Faith healing
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Summary
Cross-tradition survey of faith and prayer-based healing claims, plus the major controlled studies of intercessory prayer.
Why it matters here
Background context for distant intercessory prayer alongside the STEP and Cochrane references below.
Linked claims
Reported across every religious tradition. A small number of well-documented unexplained cures (Lourdes Medical Bureau) survive scrutiny; the inference to 'divine action' is a separate, much larger step.
The 2006 STEP study, the largest controlled trial, found no effect of intercessory prayer on cardiac patients.
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