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Zusatztext Susan Holman weaves theology, history, ethics, and her own fascinating pilgrimage as a public health specialist and scholar of religion to produce a book that is a swirling, sumptuous tapestry. Not only a feast of vivid prose, Beholden is an unmatched account of why the often separate worlds of religion, health, and human rights need each other Informationen zum Autor Research writer and editor, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Managing editor of Health and Human Rights: An International Journal; author of The Hungry Are Dying: Beggars and Bishops in Roman Cappadocia (OUP 2001, cl 504 sold), and God Knows There's Need: Christian Responses to Poverty(OUP 2009, cl 866 sold) Klappentext Religion can help (or hinder) global health and health equity today. This book explores the cross-disciplinary intersections of human rights, religious pilgrimage, gift exchange, 19th century American public health, and faith-based assets to address issues of social justice, health economics, humanitarian aid, human rights, theological education, and public policy. Zusammenfassung Religion can help (or hinder) global health and health equity today. This book explores the cross-disciplinary intersections of human rights, religious pilgrimage, gift exchange, 19th century American public health, and faith-based assets to address issues of social justice, health economics, humanitarian aid, human rights, theological education, and public policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Toward a vision of the ought 2. Religious pilgrimage: From 'glocality' to global health 3. Private lens, public health: A reluctant physician in 19th century America 4. From Matthew 25 to Article 25: Why economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights matter 5. Between Cape Town and Memphis: Religious health assets 6. Don't teach me to fish: What's wrong with gift-charity? Acknowledgements Notes Select Bibliography Index ...
