Religion in global health and development : the case of twentieth-century Ghana /

The COVID-19 pandemic has made evident that the field of global health - its practices, norms, and failures - has the power to shape the lives of billions. Global health perspectives on the role of religion, however, are strikingly limited. Uncovering the points where religion and global health have...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Benjamin Bronnert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
Temas:
1900-1999
World health > History > 20th century.
Health > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Missions, Medical > Ghana > History > 20th century.
Public health > Ghana > History > 20th century.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
World health.
Christianity.
Public Health > history
History, 20th Century
Religion and Medicine
Global Health
Christianity
Santé mondiale > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Missions médicales > Ghāna > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Santé publique > Ghāna > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Santé > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
Santé mondiale.
Christianisme.
MEDICAL / History
Health > Religious aspects > Christianity
Missions, Medical
Public health
World health
Ghana
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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