A recent, controversial study of cardiac patients conducted at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, concludes that this type of prayer -- known as intercessory prayer -- may indeed make a ...

While not everyone is religious or believes this to be true, experts believe there may be a correlation between the act and ...

It appears many critics don’t realize that empirical evidence reveals that prayer can be quite helpful. According to the Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape Study, over half of American ...

Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this ...

Evidence suggests that having strong spiritual or religious beliefs, however defined, can assist psychologically in fighting, and coping with, illness.

Duke University has received a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. for $1.25 million over five years as part of their Nurturing ...

A study of the communal worship and private prayers of the early Christian Church, in particular the intercessory prayer passages in Paul's seven epistles. Professor Wiles is concerned to discover ...

It's my bedtime now so I'm going to say goodnight and say my evening prayer. NATHAN: Christians talk to God through prayer. In the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit.

Opening prayer helps to invite God's presence in the meeting. Whether it is a church service, Bible study or small group ...

The Muslim prayer ritual is performed five times a day, always facing in the direction of Mecca. Twelve-year-old Kaisan demonstrates his prayer positions and describes how praying gives him a ...