Religion and Medicine: A History of the Encounter Between Humanity's Two Greatest Institutions

Jeff Levin (University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Baylor University)

Religion and Medicine: A History of the Encounter Between Humanity's Two Greatest Institutions
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Country
United States
Published
2 July 2020
Pages
304
ISBN
9780190867355

Religion and Medicine: A History of the Encounter Between Humanity’s Two Greatest Institutions

Jeff Levin (University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Baylor University)

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.

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