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Poll Finds Surge Of Religion
Washington Post, DC -Historical Chinese religions, such as Buddhism, Taoism and Islam, accounted for 67 percent of those who declared themselves believers, the pollsters ...::... More

Faith-based Organizations Are Key To Scaling Up Responses To Hiv ...
Church World Service (press release), IN -The guide reviews the relevant teachings and structures of five of the major world religions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, ...::... More

Closing The Book On Intolerance
Milton Ulladulla Times, Australia -... During the studies of religion course, Foad has learned about ... religions including Aboriginal spirituality, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism. ...... More

Spirituality And Religion In Patients With Hiv/aids.
J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Dec; 21 Suppl 5: S5-S13Cotton S, Puchalski CM, Sherman SN, Mrus JM, Peterman AH, Feinberg J, Pargament KI, Justice AC, Leonard AC, Tsevat JBACKGROUND: Spirituality and religion are often central issues for patients dealing with chronic illness. The purpose of this study is to characterize spirituality/religion in a large and diverse sample of patients with HIV/AIDS by using several measures of spirituality/religion, to examine associations between spirituality/religion and a number of demographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables, and to assess changes in levels of spirituality over 12 to 18 months. METHODS: We interviewed 450 patients from 4 clinical sites. Spirituality/religion was assessed by using 8 measures: the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spirituality-Expanded scale (meaning/peace, faith, and overall spirituality); the Duke Religion Index (organized and nonorganized religious activities, and intrinsic religiosity); and the Brief RCOPE scale (positive and negative religious coping). Covariates included demographics and clinical characteristics, HIV symptoms, health status, social support, self-esteem, optimism, and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: The patients' mean (SD) age was 43.3 (8.4) years; 387 (86%) were male; 246 (55%) were minorities; and 358 (80%) indicated a specific religious preference. Ninety-five (23%) participants attended religious services weekly, and 143 (32%) engaged in prayer or meditation at least daily. Three hundred thirty-nine (75%) patients said that their illness had strengthened their faith at least a little, and patients used positive religious coping strategies (e.g., sought God's love and care) more often than negative ones (e.g., wondered whether God has abandoned me; P<.0001). In 8 multivariable models, factors associated with most facets of spirituality/religion included ethnic and racial minority status, greater optimism, less alcohol use, having a religion, greater self-esteem, greater life satisfaction, and lower overall functioning (R(2)=.16 to .74). Mean levels of spirituality did not change significantly over 12 to 18 months. CONCLUSIONS: Most patients with HIV/AIDS belonged to an organized religion and use their religion to cope with their illness. Patients with greater optimism, greater self-esteem, greater life satisfaction, minorities, and patients who drink less alcohol tend to be both more spiritual and religious. Spirituality levels remain stable over 12 to 18 months.... More

Winner Is Melbourne For Religion &amp;quot;olympics&amp;quot; - Cathnews
Winner is Melbourne for religion &quot;Olympics&quot;CathNews,&nbsp;Australia&nbsp;- 8 hours agoThe next World Parliament of Religions, an event likened to the &quot;Olympic Games of religion and spirituality&quot; is to be held in Melbourne after beating out ... Melbourne to host world religion &#39;Olympics&#39; The AgeMelbourne to host &#39;Olympics of religion&#39; Daily Telegraphall 13 news articles... More

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