11/07/2025 08:30
- 17:30
HALL: Seminar Room 08
Proponent:
Oviedo L.
Chair:
Oviedo L.
Speaker:
Angel H.,
Azam Z.,
Bello H.,
Byrne J.,
Costa P.,
Delisle L.,
García Casas P.,
Gómez Muñoz Y.,
Howlett M.,
Iwanski D.,
Khan M.I.,
Leal M.,
Lettner A.T.,
Lledo Gomez C.,
Neddens A.,
Oviedo L.,
Seitz R.J.,
Seryczynska B.,
Winiger F.
Research on religion as an important determinant of health and well-being is flourishing, producing many published studies each year. This wealth invites better assessment and updating. Indeed, there are still many aspects of the field to be explored, such as: the extent to which religion is a reliable protective factor for health and well-being; which forms of religion become healthier and under what conditions; religion and mediators that can exert a positive influence; the scientific quality of ongoing published research; the relationship between religion, health and the cognitive processes involved; current practices in religion, health and care; theological reception and issues surrounding such empirical production; quantitative and qualitative approaches to religion and health. The panorama seems open and invites further exploration of one of the hottest areas in the scientific study of religion, but one that has been poorly received in other forms of religious studies, especially in philosophy and theology. A bridge between empirical or more scientific research on this topic and the traditional humanistic approach is urgently needed, and EUARE 2025 offers an excellent opportunity to address the issues described and to engage both sides: scientific research and philosophical and theological reception.
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