Handbook on religion and health : pathways for a turbulent future / edited by James R. Cochrane, Gary R. Gunderson, Teresa Cutts.

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2024]

xix, 485 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. On (what was known as) religion and health / James R. Cochrane, Teresa Cutts, Gary R. Gunderson -- Part I. 'Religion/health': scoping the field. Grounding "religion" and "spirituality" / James R. Cochrane -- Scanning a moving field : religion and health / Matthew Bersagel Braley -- Religion among the social determinants of health : micro-, meso-, and macro views / Ellen Idler -- Religiosity/spirituality, mental health, substance abuse : implications for population health / Teresa Cutts -- Hoist by our own petard : backing slowly out of religion and development advocacy / Jill Olivier -- Theogenerative life and practice / Gary R. Gunderson -- Part II. Planetary health : "health of the whole". Spirituality, health, and ecology : co-liberation, the climate movement, and the quest for planetary health / Tobias Müller, Thandeka Cochrane -- Interrelationship of religion and spirit in health, well-being, and equity / Somava Saha -- Bio-ethics for a whole planet / Gerald R. Winslow -- Infrastructures of hope : what will it take to build planetary health / Geordan Shannon, Jeremy Lauer -- Point of inflection : epidemic of health / Heather Wood Ion -- Part III. 'Health for all'. Health, interreligious action, and solidarity / Katherine Marshall -- Global health and religion / Christoph Benn -- Life and health of the public : a field in motion / Kevin Barnett -- The place of human rights and the people's health movement / Leslie London -- Faith-based health justice : what are the options? / Ville Päivänsalo -- Part IV. Religion/health from the ground. Gendering religion and health : women's religio-cultural vulnerability / Beverley Haddad -- A founding moment : how members of religious congregations became aids activists / Philippe Denis -- Lifting the veil I : reflecting on covid in Africa / Elias Kifon Bongmba -- Lifting the veil II : religion at the intersection of food security, health and well-being : from the field / Craig Stewart, Nadine Bowers Du Toit -- Religion, spirituality, and interpersonal violence / Naiema Taliep, Sandy Lazarus, Marcellino Jonas -- Part V. New language, new view. Disingenuous narratives, cognitive myopia : a neuroscientist's view / Paul Laurienti -- Meshworks, entanglements, and healthworlds / Thandeka Cochrane -- The ought that lies within / Bastienne Klein -- Communities emerging their potentials of faith and health / Daniel C. Taylor -- Searching for the spiritual sources of shared stewardship : where can we find the courage to stay human in dehumanizing times? / Bobby Milstein, Ella Auchincloss, Jane Erickson -- Positive deviance : new parables for healthy communities / Arvind Singhal -- Part VI. Beyond the stream : rethinking key metaphors. The watershed of life : a river runs through it / Gary R. Gunderson, Teresa Cutts, James R. Cochrane -- Afterword. A new knowledge for a new world / Corey D. B. Walker -- Afterword. Integrating and reimagining health and spirituality : a call for leadership / Howard K. Koh.