Sacred Salubriousness: Why Religious Belief Is Not the Only Path to a Healthier Life

Ever since 2000, when psychologist Michael E. McCullough, now at the University of Miami, and his colleagues published a meta-analysis of more than three dozen studies showing a strong correlation between religiosity and lower mortality, skeptics have been challenged by believers to explain why–as if to say, “See, there is a God, and this is the payoff for believing.” [More]

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Sacred Salubriousness: Why Religious Belief Is Not the Only Path to a Healthier Life