{"product_id":"faith-and-the-pursuit-of-jessica-hardin-9780813592930","title":"Faith and the Pursuit of Health: Cardiometabolic Disorders in Samoa","description":"\u003ci\u003eFaith and the Pursuit of Health \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how Pentecostal Christians manage chronic illness in ways that sheds light on health disparities and social suffering in Samoa, a place where rates of obesity and related cardiometabolic disorders have reached population-wide levels. Pentecostals grapple with how to maintain the health of their congregants in an environment that fosters cardiometabolic disorders. They find ways to manage these forms of sickness and inequality through their churches and the friendships developed within these institutions. Examining how Pentecostal Christianity provides many Samoans with tools to manage day-to-day issues around health and sickness, Jessica Hardin argues for understanding the synergies between how Christianity and biomedicine practice chronicity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Hardin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813592933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813592930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Jessica Hardin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086911746303,"sku":"9780813592930","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e048f43-f1da-43e9-9902-632610307c18.jpg?v=1769097283","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/faith-and-the-pursuit-of-jessica-hardin-9780813592930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}