Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Proximal Intercessory Prayer (STEPP) on Auditory and Visual Impairments in Rural Mozambique

@article{Brown2010StudyOT,
  title={Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Proximal Intercessory Prayer (STEPP) on Auditory and Visual Impairments in Rural Mozambique},
  author={Candy Gunther Brown and Stephen C Mory and Rebecca Williams and Michael J. Mcclymond},
  journal={Southern Medical Journal},
  year={2010},
  volume={103},
  pages={864-869}
}
BACKGROUND Proximal intercessory prayer (PIP) is a common complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapy, but clinical effects are poorly understood, partly because studies have focused on distant intercessory prayer (DIP). [] Key MethodMETHODS This prospective study used an audiometer (Earscan(R) 3) and vision charts (40 cm, 6 m "Illiterate E") to evaluate 24 consecutive Mozambican subjects (19 males/5 females) reporting impaired hearing (14) and/or vision (11) who subsequently received PIP…
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Proximal intercessory prayer.
  • J. Peteet
  • Psychology
    Southern medical journal
  • 2010
TLDR
The report in this issue of improvements in the hearing and vision of individuals who received prayer directly from a ministry team in Mozambique represents a much longer tradition of direct, or proximal religious healing and challenges the world view of readers who rule out the supernatural.
Three cases of hearing impairment with surprising subjective improvements after prayer. What can we say when analyzing them?
Telecebo: Beyond Placebo to an Expanded Concept of Healing.
Case Report of gastroparesis healing: 16 years of a chronic syndrome resolved after proximal intercessory prayer.
Model of Individual Health Effects from Religion/Spirituality: Supporting Evidence
This chapter is the first of thirteen reviews in this volume providing a public health perspective on the empirical evidence relating religion and spirituality (R/S) to physical and mental health.…
Concepts of health, disease, and treatment in a rural village of Senegal
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The training programme for community health workers (CHWs) in a rural village of Senegal should take into account the conceptions of health, sickness and treatment of the village population, and the traditional healers could be involved in a more active collaboration.
The Dark Side of Prayer for Healing: Toward a Theology of Well-Being
This paper explores the relationship between disability and pentecostal theologies and practices of healing. First, it draws on the testimony of people with a disability, describing the challenge of…
Prayer Guide Gyroscope Bracelet for The Deaf Using MPU6050 Sensor
The majority of Indonesia's population is Muslim, including more than 13,000 people with hearing impairments. In carrying out congregational prayers, the Deaf find it difficult to follow the…
OF MIRACLES AND METAPHYSICS: A PENTECOSTAL‐CHARISMATIC AND PROCESS‐RELATIONAL DIALOGUE
This article is comprised of a dialogue between Pentecostal-Charismatic and Process-Relational theologies on the perennial issue of miracles. The language of supernaturalism, widely employed by…
Naturalistic Explanations of Religious Beliefs
Branden Thornhill-Miller and Peter Millican as well as Janusz Salomon put forward versions of supernaturalism that avoid the existence of a religion which alone provides the true revelation and the…
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