some East Texas women of faith. They’re feeding a hunger for spiritual growth through an hour-long bible study.

image: In a recently-published study in the Journal of Family Psychology, BYU researchers explored how family prayer influences family relationships, finding a connection between prayer and a number ...

Distant prayers do not help people recovering from heart surgery and could even cause them more health problems, according to the results of a large and controversial clinical trial that critics have ...

Prayers from distant congregations did not affect patients’ recovery from coronary artery procedures, but bedside therapies using music and touch before surgery reduced stress and offered a slight ...

NEW YORK - In the largest scientific test of its kind, heart surgery patients showed no benefit when strangers prayed for their recovery. And patients who knew they were being prayed for had a ...

No vaccine or effective treatment has yet been found for people suffering from COVID-19. Under the circumstances, a physician in Kansas City wonders whether prayer might make a difference, and he has ...

Non-Christians want you to keep your thoughts and prayers to yourself during times of tragedy, according to a new report. Researchers Linda Thunström and Shiri Noy conducted an experiment with 400 ...

The Texas legislature passed a bill this year that would allow schools to allot time for teachers to pray and read religious ...