Article: Beliefs can help deal with crisis.(Brief Article)

If news media coverage is any indication, Americans' interest in religion never has been greater. Likewise, more social scientists, mental health professionals, and physicians are studying the role religion plays in daily life and individual well-being. According to Kenneth Pargament, director of the doctoral clinical psychology program at Bowling Green (Ohio)State University and author of The Psychology of Religion and Coping: Theory, Research, Practice, one thing he and fellow researchers have learned during their studies is that "religion is far more complex and richer than many psychologists and mental health professionals imagine."

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