Amanda Kuykendall was 12 years old when she first questioned the teachings of Faith Tabernacle, a faith-healing church in ...

I like to think out loud. Or write out loud. But in any case, express things in the open as a way of organizing my thoughts. I was invited to present at a very unique gathering called the "Don't Block ...

In a world where grief often feels like an unrelenting storm, Tori Dixon stands as a beacon of light, guiding others through the valleys of loss and transition. A Licensed Professional Counselor, ...

In my previous post, I discussed whether antidepressants work mainly via suggestion, or the placebo effect. A placebo resembles faith healing. Yet faith healing is usually considered more a matter of ...

Elvis Presley had many talents, and he believed faith healing was among them. The singer, who grew up in the church and remained spiritual for the entirety of his life, thought he could heal ailments ...

His subordinate priests last week commanded elderly Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, to write them out an Office for faith healing. They want him to prescribe what unctions to use, how to ...

Authorities are calling for investigations into families who belong to a Pennsylvania church they say has a long history of children dying due to parents believing that God can heal ailments such as ...

Scientific research has shown a link between faith and healing. Those who believe in something larger than themselves heal more often, have easier recoveries, and get well more quickly. Some of the ...

Observers weigh in on homicide charges for parents who choose faith healing rather than medical care for their children. Prompted by the deaths of two children in the last two years whose parents ...

Two-year-old Kent Schaible died of bacterial pneumonia in 2009. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. His parents, Herbert and ...

Rifqa Bary, the Muslim convert to Christianity who said she fled her Ohio home because she feared her parents would kill her for abandoning their faith, is refusing chemotherapy to treat her uterine ...