How should tradition-internal efficacy claims relate to observable social, behavioral, or health outcomes?
Evidence status
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Participant or theological claim
Ritual efficacy
States what proper performance is held to accomplish.
Valid claim: This source or participant attributes this efficacy.
Direct answer
How should tradition-internal efficacy claims relate to observable social, behavioral, or health outcomes?
Mechanism and method
Attribute the internal claim.
Predefine measurable outcomes separately.
Report both without substituting one for the other.
What is measured
Defined ritual
Population
Time horizon
Comparison: Ritual efficacy and observed effects
Sacred efficacy may not be operationalized by a study.
Observed effects do not identify supernatural mechanisms.
Must not be read as: Do not market an association as proof that a ritual guarantees sacred, medical, financial, or future outcomes.
Limitations
Sacred efficacy may not be operationalized by a study.
Observed effects do not identify supernatural mechanisms.
What this does not establish
Do not market an association as proof that a ritual guarantees sacred, medical, financial, or future outcomes.