Prayer is a fundamental activity within many religions. Understandings of prayer vary from reductive psychological explanations in terms of positive thinking and self-talk through to theological descriptions of communication with the Divine. Of late there has been a surge of interest in scientific experiments attempting to measure the effectiveness of prayer, particularly on health. Publications (17) 1. BBC News: Does Prayer Work? - Review of evidence for answered prayer for world peace and health. 2. Boundary Institute - A nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to research of anomalous phenomena related to consciousness (which might contribute to explain intercessory prayer). 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. John Templeton Foundation Prayer Study Archive - Collection of scientific research articles and media articles exploring the power of intercessory prayer on health. 6. Prayer Studies - Collection of skeptical articles on the power of prayer in medical healing by Gary Posner (up to 2002). 7. Problems with Prayer and Faith Healing - Collected critiques of prayer on the website of Guide to Atheism & Agnosticism. 8. 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. 9. Samueli Institute - A non-profit, non-affiliated organization conducting and supporting research on the biology of healing and the therapeutic relationship. 10. Scientific Research on Prayer - Debra Williams' review of research attempting to prove the power of prayer. 11. 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!" 12. 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. 13. International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality - Complete documentation of a three day conference (2003) covering all aspects in the field. 14. 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. 15. Newsweek: Faith and Healing - The cover story discusses shortly the main issues in investigating faith and health. 16. 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] 17. TIME: Investigating the Power of Prayer - Critical comment by Leon Jaroff against national funding of prayer studies. 18. 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.

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