Harvard Flourishing Program Publications
Shiba, K., Cowden, R. G., Gonzalez, N., Ransome, Y., Nakagomi, A., Chen, Y., Lee, M. T., VanderWeele, T. J., and Fancourt, D. (2022). Associations of online religious participation during COVID-19 lockdown with subsequent health and well-being among UK adults. Psychological Medicine, 1–10.
Chen, Y., Kim, E.S., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2020). Religious service attendance and subsequent health and well-being throughout adulthood: evidence from three prospective cohorts. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49:2030–2040.
Chen, Y., Koh, H.K., Kawachi, I., Botticelli, M., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2020). Religious service attendance and deaths related to drugs, alcohol, and suicide among US health care professionals. JAMA Psychiatry, 77:737-744.
Kim, E.S., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2019). Mediators of the association between religious service attendance and mortality. American Journal of Epidemiology, 188:96-101.
Pawlikowski, J., Białowolski, P., Węziak-Białowolska, D., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2019). Religious service attendance, health behaviors and well-being – an outcome wide longitudinal analysis. European Journal of Public Health, 9:1177-1183.
Chen, Y. and VanderWeele, T.J. (2018). Associations of religious upbringing with subsequent health and well-being from adolescence to young adulthood: an outcome-wide analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology, 187:2355–2364.
Li, S., Kubzansky, L.D., VanderWeele, T.J. (2018). Religious service attendance, divorce, and remarriage among U.S. Nurses in mid and late life. PLoS One, 13(12): e0207778.
VanderWeele, T.J., Yu, J., Cozier, Y.C., Wise, L., Argentieri, M.A., Rosenberg, L., Palmer, J.R., and Shields, A.E. (2017). Religious service attendance, prayer, religious coping, and religious-spiritual identity as predictors of all-cause mortality in the Black Women’s Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 185:515-522.
Li, S., Okereke, O.I., Chang, S.-C., Kawachi, I., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2016). Religious service attendance and depression among women – a prospective cohort study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50:876-884.
VanderWeele, T.J., Li, S., Tsai, A., and Kawachi, I. (2016). Association between religious service attendance and lower suicide rates among US women. JAMA Psychiatry, 73(8):845-851.
Li, S., Stamfer, M., Williams, D.R. and VanderWeele, T.J. (2016). Association between religious service attendance and mortality among women. JAMA Internal Medicine, 2016;176(6):777-785.
Synthesis and Commentary
VanderWeele, T.J. (2021). Effects of religious service attendance and religious importance on depression: examining the meta-analytic evidence. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 31:21-26.
VanderWeele, T.J. and Chen, Y. (2020). Religion as a social determinant of health. American Journal of Epidemiology, 189:1464-1466.
VanderWeele, T.J. (2018). Religious communities. In: Kivimaki, M., Batty, D.G., Kawachi, I., and Steptoe, A. (eds.). Routledge International Handbook of Psychosocial Epidemiology. Routledge, 114-135.
VanderWeele, T.J. (2018). Religious communities, health, and well-being - Address to the US Air Force Chaplain. Military Medicine, 183:105-109.
VanderWeele, T.J. (2017). Religion and health: a synthesis. In: Balboni, M.J. and Peteet, J.R. (eds.). Spirituality and Religion within the Culture of Medicine: From Evidence to Practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, p 357-401.
VanderWeele, T.J. (2017). Religious communities and human flourishing. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26:476-481.
VanderWeele, T.J., Li, S. and Kawachi, I. (2017). Re: Religious service attendance and suicide rates. JAMA Psychiatry, 74:197-198.
VanderWeele, T.J., Palmer, J.R., and Shields, A.E. (2017). Re: Church attendance and mortality. American Journal of Epidemiology, 185:526-528.
VanderWeele, T.J. (2017). Physical activity and physical and mental well-being in church settings. American Journal of Public Health, 107:1023-1024.
VanderWeele, T.J., Jackson, J.W., and Li, S. (2016). Causal inference and longitudinal data: a case study of religion and mental health. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51(11):1457-1466.
