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The Unholy Alliance of Religion and Medicine
St. Martin's Press
November 2006
On Sale: October 31, 2006
304 pages
ISBN: 0312348819
EAN: 9780312348816
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
In an America that increasingly turns its back on the
teachings of science, the worlds of religion and medicine
have grown disconcertingly close. A majority of Americans
now see prayer and other religious activities as a
substitute for well-researched methods of curing disease.
Many ask, "So, what's the problem with prayer?" By taking a
hard look at the scientific evidence. Richard Sloan believes
there is no proven curative power to prayer and that the use
of it as a medical treatment underminds effective patient care.
In Blind Faith, Sloan exposes the questionable research
practicies and unfounded claims made by ethical scientists
who manipulate scientific data and research results to
support their claim of effective mystical intervention in
healing. Sloan begins by looking at how good science works
and what it's founded on. He then discusses the faulty
methodology employed by those trumpeting the role of prayer
in healing and implicates a gullible media in the
propogation of bad science. He looks at ethical and clinical
concerns of the debate and the ultimate trivialization of
religion that results. As the Christian right turns its back
on science, medicine, seems to be its next target. Sloan
lays bare the faults of these assertions in a book sure to
make headlines.
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