Religion in Global Health and Development : the case of twentieth-century Ghana / Benjamin Bronnert Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Benjamin Bronnert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 316 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press (mqup), 2022.

Summary:

In Religion in Global Health and Development Benjamin Walker shows how the religious features of colonial state architecture were still operating by the twenty-first century. Uncovering where religion and global health have connected across the twentieth century and focusing on Ghana provides an opportunity to challenge narrow approaches.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 The Colonial Foundations of Global Health: Britain, Gold Coast, and Ghana, 1919-61

2 Religion and Africanising Health: Ghana, 1957-68

3 Reframing Postcolonial International Health: Ghana, the Netherlands, and West Germany, 1957-90

4 International Health Campaigns and Christian Mission: Ghana, Europe, and North America, 1950-94 5

Primary Health Care, Global Health, and Medical Mission: Ghana, the WHO, and the World Council of Churches, 1960-2000

Conclusion: Religion, the Ghanaian State, and the Future of Global Health

Appendix

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (JSTOR, viewed May 14, 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.