VanderWeele Lecture on Religion and Health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fsZIaH0i8o&t=7s
Chen, Y., Kim, E.S., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2020). Religious service attendance and subsequent health and well-being throughout adulthood: evidence from three prospective cohorts. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49:2030–2040.
Chen, Y., Koh, H.K., Kawachi, I., Botticelli, M., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2020). Religious service attendance and deaths related to drugs, alcohol, and suicide among US health care professionals. JAMA Psychiatry, 77:737-744.
Kim, E.S., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2019). Mediators of the association between religious service attendance and mortality. American Journal of Epidemiology, 188:96-101.
Pawlikowski, J., Białowolski, P., Węziak-Białowolska, D., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2019). Religious service attendance, health behaviors and well-being – an outcome wide longitudinal analysis. European Journal of Public Health, 9:1177-1183.
Chen, Y. and VanderWeele, T.J. (2018). Associations of religious upbringing with subsequent health and well-being from adolescence to young adulthood: an outcome-wide analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology, 187:2355–2364.
Li, S., Kubzansky, L.D., VanderWeele, T.J. (2018). Religious service attendance, divorce, and remarriage among U.S. Nurses in mid and late life. PLoS One, 13(12): e0207778.
VanderWeele, T.J., Yu, J., Cozier, Y.C., Wise, L., Argentieri, M.A., Rosenberg, L., Palmer, J.R., and Shields, A.E. (2017). Religious service attendance, prayer, religious coping, and religious-spiritual identity as predictors of all-cause mortality in the Black Women’s Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 185:515-522.
Li, S., Okereke, O.I., Chang, S.-C., Kawachi, I., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2016). Religious service attendance and depression among women – a prospective cohort study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50:876-884.
VanderWeele, T.J., Li, S., Tsai, A., and Kawachi, I. (2016). Association between religious service attendance and lower suicide rates among US women. JAMA Psychiatry, 73(8):845-851.
Li, S., Stamfer, M., Williams, D.R. and VanderWeele, T.J. (2016). Association between religious service attendance and mortality among women. JAMA Internal Medicine, 2016;176(6):777-785.
Synthesis and Commentary
VanderWeele, T.J. (2021). Effects of religious service attendance and religious importance on depression: examining the meta-analytic evidence. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 31:21-26.
VanderWeele, T.J. and Chen, Y. (2020). Religion as a social determinant of health. American Journal of Epidemiology, 189:1464-1466.
VanderWeele, T.J. (2018). Religious communities. In: Kivimaki, M., Batty, D.G., Kawachi, I., and Steptoe, A. (eds.). Routledge International Handbook of Psychosocial Epidemiology. Routledge, 114-135.
VanderWeele, T.J. (2018). Religious communities, health, and well-being - Address to the US Air Force Chaplain. Military Medicine, 183:105-109.
VanderWeele, T.J. (2017). Religion and health: a synthesis. In: Balboni, M.J. and Peteet, J.R. (eds.). Spirituality and Religion within the Culture of Medicine: From Evidence to Practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, p 357-401.
VanderWeele, T.J. (2017). Religious communities and human flourishing. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26:476-481.
VanderWeele, T.J., Li, S. and Kawachi, I. (2017). Re: Religious service attendance and suicide rates. JAMA Psychiatry, 74:197-198.
VanderWeele, T.J., Palmer, J.R., and Shields, A.E. (2017). Re: Church attendance and mortality. American Journal of Epidemiology, 185:526-528.
VanderWeele, T.J. (2017). Physical activity and physical and mental well-being in church settings. American Journal of Public Health, 107:1023-1024.
VanderWeele, T.J., Jackson, J.W., and Li, S. (2016). Causal inference and longitudinal data: a case study of religion and mental health. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51(11):1457-1466.
VanderWeele Lecture on Religion and Health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fsZIaH0i8o&t=7s
Global Publications
Periodic Table Of The World’s Religious & Philosophical Traditions
The Interfaith Peace Treaty
Beeley, C. ‘Christ and human flourishing in patristic theology’ in Pro Ecclesia, vol. 25, issue 2, (2016), pp.126-153.
