Handbook on Religion and Health

Edited by James R. Cochrane, Gary R. Gunderson and Teresa Cutts

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This revelatory Handbook explores the relationship between religion and health, emphasising the effects of organised religion and spirituality on community, population, and public health. While comprehensively summarising the current state of the field, it focusses on pursuing new pathways vital for human health in a turbulent world.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy; Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
ISBN: 9781802207989
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Grounding “religion” and “spirituality” , pp 16-30

James R. Cochrane

Ch 2 Scanning a moving field: religion and health , pp 31-46

Matthew Bersagel Braley

Ch 3 Religion among the social determinants of health: micro-, meso-, and macro views , pp 47-61

Ellen Idler

Ch 4 Religiosity/spirituality, mental health, substance abuse: implications for population health , pp 62-77

Teresa Cutts

Ch 5 Hoist by our own petard: backing slowly out of religion and development advocacy , pp 78-96

Jill Olivier

Ch 6 Theogenerative life and practice , pp 97-112

Gary R. Gunderson

Ch 7 Spirituality, health, and ecology: co-liberation, the climate movement, and the quest for planetary health , pp 114-132

Tobias Müller and Thandeka Cochrane

Ch 8 Interrelationship of religion and spirit in health, well-being, and equity , pp 133-149

Somava Saha

Ch 9 Bio-ethics for a whole planet , pp 150-163

Gerald R. Winslow

Ch 10 Infrastructures of hope: what will it take to build planetary health , pp 164-183

Geordan Shannon and Jeremy Lauer

Ch 11 Point of inflection: epidemic of health , pp 184-196

Heather Wood Ion

Ch 12 Health, interreligious action, and solidarity , pp 198-210

Katherine Marshall

Ch 13 Global health and religion , pp 211-227

Christoph Benn

Ch 14 Life and health of the public: a field in motion , pp 228-244

Kevin Barnett

Ch 15 The place of human rights and the people’s health movement , pp 245-263

Leslie London

Ch 16 Faith-based health justice: what are the options? , pp 264-278

Ville Päivänsalo

Ch 17 Gendering religion and health: women’s religio-cultural vulnerability , pp 280-294

Beverley Haddad

Ch 18 A founding moment: how members of religious congregations became AIDS activists , pp 295-308

Philippe Denis

Ch 19 Lifting the veil I - reflecting on Covid-19 in Africa , pp 309-321

Elias Kifon Bongmba

Ch 20 Lifting the veil II-religion at the intersection of food security, health and well-being: from the field , pp 322-336

Craig Stewart and Nadine Bowers Du Toit

Ch 21 Religion, spirituality, and interpersonal violence , pp 337-350

Naiema Taliep, Sandy Lazarus and Marcellino Jonas

Ch 22 Disingenuous narratives, cognitive myopia: a neuroscientist’s view , pp 352-365

Paul Laurienti

Ch 23 Meshworks, entanglements, and healthworlds , pp 366-378

Thandeka Cochrane

Ch 24 The ought that lies within , pp 379-395

Bastienne Klein

Ch 25 Communities emerging their potentials of faith and health , pp 396-412

Daniel C. Taylor

Ch 26 Searching for the spiritual sources of shared stewardship: where can we find the courage to stay human in dehumanizing times? , pp 413-431

Bobby Milstein, Ella Auchincloss and Jane Erickson

Ch 27 Positive deviance: new parables for healthy communities , pp 432-442

Arvind Singhal

Ch 28 The watershed of life: a river runs through it , pp 444-459

Gary R. Gunderson, Teresa Cutts and James R. Cochrane

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