Religion and Medicine

A History of the Encounter Between Humanity's Two Greatest Institutions
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-086735-5
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 681 g

Though the current political climate might lead one to suspect that religion and medicine make for uncomfortable bedfellows, the two institutions have a long history of alliance. From religious healers and religious hospitals to religiously informed bioethics and research studies on the impact of religious and spiritual beliefs on physical and mental well-being, religion and medicine have encountered one another from antiquity through the present day. In Religion and Medicine, Dr. Jeff Levin outlines this longstanding history and the multifaceted interconnections between these two institutions. The first book to cover the full breadth of this subject, it documents religion-medicine alliances across religious traditions, throughout the world, and over the course of history. Levin summarizes a wide range of material in the most comprehensive introduction to this emerging field of scholarship to date.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levin, Jeff

Weitere Mitwirkende

Post, Stephen G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Religion & Wissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Foreword - by Stephen G. Post

- Acknowledgments

- Chapter 1. Conflict and Cooperation

- Chapter 2. Healers and Healthcare

- Chapter 3. Missions and Ministries

- Chapter 4. Congregations and Communities

- Chapter 5. Scientists and Scholars

- Chapter 6. Teaching and Training

- Chapter 7. Prescriptions and Proscriptions

- Chapter 8. Policies and Programs

- Chapter 9. Challenges and Choices

- Notes

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Jeff Levin, an epidemiologist and religious scholar, holds a distinguished chair at Baylor University, where he is University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Professor of Medical Humanities, and Director of the Program on Religion and Population Health at the Institute for Studies of Religion. He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine, and as an Affiliated Member of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. He is a member of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, the International Epidemiological Association, the American College of Epidemiology, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the International Society for Science and Religion.