Religion As a Social Determinant of Public Health

Zusatztext This is a wonderful expansion of our understanding of religion in promoting health. Health is influenced by philosophy, skills, and knowledge, and for the majority of people philosophy is determined by religious beliefs, making religion one of the major determinants of health. This volume is a major addition to the understanding of the theology of health and one of the most detailed explorations of the relationship of religion and health ever attempted. Informationen zum Autor Ellen Idler, Director of the Religion and Public Health Collaborative at Emory University, is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Sociology, and holds a joint appointment in Epidemiology in the Rollins School of Public Health. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, and the author of Cohesiveness and Coherence: Religion and the Health of the Elderly and The Hidden Health Care System. Klappentext This book explores the complex, multifaceted role of faith traditions in public health throughout history, today, and in the future. The volume brings together leading scholars in the social sciences, public health, and religion to address the important yet often neglected role of religious institutions in health and development efforts around the globe. Zusammenfassung This book explores the complex, multifaceted role of faith traditions in public health throughout history, today, and in the future. The volume brings together leading scholars in the social sciences, public health, and religion to address the important yet often neglected role of religious institutions in health and development efforts around the globe.

Product details

• Authors: Ellen L. Idler, Ellen L. (Professor of Sociology and Epidem Idler
• Assisted by: Ellen L. Idler (Editor), Idler Ellen L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.10.2014
• EAN: 9780199362202
• ISBN: 978-0-19-936220-2
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Soziologie, Public Health und Präventivmedizin, MEDICAL / Public Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Religion - Socialissues, RELIGION / Religion & Science, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Religion: general, Personal & public health, Religion & politics, Social, group or collective psychology, Religion and Politics, Personal and public health / health education