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Beholden - Religion, Global Health, and Human Rights (Hardcover)
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Beholden - Religion, Global Health, and Human Rights (Hardcover)
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Global health-related efforts today are usually shaped by two very
different ideological approaches. They either reflect a human
rights-based approach to health and equity, often associated with
public health, medicine, or economic development activities; or
they express religious or humanitarian "aid," usually motivated by
personal beliefs about charity, philanthropy, missional dynamics,
and/or a ministry of "mercy." The underlying differences between
these two approaches can create tensions and even outright
hostility that affects and may even undermine the best intentions
of those involved. In Beholden: Religion, Global Health, and Human
Rights, Susan R. Holman-a scholar in both religion and the history
of medicine-challenges this stereotypical polarization through
stories designed to help shape a new lens on global health, one
that envisions a multidisciplinary integration of respect for
religion and culture with an equal respect for and engagement with
human rights and social justice. The book's six chapters range
broadly, from pilgrimage texts in the Christian, Hindu, Buddhist,
and Islamic traditions, to the effect of ministry and public policy
on the 19th century poorhouse; the story of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as it shaped economic, social,
and cultural (ESC) rights; a "religious health assets" approach
based in Southern Africa; and the complex dynamics of gift exchange
in the modern faith-based focus on charity, community, and the
common good. The book will appeal to readers interested in global
health, faith-based aid, public policy, humanitarian response,
liberation theology, charity, gift exchange, and a good story.
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