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Samueli Institute
A non-profit, non-affiliated organization conducting and supporting research on the biology of healing and the therapeutic relationship.
http://www.samueliinstitute.org/
Psychology of Prayer
Notes and bibliographic references for D. Andrew Kille's lecture on prayer, a part of the Pastoral Ministries Program at Santa Clara University.
http://home.att.net/~revdak/spir243/lectur...
Boundary Institute
A nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to research of anomalous phenomena related to consciousness (which might contribute to explain intercessory prayer).
http://www.boundaryinstitute.org/
TIME: Investigating the Power of Prayer
Critical comment by Leon Jaroff against national funding of prayer studies.
http://www.time.com/time/columnist/jaroff/...
BBC News: Does Prayer Work?
Review of evidence for answered prayer for world peace and health.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1844076.stm
Distant Healing Project
Mini-site from the Institute of Noetic Sciences, including summary of distant healing research, full text research and review articles, videos of interviews with researchers, bibliography, and FAQ.
http://www.noetic.org/research/dh/main.htm...
Medical Bureau at Lourdes
Description of the process for recognition of miraculous cures. Includes list of the recognized cures at Lourdes, and details of the International Medical Association of Lourdes (AMIL) Bulletin.
http://www.lourdes-france.org/index.php?go...
John Templeton Foundation Prayer Study Archive
Collection of scientific research articles and media articles exploring the power of intercessory prayer on health.
http://www.templeton.org/spirituality_and_...
Problems with Prayer and Faith Healing
Collected critiques of prayer on the website of Guide to Atheism & Agnosticism.
http://atheism.about.com/cs/problemswithpr...
Newsweek: Faith and Healing
The cover story discusses shortly the main issues in investigating faith and health.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3474967/
Intercessory Prayer Debate between W Harris & I Tessman
Is there scientific evidence that intercessory prayer speeds medical recovery? A Debate. Published at the CSICOP-site with other critical articles.
http://www.csicop.org/articles/20010810-pr...
Science and Spiritual Healing: A Critical Review of Spiritual Healing, "Energy" Medicine, and Intentionality
Article by Wayne B. Jonas, Cindy C. Crawford (2003). Alternative Therapies, 9, 56-61.[PDF]
http://www.siib.org/Downloads/Sciencespiri...
Prayer Studies
Collection of skeptical articles on the power of prayer in medical healing by Gary Posner (up to 2002).
http://members.aol.com/garypos/prayer.html
International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality
Complete documentation of a three day conference (2003) covering all aspects in the field.
http://www.nihr.org/conference/summary/sum...
Transcendent and Spiritual Experiences of Scientists
Web-site with collected accounts from scientists about their transcendent, transpersonal, mystical, paranormal, or psychic experiences, here: Healing on Distance.
http://www.issc-taste.org/arc/dbo.cgi?set=...
Scientific Research on Prayer
Debra Williams' review of research attempting to prove the power of prayer.
http://www.plim.org/PrayerDeb.htm
Discovery Channel Canada: The Power of Prayer?
Four video stories hosted by Jay Ingram investigating remote prayer. Includes interview with Duke University's Dr. Mitchell Krucoff.
http://exn.ca/Stories/2001/11/20/52.asp
The Miracle-Leg
The ultimative answer to a prayer, but: "This is the kind of thing that I wouldn't believe, even if it were true!"
http://www.tracce.it/arch98/NOV98/ingl11/3...
Obgyn.net: Prayer May Influence In Vitro Fertilization Success
Review of Lobo et al's (2001) double blind study into the effects of intercessory prayer on IVF success.
http://www.obgyn.net/newsrx/womens_health-...
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