Religion and the Health of the Public: Shifting the Paradigm - Softcover

Gunderson, G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230341527 ISBN 13: 9780230341524

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

The first book of its kind, this work contributes to a significant emerging global discourse on and argument for the role and place of religion in responding to major public health challenges

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Reseña del editor:

The book proposes a critical theory of the role and place of religion in public health and argues for 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.

Biografía del autor:

GARY GUNDERSON 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, USA.
JIM COCHRANE Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, Co-Principal of the African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP), and Director of the Research Institute on Christianity in Southern Africa (RICSA).

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• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0230341527
• ISBN 13: 9780230341524
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244