Faith as Sustaining Meaning - Science : Jordan Peterson is Right about Faith

“The advantageous effect of religious belief and spirituality on mental and physical health is one of the best-kept secrets in psychiatry, and medicine generally,"

Andrew Sims (past President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Leeds.)

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