Faith, Health, and Healing in African American Life

This book offers a better understanding of the varieties of religiously based approaches to healing and alternative models of healing and health found in Black communities in the United States. Contributors address the communal aspects of faith and health and explore the contexts in which individuals make choices about their health, the roles that institutions play in shaping these decisions, and the practices individuals engage in seeking better health or coping with the health they have. By paying attention to the role of faith, spirit, and health, this book offers a fuller sense of the varieties of ways Black health and health care are perceived and addressed from an inter-religious perspective.

"Faith, Health, and Healing in African American Life magnificently weaves together the experiences and analysis of diverse scholars, from an interreligious perspective to excavate the communal aspects of faith, health (activities that foster healing and wholeness), and healing. This book is a must read for those curious about or committed to the incredible richness and intrigue of studying systems and individuals and how they emerge and have an impact on Black health and health care through multiple faith traditions."-Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Women's Studies Shaw University Divinity School, Raleigh, NC

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