UConn Prof Delves Into Spirituality in Daily Life

[cbayer]

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/uconn-prof-delves-spirituality-daily-life-21584246

NEW HAVEN, Conn. January 18, 2014 (AP)
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press

University of Connecticut Professor Bradley Wright has all types of questions for his research: Did you pray in the last 24 hours? To what extent are you feeling nurtured or angry with God? Do you feel a sense of purpose right now?

And he'd like the answers in real time, launching a website that sends texts to smartphones that it's time for participants to take the twice-daily survey. It's part of an ambitious look by Wright and other researchers into the role of spirituality in the daily lives of Americans and its links to well-being.

Wright is hoping the effort will shed light on a wide range of issues: Do people feel closer to God or more distant after they're on Facebook? How did attending church service affect them? Does spirituality help with social isolation? Does amount of sleep affect spiritual awareness?

"In general I think that over the coming years this will produce a number of findings that I think will help redefine how we understand day-to-day spirituality," Wright said.

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[hrmjustin]

1. The rezults should be interesting but is this a scientific study?

[cbayer]

2. We shall see.

His objective at this point seems to be to collect a rather massive amount of data. The more he collects, the more likely that he will be able to draw some conclusions.

[hrmjustin]

3. Should be interesting.

For me when I pray all different kind of emotions come. Sometimes peace and sometimes guilt. Depends on why I am praying.

You don't always get peace from praying.