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Health is determined by several factors including genetic inheritance, personal behaviors, access to quality health care, and the general external environment such as the quality of air, water, and housing conditions. Science takes things apart to see how they work, religion puts things together to see what they mean. George caspar homans 19101989 an american sociologist, was a leading theorist in developing testable hypotheses and explanations about fundamental social processes in small groups. Editors pick george washingtons sacred fire by peter a. The science of spirituality more than half of adult americans report they have had a spiritual experience that changed their lives.
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