Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The efficacy of prayer has been the topic of various studies since Francis Galton first addressed it in 1872. According to the Washington Post, \"...prayer is the most common complement to mainstream medicine, far outpacing acupuncture, herbs, vitamins and other alternative remedies.\" The largest and most scientifically rigorous study of prayer's efficacy, the 2006 STEP project, found no significant difference whether subjects were prayed for or not, except some negative effects among those who knew they were receiving prayers. Dr. Fred Rosner, an authority on Jewish medical ethics, has expressed doubt that prayer could ever be subject to empirical analysis.On the issue of intercessory prayer, Christian teachings have emphasized the need for guidance from the Holy Spirit as to what needs to be prayed for and have taught that \"God can not be coerced.\"The philosophical controversy on this topic even involves the basic issues of statistical inference and falsifiability as to what it may mean to \"prove\" or \"disprove\" something, and the problem of demarcation, i.e., as to whether this topic is even within the realm of science at all.In comparison to other fields that have been scientifically studied, carefully monitored studies of prayer are relatively few. The field remains tiny, with about $5 million spent worldwide on such research each year."@en }
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- Efficacy_of_prayer abstract "The efficacy of prayer has been the topic of various studies since Francis Galton first addressed it in 1872. According to the Washington Post, \"...prayer is the most common complement to mainstream medicine, far outpacing acupuncture, herbs, vitamins and other alternative remedies.\" The largest and most scientifically rigorous study of prayer's efficacy, the 2006 STEP project, found no significant difference whether subjects were prayed for or not, except some negative effects among those who knew they were receiving prayers. Dr. Fred Rosner, an authority on Jewish medical ethics, has expressed doubt that prayer could ever be subject to empirical analysis.On the issue of intercessory prayer, Christian teachings have emphasized the need for guidance from the Holy Spirit as to what needs to be prayed for and have taught that \"God can not be coerced.\"The philosophical controversy on this topic even involves the basic issues of statistical inference and falsifiability as to what it may mean to \"prove\" or \"disprove\" something, and the problem of demarcation, i.e., as to whether this topic is even within the realm of science at all.In comparison to other fields that have been scientifically studied, carefully monitored studies of prayer are relatively few. The field remains tiny, with about $5 million spent worldwide on such research each year.".