Dimensions of belief about miraculous healing
@article{Village2005DimensionsOB, title={Dimensions of belief about miraculous healing}, author={Andrew Village}, journal={Mental Health, Religion \& Culture}, year={2005}, volume={8}, pages={107 - 97} }
Belief in divine intervention in illness or healing is related to religious belief in general (Furnham, A. (1994). Explaining health and illness: Lay beliefs on the nature of health.Personality and Individual Differences, 17, 455–466; Mansfield, C. J., Mitchell, J., & King, D. E. (2002). The doctor as God's mechanic? Beliefs in the Southeastern United States. Social Science and Medicine, 54, 399–409; Mitchell, J., & Weatherly, D. (2000). Beyond church attendance: Religiosity and mental health…
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