show that the number of Americans who say they believe in God has declined in recent years. And millennials are much less likely than older Americans to belong to any religious faith.
But despite these trends, psychiatrist and researcher Harold Koenig argues that science shows that religious belief is good for mental and physical health.
Koenig is the cofounder and director of the . He has spent the past 30 years looking at the connection between religion and health, and his latest book 鈥溾��(Springer International Publishing/2014) examines the impact of Islam on the daily health practices of modern-day Muslims.
Host Frank Stasio talks with Harold Koenig about his research in advance of his keynote presentation at 鈥�,鈥� an event sponsored by the nonprofit at Chapel of The Cross in Chapel Hill tomorrow at 7 p.m.
