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.
Religion and the Health of the Public: Shifting the Paradigm
Table of 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