Download PDF: Cochrane, Language that Difference Makes ABSTRACT The attempt to think about “religion and health” together as if they were wholly disjunct concepts falters in many contexts, both because the practices of health seekers often pragmatically assimilate them and
Download PDF: Braley, Checking Vitals ABSTRACT In the past decade, global health leaders have begun to speak about Christian religious entities as “vital partners” in the response to global health crises like the AIDS pandemic. These partnerships, however, are predicated on
Download PDF: Coleman, The Womb Circle Introduction I will not desecrate holy places. I will not speak evil. I will not abuse my sexuality. I will not cause the shedding of tears. I will not sow seeds of regret. These
On the 21st of February, 2010, Steve de Gruchy, Professor and Head of the School of Religion and Theology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg campus, Editorial Board member of Practical Matters, Editor of the Journal of Theology for Southern
Download PDF: Interview with Mary Ann Burris “All too often, international health work ignores culture and context in its effort to accomplish quantifiable health outcomes. However laudable these goals may be, without including the values and beliefs that define
Body mapping, a technique first used by HIV groups in Uganda to record the lives of positive women afraid they would die and leave their children without memories of who they were, has been used by the Trust for Indigenous
Download PDF: New Geographies of Religion and Healing: States of the Field, Linda L. Barnes Introduction I take my title from a classic essay by T. J. Hinrichs who, over a decade ago, mapped critical developments in her own field,
Download PDF: Editorial Issue 4 Introduction The authors and creators of the pieces in this issue address a wide variety of health-related topics that sit at the intersections of religion, health, and healing work. These include HIV/AIDS, disability, women’s reproductive health,
Download PDF: Senior and Mehta, Conference Notes ABSTRACT The purposes of Conference Notes are both to inform readers of conference proceedings and to encourage dialogue among interested scholars and practitioners. In some instances, Reviews editors may be able to put readers
Download PDF: RV Daugherty, Practical Theology and Qualitative Research By John Swinton and Harriet Mowat London: SCM, 2006. 278 pages. $35.00. In Practical Theology and Qualitative Research, John Swinton and Harriet Mowat provide a welcome contribution to the ongoing conversation about
Download PDF: RV Jones, The New Measures By Ted A. Smith New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. 358 pages. $59.99. Although numerous scholars have considered the relationship between Christianity and democracy in the United States, few have turned to Charles Finney
Download PDF: RV Brazil, Bewildered Travel By Frederick J. Ruf Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2009. 224 pages. $16.50. Frederick J. Ruf does not really travel to learn. Nor does he travel to improve himself, at least not directly.
Download PDF: RV Suna-Koro, Postcolonial Imagination By Kwok Pui-lan Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2005. 252 pages. $30.00. Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology is a fascinating collection of essays, most of which Kwok Pui-lan has initially published elsewhere and now offers
Download PDF: RV Tarango, Practicing Protestants Edited by Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Leigh E. Schmidt, and Mark Valeri. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. 363 pages. $28.00 In Practicing Protestants: Histories of Christian Life in America, twelve scholars use theories of practice to construct
Download PDF: RV Long, Places of Redemption By Mary McClintock Fulkerson New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. 257 pages. $38.95. In July 1988, ten people, the remnant of a dying white congregation languishing in a racially transitional neighborhood near Durham,
Download PDF: RV Pape, Imagining Redemption By David H. Kelsey. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2005. 108 pages. $20.00. With characteristic clarity, David Kelsey sets out to shed some light on what Christians mean when they speak of redemption. His
Download PDF: RV Mace, Faith in the Great Physician By Heather Curtis. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. 269 pages. $53.00. In Faith in the Great Physician: Suffering and Divine Healing in American Culture, 1860-1900, Heather D. Curtis offers a
Download PDF: RV Kidd, Laughter of the Oppressed By Jacqueline A. Bussie. New York: T & T Clark International, 2007. 212 pages. $32.95. When laughter arises in the midst of experiences of radical suffering, we often fail to get the joke.