In the introductory chapter and the one following we find the strong presentation of his thesis on the everlasting reality of religion. The chapter on Prayer, marked by absence of psychological speculation, treats practically of the naturalness and good sense of the constant habit of prayer, and of the value of prayer in all psychoneurosis....The chapter on the Bible and Health is of especial interest, with its argument that the sanitary laws of the Jews could have been no outcome of human development, but rather of Divine origin....The wide reading, extended experience, and specialized scholarship of the writer certify to the value of anything from his pen, and when we find a work of this kind as simple as a primer and as attractive as a story, we may well offer thanks for the boon. Nobody who values knowledge concerning the mysterious relation between holy living and bodily health should be without this book. - Summary by New Catholic World
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introduction
13:09 - Chapter 2
Chapter 1 Part 1 CAN WE STILL BELIEVE?
27:23 - Chapter 3
Chapter 1 Part 2 CAN WE STILL BELIEVE?
29:33 - Chapter 4
Chapter 2 Part 1 PRAYER
24:01 - Chapter 5
Chapter 2 Part 2 PRAYER
19:29 - Chapter 6
Chapter 3 Part 1 SACRIFICE
22:28 - Chapter 7
Chapter 3 Part 2 SACRIFICE
21:03 - Chapter 8
Chapter 4 Part 1 CHARITY
24:49 - Chapter 9
Chapter 4 Part 2 CHARITY
25:35 - Chapter 10
Chapter 5 FASTING AND ABSTINENCE
23:48 - Chapter 11
Chapter 6 HOLYDAYS AND HOLIDAYS
20:29 - Chapter 12
Chapter 7 RECREATION AND DISSIPATION
30:25 - Chapter 13
Chapter 8 Part 1 MORTIFICATION
22:55 - Chapter 14
Chapter 8 Part 2 MORTIFICATION
22:29 - Chapter 15
Chapter 9 EXCESSES
33:47 - Chapter 16
Chapter 10 Part 1 PURITY
20:46 - Chapter 17
Chapter 10 Part 2 PURITY
16:30 - Chapter 18
Chapter 11 INSANITY
24:31 - Chapter 19
Chapter 12 NERVOUS DISEASE
27:37 - Chapter 20
Chapter 13 Part 1 DREADS
15:19 - Chapter 21
Chapter 13 Part 2 DREADS
19:10 - Chapter 22
Chapter 14 SUFFERING
22:39 - Chapter 23
Chapter 15 PAIN
20:26 - Chapter 24
Chapter 16 SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE
29:20 - Chapter 25
Chapter 17 LONGEVITY
24:10 - Chapter 26
Chapter 18 THE BIBLE AND HEALTH
28:17 - Chapter 27
Chapter 19 HEALTH AND RELIGION
24:53