The public valuation of religion in global health governance: spiritual health and the faith factor

Hanrieder, Tine

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“…For example, forms of 'religious coping' have become a main concern of medical researchers seeking to identify the positive health impact of 'benevolent religious reappraisals, religious forgiveness/purification, and seeking religious support' (Pargament et al 2000, 519). Likewise, 'compassion' has been conceptualized as a universal religious trait that can be found in all world religions and that can have a particular health value (Hanrieder 2017). In this vein, researchers affiliated with the World Bank have developed indicators of the 'faith factor' in religious health service provision and operationalized 'compassion' as the preparedness of religious health workers to provide services below market value (see World Faiths Development Dialogue 2012).…”

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Orders of worth and the moral conceptions of health in global politics

Hanrieder

2016

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The article analyzes the contested concept of global health through the lens of orders of worth. Drawing on pragmatist political and social theory, especially the work of Boltanski and Thévenot, I conceptualize orders of worth as moral narratives that connect visions of universal humankind to ideas about moral worth and deficiency. They thereby differ from the self/other narrative of political identity that is emphasized in International Relations scholarship. Orders of worth do not pitch a particularistic identity against foreign identities, but tie collective identity to a higher common good. They provide tools for moral evaluation and the justification of hierarchy. I use this heuristic to reconstruct four main conceptions of health in global politics: The order of survival, the order of fairness, the order of production, and the order of spirit. Each of them articulates a distinct political identity, as ‘we species’, ‘we liberals’, ‘we bodies’ and ‘we souls’, and implies different notions of virtuous and selfish conduct in the global community. These orders are derived from scholarly writings and the policies of global health institutions. Finally, I discuss the nature of compromises between the four orders regarding contested issues such as health emergencies or digital medicine.

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confidence: 99%