Prayer

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Boundary Institute - A nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to research of anomalous phenomena related to consciousness (which might contribute to explain intercessory prayer).

Distant Healing Project - Mini-site from the Institute of Noetic Sciences, including summary of distant healing research, full text research and review articles, videos of interviews with researchers, bibliography, and FAQ.

Medical Bureau at Lourdes - Description of the process for recognition of miraculous cures. Includes list of the recognized cures at Lourdes, and details of the International Medical Association of Lourdes (AMIL) Bulletin.

Prayer Studies - Collection of skeptical articles on the power of prayer in medical healing by Gary Posner (up to 2002).

Problems with Prayer and Faith Healing - Collected critiques of prayer on the website of Guide to Atheism and Agnosticism.

Samueli Institute - A non-profit, non-affiliated organization conducting and supporting research on the biology of healing and the therapeutic relationship.

Transcendent and Spiritual Experiences of Scientists - Web-site with collected accounts from scientists about their transcendent, transpersonal, mystical, paranormal, or psychic experiences, here: Healing on Distance.

Newsweek: Faith and Healing - The cover story discusses shortly the main issues in investigating faith and health. (November 17, 2003)

TIME: Investigating the Power of Prayer - Critical comment by Leon Jaroff against national funding of prayer studies. (July 3, 2002)

BBC News: Does Prayer Work? - Review of evidence for answered prayer for world peace and health. (February 27, 2002)

Discovery Channel Canada: The Power of Prayer? - Four video stories hosted by Jay Ingram investigating remote prayer. Includes interview with Duke University's Dr. Mitchell Krucoff. (November 20, 2001)

Intercessory Prayer Debate between W Harris & I Tessman - Is there scientific evidence that intercessory prayer speeds medical recovery? A Debate. Published at the CSICOP-site with other critical articles. (March 13, 2001)

Psychology of Prayer - Notes and bibliographic references for D. Andrew Kille's lecture on prayer, a part of the Pastoral Ministries Program at Santa Clara University. (January 1, 2001)

Scientific Research on Prayer - Debra Williams' review of research attempting to prove the power of prayer. (January 1, 1999)

The Miracle-Leg - The ultimative answer to a prayer, but: "This is the kind of thing that I wouldn't believe, even if it were true!" (November 1, 1998)