Author: Karen Hwang
Karen Hwang is adjunct assistant professor of medical rehabilitation at University of Medicine &, Dentistry of New Jersey. She is on the staff of the Center for Atheist Research.
Profiles of Resilience: Interviews with Atheistic Spinal Cord Injury Survivors
It has long been accepted as an article of faith that religion/spirituality (hereafter “R/S”) has a beneficial effect on both physical and mental health. Popular U.S. survey data appears to indicate a positive association between R/S and various indices of mental and physical well-being. However, this research is not without methodological controversies. Primary among them …