Religion in Global Health and Development : : the case of twentieth-century Ghana / / Benjamin Bronnert Walker.

• VerfasserIn: Walker, Benjamin Bronnert,
• Place / Publishing House: Montreal : : McGill-Queen's University Press (mqup),, 2022.; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 316 pages) :; illustrations

In Religion in Global Health and Development Benjamin Walker shows how the religious features of colonial state architecture were still operating by the twenty-first century. Uncovering where religion and global health have connected across the twentieth century and focusing on Ghana provides an opportunity to challenge narrow approaches.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Colonial Foundations of Global Health: Britain, Gold Coast, and Ghana, 1919-61 -- 2 Religion and Africanising Health: Ghana, 1957-68 -- 3 Reframing Postcolonial International Health: Ghana, the Netherlands, and West Germany, 1957-90 -- 4 International Health Campaigns and Christian Mission: Ghana, Europe, and North America, 1950-94 5 -- Primary Health Care, Global Health, and Medical Mission: Ghana, the WHO, and the World Council of Churches, 1960-2000 -- Conclusion: Religion, the Ghanaian State, and the Future of Global Health -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index.