Religion and Medicine

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 <em>Religion and Medicine</em> 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.<br>