Prayer and healing in Islam : with addendum of 25 remedies for the sick by Said Nursi

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Yucel, Salih

Physical Description:

xx, 164 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

ISBN:

9781597842426

Subject Term:

Prayer -- Islam

Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Islam

Spiritual healing

Added Author:

Nursi, Said, 1873-1960

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Praying for health is a significant Islamic custom alongside seeking medical treatment, and has become a vital part of Muslim culture. There are two areas of focus in this book: the methodology and criteria of praying for health, and the results of a study on the effect of prayer on Muslim patients' well-being. This study was conducted at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate in Boston, MA. Twenty-Five Remedies, a work by prominent contemporary Muslim scholar Said Nursi, included in this book, further enriches the scope of the subject of prayer and healing.

Author Notes

Dr. Salih Ycel is a lecturer in the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at Monash University, Australia. His current research is about Memories of early Muslim immigrants in Australia.He is also a consultant to Australian Intercultural Society and working on a research about how dialogue can be promoted between Muslims and non-Muslims.

Tables	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Chapter I Introduction	p. 1
Statement of the Problem	p. 5
Hypothesis	p. 6
Limitations	p. 6
The definition of prayer	p. 7
Prayer in Islam	p. 8
Significance of the Study	p. 11
Chapter II Literature Review	p. 13
Introduction	p. 15
Theological Considerations	p. 15
Healing in the Qur'an	p. 15
Healing in the sunnah	p. 21
Theoretical Considerations	p. 24
Islamic sources	p. 24
Muslim scholars on healing	p. 26
Current research on prayer and healing	p. 29
Sufism and healing	p. 32
Western sources	p. 34
Insignificant negative effects	p. 37
Fatalistic thinking	p. 37
Amulets (ruqya) and talismans	p. 39
Superstition and folk culture	p. 39
Summary	p. 41
Chapter III Methodology	p. 43
Introduction	p. 45
Research Design	p. 45
Participants	p. 47
Description of Sessions	p. 48
Data Analysis	p. 49
Summary	p. 50
Chapter IV Research Findings	p. 51
Part I p. 53
The participants	p. 53
Results of the preliminary surveys	p. 54
Results of religious post-test surveys	p. 64
Results of non-religious post-test survey	p. 68
Part II p. 70
Descriptive statistics for preliminary and post-protocol questionnaires	p. 70
Correlational analysis	p. 71
Prayer and non-religious text conditions	p. 72
Continuous variables	p. 73
Level of religiosity following prayer session and non-religious text condition	p. 73
Histograms: continuous data	p. 75
Dichotomous variables	p. 78
Bar charts: dichotomous data	p. 80
Vital signs following prayer and control conditions	p. 84
Summary	p. 85
Chapter V Discussion of Findings	p. 87
Introduction	p. 89
Patients' Response Patterns on Surveys	p. 89
Analysis of Preliminary Survey Response Patterns	p. 90
Religiosity/Spirituality	p. 91
Analysis of Religious Post-test Survey	p. 92
A Comparison of Religious and Non-Religious Survey Data	p. 93
Physical effects	p. 94
Vital signs	p. 96
Summary	p. 98
Chapter VI Conclusion	p. 109
25 Remedies for the Sick	p. 113
Definition of Islamic Terms	p. 139
Appendixes	p. 143
Sources	p. 157
Index	p. 163

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