Christianity's Role in United States Global Health and Development Policy

This book provides a social history of the relationship between religion and America's international health policy and practice from the latter 19th century to the present, uncovering the synergies and tensions between the two fields. This ambitious study will be of interest to researchers in global health, politics, religion and development.

John Blevins is an Associate Research Professor and Acting Director of the Interfaith Health Program at the Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, USA

Acknowledgements Introduction 1 The Religious Origins of America's Relationship to the World 2 "Christianity is Adequate to the Work:" Religion and Social Reform in the Progressive Era 3 The New Century Begins: 1900-1948 4 In-Depth Christianization: Evangelists, Engineers, and Reconstructionists 5 Blurring the Lines Between Evangelists, Engineers, and Reconstructionists 6 American Protestantism in the Cold War 7 No Longer on the Mainline: Other Christianities, Other Religions, and No Religion 8 Not "either/or" but "both/and": On Seeing International Health and Development as a Tragic Profession... and Why That Should Give Us Hope