A Relationship With God Can Boost Mental Health, Even if You Don’t Believe

New research points to mental health benefits for the devout and agnostic alike

T Ryan Byerly
Elemental
Published in
5 min readDec 28, 2020

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Maybe you don’t believe in God. But could cultivating a relationship with God, despite your agnostic stance, make a difference for your mental health? As a philosopher of religion, this question is of great…

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T Ryan Byerly
Elemental

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sheffield. Author of several books, including Putting Others First (Routledge Press: 2019)