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ISBN 10: 0199362211

ISBN 13: 9780199362219

Author: Ellen L. Idler

Frequently in partnership, but sometimes at odds, religious institutions and public health institutions work to improve the well-being of their communities. There is increasing awareness among public health professionals and the general public that the social conditions of poverty, lack of education, income inequality, poor working conditions, and experiences of discrimination play a dominant role in determining health status. But this broad view of the social determinants of health has largely ignored the role of religious practices and institutions in shaping the life conditions of billions around the globe. In Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health, leading scholars in the social sciences, public health, and religion address this omission by examining the embodied sacred practices of the world’s religions, the history of alignment and tension between religious and public health institutions, the research on the health impact of religious practice throughout the life course, and the role of religious institutions in health and development efforts around the globe. In addition, the volume explores religion’s role in the ongoing epidemics of HIV/AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease, as well as preparations for an influenza pandemic. Together, these groundbreaking essays help complete the picture of the social determinants of health by including religion, which has until now been an invisible determinant.

Table of contents:

1. Religion: The Invisible Social Determinant

PART I: Public Health in the Practices of the World’s Faith Traditions

Daily Religious Practices

2. Refuge Meditation in Contemporary Buddhism

3. Taiji (T’ai-chi) in Taoism

4. Veiling in Islam: A Western Feminist Outsider’s Perspective

5. Vegetarianism in Seventh-day Adventism

Weekly Religious Practices

6. The Eucharist in Roman Catholicism

7. Congregational Hymn Singing in Mainline Protestantism

Annual Religious Practices

8. Hatsumōde, the Visitation of Shinto Shrines: Religion and Culture in the Japanese Context

9. Fasting in Islam

One-Time Religious Practices

10. Circumcision in Judaism: The Sign of the Covenant

11. Puberty Rites in African Religious Traditions: Kloyo Peemi

12. Baptism by Immersion in Latin American Pentecostalism: The Santa Cruz Case

13. Cremation Rites in Hinduism: Death, After Death, and Thereafter

PART II: Religion in the History of Public Health

14. Christian Commitment to Public Well-Being: John Wesley’s “Sensible Regimen” and Primitive Physick

15. US Public Health Reform Movements and the Social Gospel

16. Anthony Comstock: A Religious Fundamentalist’s Negative Impact on Reproductive Health

PART III: Religion and Public Health across the Life Course

17. Religion and Reproductive Health

18. Religion and Physical Health from Childhood to Old Age

19. Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health: Toward a Preventive Model Based on the Cultivation of Basic Human Values

PART IV: Religion and Public Health across the Globe

20. Religion and Global Health

21. The Christian Medical Commission and the World Health Organization

22. Ingenious Institutions: Religious Origins of Health and Development Organizations

23. Mapping Religious Resources for Health: The African Religious Health Assets Programme

PART V: Religion and Three Public Health Challenges of Our Time

24. HIV/AIDS

25. Influenza Pandemic

26. Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementias

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