Religion and the health of the public: shifting the paradigm

The book proposes a critical theory of the role and place of religion in public health. It aims at a programmatic reorientation of these two fields of practice and inquiry to more effectively align religious health assets - widely present in many contexts - and public health services and facilities. The first book of its kind, it contributes to a significant emerging global discourse onthe role and place of religion in responding to major public health challenges. Gary Gunderson is the Senior Vice President for Health and Welfare Ministries for Methodist Healthcare and the Director for the Interfaith Health Program at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Jim Cochrane is a professor of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town, Co-Principal of the African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP), and Director of the Research Institute on Christianity in Southern Africa (RICSA).

• ISBN: 978-0-230-34127-2
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 13/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés