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Religion and the health of the public : shifting the paradigm
- Title
- Religion and the health of the public : shifting the paradigm / Gary R. Gunderson and James R. Cochrane.
- Author
- Gunderson, Gary.
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Cochrane, James R.
- Description
- xix, 220 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-212) and index.
- Contents
- Seeing differently : changing the paradigm of the health of the public -- The health of the public and the religious mind : connections and disconnections -- Religious health assets : what religion brings to health of the public -- Leading causes of life : pathology in its place -- Seeking health : persons, bodies, and choices -- People who congregate : building on strengths -- Boundary leadership : embodying complexity in turbulence -- The challenge of systems -- Religion and the health of the public : deep accountability.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-2678
- ISBN
- 9780230341272 (HC)
- 0230341276 (HC)
- 9780230341524 (PB)
- 0230341527 (PB)
- LCCN
- 2011036151
- OCLC
- 748328902
- Author
- Gunderson, Gary.
- Title
- Religion and the health of the public : shifting the paradigm / Gary R. Gunderson and James R. Cochrane.
- Imprint
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-212) and index.
- Added Author
- Cochrane, James R.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-2678