Question

a. Why might Marta want to reconnect with her religion, and how will attendance at the church camp benefit Marta?

Answer 1

a) Religion refers to the belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.

Reconnecting to the religion often helps people to find hope, comfort and inner happiness. This spirituality gives an inner satisfaction to the person. Statistics shows that the half of the American population are highly supporting the religion and they exclaimed in an interview regarding religion thay' the religion is highly important' to them.

Martha wants to reconnect with her religion as she needs a social support system and the inner peace. People are tend to be religious ones they are in some illness. They want to go back and restore their relationship with the 'highest power',that controls every thing. Also she might became aware that the spirituality improves the health.

Benefits of attending spiritual sessions

Body and mind is interconnected, so a person's positive beliefs, inner peace will help the body to heal fast. Meditations, songs, prayers connects a person to the God( highest power) and it helps their well being and inner satisfaction. Researchs shows that spirituality and religion have a positive influence in Cancer patients improvement. In total there are several benefits for spirituality or spiritual health, some of them are following:

a) reduces anxiety and depression

b) Decreases stress and blood pressure

c) Increase the feeling of well being

d) decreases the immoral habits and substance abuse ( Smoking and Alcohol)

e) Increases social support , social interactions and it decreases loneliness

f) helps to control/ tolerate/ reduce pain and discomfort.