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J Relig Health. 2022 Jun;61(3):2323-2330. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01200-1. Epub 2021 Feb 16.
In the article "Religiously/Spiritually Involved, but in Doubt or Disbelief-Why? Healthy?", Mrdjenovich (in J Relig Health https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0711-2 , 2018) explored the practices of religious attendance and prayer among atheists and agnostic theists. Speed et al. (in J Relig Health https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01109-1 , 2020) offered a commentary regarding Mrdjenovich's (2018) article with attention to moderators of associations between religious/spiritual constructs and health outcomes. In this rejoinder, I review Speed et al.'s (2020) commentary and I identify a number of concerns, both with their observations and ostensive oversights involving qualitative research methodology, the utility of survey data, the domain of belief, and the impact of calls for a pluralistic approach in the religion-heath research field. I conclude that Mrdjenovich does not misunderstand mechanisms of the (non)religion-health relationship as much as Speed et al. seem to misinterpret Mrdjenovich's (2018) purpose, perspective, and default position on the issues. I reiterate that a concerted effort is required to study health outcomes among religious minorities.
在文章《有宗教/精神信仰，但有疑虑或不信——为什么？健康？》中，Mrdjenovich（发表于 J 宗教健康，https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0711-2，2018）探讨了无神论者和不可知论有神论者的宗教参与和祈祷实践。Speed 等人（发表于 J 宗教健康，https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01109-1，2020）对 Mrdjenovich（2018）的文章进行了评论，关注宗教/精神结构与健康结果之间关联的调节因素。在这篇反驳中，我回顾了 Speed 等人（2020）的评论，并指出了一些关注的问题，包括他们的观察和对定性研究方法、调查数据的实用性、信仰领域的理解，以及对宗教健康研究领域多元化方法的呼吁的明显忽视。我得出的结论是，Mrdjenovich 并没有像 Speed 等人那样误解宗教与健康关系的机制，而是他们似乎误解了 Mrdjenovich（2018）在这些问题上的目的、观点和默认立场。我再次强调，需要共同努力研究宗教少数群体的健康结果。
