Religion and Medicine

Dr. Jeff Levin, an epidemiologist and religious scholar, holds a distinguished chair at Baylor University, where he is University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Professor of Medical Humanities, and Director of the Program on Religion and Population Health at the Institute for Studies of Religion. He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine, and as an Affiliated Member of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. He is a member of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, the International Epidemiological Association, the American College of Epidemiology, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the International Society for Science and Religion.

Foreword - by Stephen G. Post

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Conflict and Cooperation

Chapter 2. Healers and Healthcare

Chapter 3. Missions and Ministries

Chapter 4. Congregations and Communities

Chapter 5. Scientists and Scholars

Chapter 6. Teaching and Training

Chapter 7. Prescriptions and Proscriptions

Chapter 8. Policies and Programs

Chapter 9. Challenges and Choices

Notes

Index