Bosworth, D. ‘Weeping in the Psalms’ in Vetus Testamentum, vol.62, (2013), pp.36-46
Bosworth, D. ‘Ancient Prayers and the Psychology of Religion: Deities as Parental Figures’ in Journal of Biblical Literature, vol.134, issue 4, (2015), pp.681-700
Brueggemann, W. “The Costly Loss of Lament,” in Patrick D. Miller (ed.), The Psalms and the Life of Faith (Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1995).
Collicutt, J. (2012). ‘Bringing the academic discipline of psychology to bear on the study of the Bible’ in Journal of Theological Studies, vol.63, issue 1, (2012), pp.1–48.
Levin J (2022) Human Flourishing in the Era of COVID-19: How Spirituality and the Faith Sector Help and Hinder Our Collective Response, Challenges 2022, 13(1), 12; https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/13/1/12
Singh, B.S.M. (2014). Religious Education, Spirituality, and Human Flourishing. Perspectives from the Sikh Dharam, In: Gill, S., Thomson, G. (eds) Redefining Religious Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137373892_9
Townes, E. M. ‘Searching for Paradise in a World of Theme Parks’ in Dwight Hopkins (ed.), Black Faith and Public Talk: Critical Essays on James Cone’s Black Theology and Black Power, pp.105-125
Weil, S. ‘Forms of the Implicit Love of God’ in Waiting for God, Leslie Fielder (ed.), E. Craufrod (trans.), (London: Harper Perennial, 2009), pp.83-142.
Weil, S. ‘Love of God and Affliction’ in Waiting for God, Leslie Fielder (ed.), E. Craufrod (trans.), (London: Harper Perennial, 2009), pp.67-82.
Zahl, B. P., & N. J. S. Gibson ‘God representations, attachment to God, and satisfaction with life: A comparison of doctrinal and experiential representations of God in Christian young adults’ in International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, vol.22, (2012), pp.216-230.
The Interfaith Peace Treaty
Beeley, C. ‘Christ and human flourishing in patristic theology’ in Pro Ecclesia, vol. 25, issue 2, (2016), pp.126-153.
Bosworth, D. ‘Weeping in the Psalms’ in Vetus Testamentum, vol.62, (2013), pp.36-46
Bosworth, D. ‘Ancient Prayers and the Psychology of Religion: Deities as Parental Figures’ in Journal of Biblical Literature, vol.134, issue 4, (2015), pp.681-700
Brueggemann, W. “The Costly Loss of Lament,” in Patrick D. Miller (ed.), The Psalms and the Life of Faith (Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1995).
Collicutt, J. (2012). ‘Bringing the academic discipline of psychology to bear on the study of the Bible’ in Journal of Theological Studies, vol.63, issue 1, (2012), pp.1–48.
Levin J (2022) Human Flourishing in the Era of COVID-19: How Spirituality and the Faith Sector Help and Hinder Our Collective Response, Challenges 2022, 13(1), 12; https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/13/1/12
Singh, B.S.M. (2014). Religious Education, Spirituality, and Human Flourishing. Perspectives from the Sikh Dharam, In: Gill, S., Thomson, G. (eds) Redefining Religious Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137373892_9
Townes, E. M. ‘Searching for Paradise in a World of Theme Parks’ in Dwight Hopkins (ed.), Black Faith and Public Talk: Critical Essays on James Cone’s Black Theology and Black Power, pp.105-125
Weil, S. ‘Forms of the Implicit Love of God’ in Waiting for God, Leslie Fielder (ed.), E. Craufrod (trans.), (London: Harper Perennial, 2009), pp.83-142.
Weil, S. ‘Love of God and Affliction’ in Waiting for God, Leslie Fielder (ed.), E. Craufrod (trans.), (London: Harper Perennial, 2009), pp.67-82.
Zahl, B. P., & N. J. S. Gibson ‘God representations, attachment to God, and satisfaction with life: A comparison of doctrinal and experiential representations of God in Christian young adults’ in International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, vol.22, (2012), pp.216-230.