The Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, and the Medical Humanities (Routledge Handbooks in Religion) - Hardcover

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9781032447599: The Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, and the Medical Humanities (Routledge Handbooks in Religion)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1032447591 ISBN 13: 9781032447599
Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

Currently, religion is absent or severely underemphasized within the medical humanities, and The Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, and the Medical Humanities forges direct engagements between the fields of medical and health humanities, on the one hand, and religious studies and theological studies on the other. This volume consists of 35 chapters from an international and interdisciplinary range of contributors, organized into 6 parts:

  • Religious Studies and Theology in the Medical Humanities: Tensions and Transformations
  • The Socio-Spiritual Self
  • Culture and the Culturally Mediated
  • Space, Place, and Bodies
  • Beliefs, Brains, and Behaviours
  • Spirituality and Religion in Healthcare: Application and Impact

By directly connecting major questions and themes from each of these domains, this volume firmly establishes a needed bridge and valuable resource for stakeholders with an interest in how mental and physical health relates to the human drive for meaning.

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About the Author

Kristy L. Slominski is an Associate Professor of Religion, Science, and Health in Religious Studies at the University of Arizona.

Adam J. Powell is a Lecturer in Medical Humanities at the Institute for Medical Humanities and the Department of Theology & Religion at Durham University.

Christopher C. H. Cook is an Emeritus Professor of Spirituality, Theology and Health, and former Director for the Centre for Spirituality, Theology & Health at Durham University.

From the Back Cover

Currently, religion is severely underemphasized within the medical humanities, and this book forges direct engagements between the fields of medical and health humanities on one hand, and religious studies and theological studies on the other. This volume includes 35 chapters from an international and interdisciplinary range of contributors.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032447591
ISBN 13 
9781032447599
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
418
Editor
Slominski Kristy L., Powell Adam J., Cook Christopher C. H.