Should Christian Global Health Be Distinctive? A Reflection

Abstract

Christian global health is often seen as the overlap of global health activities with Christian motivations, sometimes including evangelism. But is there anything distinctive about Christian global health? Drawing on the insights of Jacques Ellul, this article proposes how Christian global health could be qualitatively different from humanitarian global health.

Keywords

• Global health
• humanitarianism
• Jacques Ellul
• Christian global health