What is the relationship between religion in the public sphere and the public good? The Toronto Baycrest Centre for the Aged and Holocaust Survivors is a recognized world leader in brain health. It is the purpose of this position paper to show that Baycrest’s application of religiosity on the elderly has positive health benefits, both…
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Religious Involvement and the Health Effects on the Elderly
Cultural Anthropologist, Robert Orsi explains that human beings are perpetually caught up in the daily pursuit of cultural creation which periodically gets disrupted by certain occurrences known as cultural “hot spots”-events that do not fit neatly into daily life such as death, pain, sickness and transition. These incidences produce feelings of vulnerability in people, which…
The importance of religious attendance for subjective well-being among the elderly
In the March 2011 “Baycrest Matters” newsletter, there was an article about a groundbreaking Bravo study, which is investigating whether volunteer activities improve older adults’ physical, cognitive and psychological function. Senior scientist, Dr. Nicole Anderson (picture left) and Syrelle Bernstein, director, Volunteer Services (right) presented at the International Association of Volunteering Efforts conference in Singapore…
Religion as a coping strategy in the field of health care
Cultural Anthropologist, Robert Orsi explains that human beings are perpetually caught up in the daily pursuit of cultural creation which periodically gets disrupted by certain occurrences known as cultural “hot spots”–events that do not fit neatly into daily life such as death, pain, sickness, social upheaval, transition, economic catastrophe, etc. These incidences produce feelings of…
Does religion have an affect on the cognitive health of the elderly?
Happy Valentine’s Day! On Friday 11, 2011 — The Oneg Shabbat began on a sad note as one of the clients in the palliative care unit passed away. He had been attending the Shabbat service, often reciting the Shabbat prayers for the service over the past few years. He would definitely be missed by both…
Faith without works is dead
“Show me your faith apart from you works, and I by my works will show you my faith” (James 2:18). This idea that “faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead” (James 2: 17), was proposed early in the first century by the Jamesian Christian community. I submit this a good starting point…