Main description:

Though the current political climate might lead one to suspect that religion and medicine make for uncomfortable bedfellows, the two institutions have a long history of alliance. From religious healers and religious hospitals to religiously informed bioethics and research studies on the impact of religious and spiritual beliefs on physical and mental well-being, religion and medicine have encountered one another from antiquity through the present day. In Religion
and Medicine, Dr. Jeff Levin outlines this longstanding history and the multifaceted interconnections between these two institutions. The first book to cover the full breadth of this subject, it documents religion-medicine alliances across religious traditions, throughout the world, and over the course
of history. Levin summarizes a wide range of material in the most comprehensive introduction to this emerging field of scholarship to date.

Contents:

Foreword - by Stephen G. Post

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Conflict and Cooperation

Chapter 2. Healers and Healthcare

Chapter 3. Missions and Ministries

Chapter 4. Congregations and Communities

Chapter 5. Scientists and Scholars

Chapter 6. Teaching and Training

Chapter 7. Prescriptions and Proscriptions

Chapter 8. Policies and Programs

Chapter 9. Challenges and Choices

Notes

Index