Title: Religion and the health of the public
Description: "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 on the role and place of religion in responding to major public health challenges"--
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Medical care, Public health, Religious aspects, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Public Health Practice, Religion and Medicine, Global Health, Social sciences, Religion and sociology, Political science, Social policy, Sociology