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3 comments:
when i read "globalization and religion: the implications for health" i immediately thought of christianity. there are christians almost everywhere on this earth and their mission is to share the word...i believe that great interventions can be done with faith-based communities on a global level. (of course Dr. Reynold's class, Interventions in Health Promotion, has done a great deal to shape this thought of mine)
I think on an individual level spirituality can be a great benefit to overall health, but packaging health care programs with religious ones is dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. First it inherently excludes members of a community from with different religious beliefs, and more importantly it dilutes the message that a healthy life is the right of every individual by bringing in the dogma of salvation or the Pope's anti abbortion sentiment.
Well "health" is a global concept, while religion and cultural belief are personal. I think religion will help an individual to overcome health matter in a more holistic way. But as a global perspective if we want to combine these two together, it should be base on different cultural practices and understanding than any thing else.
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