Part oneThe sociocultural context -- Tradition and the traditions in health medicine and religion / Martin E. Marty -- The intertwining of religion and health medicine in culture: a view through the disciplines / Martin E. Marty -- Part two -- The historical setting -- Medicine and religion: pre-Christian antiquity / Darrel W. Amundsen and Gary B. Ferngren -- Medicine and religion: early Christianity through the middle ages / Darrel W. Amundsen and Gary B. Ferngren -- Medicine and Christianity in the modern world / Ronald L. Numbers and Ronald C. Sawyer -- Part three A philosophical perspective -- Understanding faith traditions in the context of health care: philosophy as a guide for the perplexed / H. Tistram Engelhardt, Jr. -- Part four Theological perspectives -- Topics at the interface of medicine and theology / Kenneth L. Vaux -- Theological foundations of medical ethics / Kenneth L. Vaux -- Part five Medical perspectives -- Preventive medicine and religion: opportunities and obstacles / Ernst Wynder and MaryCarroll Sullivan -- Religion and medicine: the physician's perspective / Daniel W. Foster -- Part six Pastoral perspectives -- The congregation: place of healing and sending / F. Dean Lueking -- The hospital chaplain between worlds / Lawrence E. Holst -- Epilogue David T. Stein -- Bibliography Mary-Carroll Sullivan.