{"id":38494,"date":"2013-06-01T19:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T19:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/rns_study_suggests_bad_world_war_ii_experiences_led_veterans_to_church_read\/"},"modified":"2013-06-01T19:00:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T19:00:20","slug":"rns_study_suggests_bad_world_war_ii_experiences_led_veterans_to_church_read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=38494","title":{"rendered":"(RNS) Study suggests Bad World War II experiences led veterans to church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new study has found that American veterans who had a negative experience serving during World War II attend church more frequently today than those who were less troubled by their service.<\/p>\n<p>The study also found that when service members were fearful in combat, they reported prayer was a better motivator for getting them through it than several other factors, including the broader goals of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say the study, which will be published in a future edition of the Journal of Religion and Health, has implications for health professionals, counselors and clergy who work with veterans with more recent service in Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestate.com\/2013\/05\/26\/2788090\/study-suggests-bad-world-war-ii.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study has found that American veterans who had a negative experience serving during World War II attend church more frequently today than those who were less troubled by their service. The study also found that when service members<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=38494\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,39,40,50,209,143,133,184,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-life-church-life","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-international-news-commentary","category-americau-s-a","category-defense-national-security-military","category-history","category-parish-ministry","category-religion-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}