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• Health: Alternative  (5,116)
• Science: Science in Society: Skeptical Inquiry  (152)
• Christianity: Prayer  (324)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Islam: Prayer  (13)

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

Distant Healing Project  www.noetic.org/research/dh/main.html 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  www.lourdes-france.org/index.php?goto_centre=ru&contexte=en&id=491&id_… 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.

Problems with Prayer and Faith Healing  atheism.about.com/cs/problemswithpray Collected critiques of prayer on the website of Guide to Atheism and Agnosticism.

Samueli Institute  www.samueliinstitute.org 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  www.issc-taste.org/arc/dbo.cgi?set=expom&id=00084&ss=1 Web-site with collected accounts from scientists about their transcendent, transpersonal, mystical, paranormal, or psychic experiences, here: Healing on Distance.

TIME: Investigating the Power of Prayer  www.time.com/time/columnist/jaroff/article/0,9565,193084,00.html Critical comment by Leon Jaroff against national funding of prayer studies. (July 3, 2002)

BBC News: Does Prayer Work?  news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1844076.stm Review of evidence for answered prayer for world peace and health. (February 27, 2002)

Intercessory Prayer Debate between W Harris & I Tessman  www.csicop.org/articles/20010810-prayer/index.html 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  home.att.net/~revdak/spir243/lecture06.htm 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  www.plim.org/PrayerDeb.htm Debra Williams' review of research attempting to prove the power of prayer. (January 1, 1999)

The Miracle-Leg  www.tracce.it/arch98/NOV98/ingl11/38in.htm 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)