“Which Saint to Pray for Fighting Against a Covid infection? A Short Survey” [by A. Perciaccante, A. Corallic, and P. Charlier, Medicine and Public Health, vol. 18, September 2021, 100674] is one of the studies featured in “Viruses Research Review: Group Sex, Singer, Saint, Count“, which is a featured article in the special Viruses and […]
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Putting a Price on Prayer
• Some people might feel happier if they get their hands on some more money. • Some people might feel happier if they use their hands to pray. Leading some to the question : is it feasible to equate the two? In other words, is it possible to put a price on prayer? Timothy T. […]
Effect Of Prayer on God’s Attitude Toward Mankind
“The Effect Of Prayer on God’s Attitude Toward Mankind,” James Heckman, Economic Inquiry, vol. 48, no. 1, January 2009, pp. 234-5. (Thanks to investigator Hiroshi Gunji for bringing this to our attention.) The author, at the Department of Economics, University of Chicago, who has received some notice in the field of economics for his previous […]
Meditation and/or prayer vs. crime
In the spirit of Ig Nobel Prize winner John Hagelin, the British government is trying prayer as a means to cut crime both by criminals and by policemen, according to this report in The Independent: A Christian policing group which believes that the power of prayer can catch criminals and keep officers safe from harm […]