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Religious Specialists

Religious Specialists is a category of individuals within a religious community who possess specialized knowledge, authority, or skills in mediating between the human and the sacred, distinguishing them from lay practitioners through formal training, ritual expertise, or recognized spiritual access.

51

Publications

1.5K

Citations

110

Authors

78

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

Variants

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Publications

51

An assessment of US physicians’ training in religion, spirituality, and medicine

Kenneth A. Rasinski, Youssef G. Kalad, John D. Yoon et al. · Medical Teacher · 2011 · 100 citations

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Priests, prophets, diviners, sages: a socio-historical study of religious specialists in ancient Israel

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 96 citations

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A competency model for the assessment and delivery of spiritual care

Tom Gordon, David Mitchell · Palliative Medicine · 2004 · 82 citations

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Religious Identity and Comfort Beliefs in Three Groups of Psychiatric Patients and a Group of Medical Controls

Jan Neeleman, Glyn Lewis · International Journal of Social Psychiatry · 1994 · 78 citations

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Religious Involvement and Professional Practices of Psychiatrists and Other Mental Health Professionals

Edward P. Shafranske · Psychiatric Annals · 2000 · 78 citations

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1–5 of 51

Authors

110

  1. WE
    William E. Klingshirn

    Stanford University, United States

    2 publications · 52 citations

    2

    h-index

  2. VG
    Vincent Goossaert

    Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités, France

    2 publications · 57 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. MT
    Margreet ten Have

    Trimbos Institute, Netherlands

    1 publications · 36 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. LW
    Larimore Wl

    AdventHealth Kissimmee, United States

    1 publications · 24 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. PH
    P. H. Rao

    Sweekaar, India

    1 publications · 27 citations

    1

    h-index

1–5 of 110

Institutions

78

  1. Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    140 citations

  3. Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz

    Mexico City, Mexico

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    72 citations

  4. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  5. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  6. Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy

    New Delhi, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  7. AdventHealth Kissimmee

    Kissimmee, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  8. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

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Venues

  1. British Journal of Religious Education

    3 publications · 43 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. Mental Health Religion & Culture

    2 publications · 36 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. Journal of Religion and Health

    2 publications · 72 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 64 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Traditio

    2 publications · 52 citations

    2

    h-index

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