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Religion, Spirituality, and Cancer

Spirituality - Faith - Prayer - Belief - What is the role that this plays in one's life when facing cancer or any serious illness?  Studies validate the influence that spiritual practice has on healing. This week on The Group Room, we'll explore the many facets of religion and health with a unique panel of experts, and you are invited you to share your voice at 1-800-GRP-ROOM.
 
Join host Selma R. Schimmel, CEO & Founder of Vital Options International, and special guests:

Harold Koenig, M.D., M.H.Sc.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Associate Professor of Medicine; Founder and former Director of Duke University's Center for the Study of Religion, Spirituality and Health; Founding Co-Director of the current Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center; former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine and of Science and Theology News.  He has published extensively in the fields of mental health, geriatrics, and religion, including, The Healing Power of Faith;; The Handbook of Religion and Health; The Healing Connection; Faith and Mental Health; In the Wake of Disaster; Kindness and Joy; Spirituality in Patient Care, 2nd edition; and Spirituality and Medicine.

Rabbi Ed Feinstein
Senior Rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California; faculty of the Ziegler Rabbinical School of the American Jewish University (formerly the University of Judaism), and the Wexner Heritage Foundation. He lectures widely across the United States. His book, Tough Questions Jews Ask--A Young Adult's Guide to Building a Jewish Life, published by Jewish Lights in 2003, was one of the American Library Association's Top Ten Books on Religion for Young Readers and a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.  His most recent book, Capturing the Moon, published by Behrman House, retells the best of classic and modern Jewish tales. Rabbi Feinstein is the survivor of two bouts with colon cancer.



Organization of the Week:
The Society for Spirituality, Theology & Health 
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