Faith-Based Health Justice : Transforming Agendas of Faith Communities / editors: Ville Päivänsalo, Ayesha Ahmad, George Zachariah, Mari Stenlund.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Päivänsalo, Ville, 1972- editor.

Ahmad, A. (Ayesha), editor.

Stenlund, Mari, editor.

Sakhar̲iya, Jōrj, editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social justice--Religious aspects.

Social justice.

Social service--Religious aspects.

Social service.

Medical care--Religious aspects.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 pages)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Brief Description

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: Traditions for Health and Imperatives of Justice

Part 1. Toward Basic Health Justice: Theme Introduction

2. Transformations of Protestant Faith-Based Health Work in an Age of Fragile Development

3. Toward Basic Health Justice: Grassroots Challenges in Church-Related Health Services in Tanzania

4. Negotiating the Healing Mission: Social Justice and Basic Health at Two Methodist Inner-City Missions in South Africa

5. Hinduism and Health Justice: An Indian Perspective

6. Christian Organizations for Basic Health Justice in India in the Twenty-First Century

Part 2. Faith Traditions for Health and Well-Being: Theme Introduction

7. Islamic Faith for Health and Welfare in the Globalizing South Asia: The Case of Bangladesh

8. Healing and Salvation: The Relation of Health and Religion in the Context of Christianity

9. The Role and Impact of Christian Medical College, Vellore, in the Promotion of Health Justice in India

10. Empirical Perspectives on Religion and Health Justice: The Case in Finland and across Cultures

Part 3. Transforming Agendas of Faith Communities: Theme Introduction

11. The Contribution of Islamic Faith-Based Hospitals to the Promotion of Public Health in Bangladesh: A Study of Islami Bank and Ibn Sina Hospitals

12. Islamic Health Justice for Women in Saudi Arabia

13. Ethics of HIV/AIDS and Religion in Africa: A Systematic Literature Review

14. Traditional, Christian, and Modern Approaches to Masculinity: Health-Care Volunteers in Tanzania

15. Theological and Ethical Reflections on HIV/AIDS: Perspectives from India

Part 4. Mental Health: Theme Introduction

16. Sangomas, Somatization, and Sharedness

17. The British Bangladeshi Experience of Mental Illness

18. The Freedom of Religion and the Right to Mental Health: Challenges and a Quest for Reconciliation

19. Global Burden of Disease, Addiction, and the Role of Religion

Contributors

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 23, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Päivänsalo, Ville Faith-Based Health Justice

ISBN:

9781506465432

1506465439

Publisher Number:

40030488930

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.