Is a concern for global health justice--something both public health and faith-based groups share... more Is a concern for global health justice--something both public health and faith-based groups share--compatible with a religious hermeneutic of "blessing"? This paper is a transcript of the author's 2016 public lecture at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary on the occasion of the 2016 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for the book, "Beholden: Religion, Global Health, and Human Rights." Both audio and YouTube versions of the lecture are also available online (urls available at https://ptochotrophia.wordpress.com/talks-media/
To cite this article: Susan R. Holman (2016) Orthodox Humanitarianisms: Patristic Foundations, Th... more To cite this article: Susan R. Holman (2016) Orthodox Humanitarianisms: Patristic Foundations, The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 14:1, 26-33, DOI:10.1080/15570274.2016.1145470; To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2016.1145470
This article was part of a special issue on "Orthodox Christianity and Humanitarianism." The papers (and others) were originally presented at a conference in Boston in 2014; conference videos (including discussion sessions) are available online at: http://humanitarianism.goarch.org/.
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2011
While delivering innovative care for over 17 million children living with and affected by HIV/AID... more While delivering innovative care for over 17 million children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS is a priority for today's global health community, most of these children's health needs remain unmet. Concerns about funding, implementation, and transparency continue to obstruct quality care for all. This paper discusses why services supported by macro-level funding, local initiatives, innovative financing, and enhanced long-term development strategies, are imperative. Concurrent advocacy and preventive measures, such as universal access to education, can sustain this investment in human capital. Such efforts may enhance economic growth, expand local capacity, and improve the quality of life in communities currently burdened by the HIV epidemic.
There is a limit of 300 words for letters to the editor. Health Affairs reservesthe right to edit... more There is a limit of 300 words for letters to the editor. Health Affairs reservesthe right to edit all letters for clarity, length, and tone. Letters can be submitted by e-mail, letters@ healthaffairs. org, or the Health Affairs Web site, http://www. healthaffairs. org.
Page 1. The Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS Learning Group 3 Expanding Access ... more Page 1. The Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS Learning Group 3 Expanding Access to Services and Protecting Human Rights Primary authors: Jim Yong Kim, Lydia Mungherera, Susan R. Holman, and Mary C. Smith Fawzi ...
This paper introduces an anonymous work attributed to Basil of Caesarea entitled, De beneficentia... more This paper introduces an anonymous work attributed to Basil of Caesarea entitled, De beneficentia, or "On beneficence." The text is known from one manuscript dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth century, Berlin, Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Phillipps 1467 (gr. 63), a collection of genuine and pseudonymous Basilian homilies. Although pseudonymous and extant (as far as we can determine) only in this sole manuscript, in some quoted fragments from the ninth and twelfth centuries, and in a sixteenthcentury Latin translation, De beneficentia, shares a number of characteristics common to social homilies preached in the late fourth and early fifth centuries. This paper discusses the Berlin manuscript text in the context of the known fragments, other spurious, dubious, or pseudonymous homilies attributed to Basil, and its attributed relationship to social preaching in Christian late antiquity, and offers a new edition of the Greek text with its first English translation.
full citation: Baingana F, Fuller A, Levy Guyer A, Holman SR, Kim JY, Li M, McKeever J, Mungherer... more full citation: Baingana F, Fuller A, Levy Guyer A, Holman SR, Kim JY, Li M, McKeever J, Mungherera L, Psaki S, Sematimba B, Serukka D, Smith Fawzi MC, and Zaeh S. The implementation gap in services for children affected by HIV/AIDS: Supporting families and communities in caring for and protecting vulnerable children. Boston: The FXB Center/JLICA, 2008.
Full citation: Kim JY, Mungherera L, Belfer M, Betancourt T, Holman SR, and Smith Fawzi MC [princ... more Full citation: Kim JY, Mungherera L, Belfer M, Betancourt T, Holman SR, and Smith Fawzi MC [principal writers, with other contributing writers]: Casey A, Chan A, Forman R, Fuller A, Li M, Lim Y, Williams T, and Zaeh S. Integration and expansion of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and early childhood intervention services. Boston: The FXB Center/JLICA, 2008.
Is a concern for global health justice--something both public health and faith-based groups share... more Is a concern for global health justice--something both public health and faith-based groups share--compatible with a religious hermeneutic of "blessing"? This paper is a transcript of the author's 2016 public lecture at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary on the occasion of the 2016 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for the book, "Beholden: Religion, Global Health, and Human Rights." Both audio and YouTube versions of the lecture are also available online (urls available at https://ptochotrophia.wordpress.com/talks-media/
To cite this article: Susan R. Holman (2016) Orthodox Humanitarianisms: Patristic Foundations, Th... more To cite this article: Susan R. Holman (2016) Orthodox Humanitarianisms: Patristic Foundations, The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 14:1, 26-33, DOI:10.1080/15570274.2016.1145470; To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2016.1145470
This article was part of a special issue on "Orthodox Christianity and Humanitarianism." The papers (and others) were originally presented at a conference in Boston in 2014; conference videos (including discussion sessions) are available online at: http://humanitarianism.goarch.org/.
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2011
While delivering innovative care for over 17 million children living with and affected by HIV/AID... more While delivering innovative care for over 17 million children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS is a priority for today's global health community, most of these children's health needs remain unmet. Concerns about funding, implementation, and transparency continue to obstruct quality care for all. This paper discusses why services supported by macro-level funding, local initiatives, innovative financing, and enhanced long-term development strategies, are imperative. Concurrent advocacy and preventive measures, such as universal access to education, can sustain this investment in human capital. Such efforts may enhance economic growth, expand local capacity, and improve the quality of life in communities currently burdened by the HIV epidemic.
There is a limit of 300 words for letters to the editor. Health Affairs reservesthe right to edit... more There is a limit of 300 words for letters to the editor. Health Affairs reservesthe right to edit all letters for clarity, length, and tone. Letters can be submitted by e-mail, letters@ healthaffairs. org, or the Health Affairs Web site, http://www. healthaffairs. org.
Page 1. The Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS Learning Group 3 Expanding Access ... more Page 1. The Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS Learning Group 3 Expanding Access to Services and Protecting Human Rights Primary authors: Jim Yong Kim, Lydia Mungherera, Susan R. Holman, and Mary C. Smith Fawzi ...
This paper introduces an anonymous work attributed to Basil of Caesarea entitled, De beneficentia... more This paper introduces an anonymous work attributed to Basil of Caesarea entitled, De beneficentia, or "On beneficence." The text is known from one manuscript dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth century, Berlin, Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Phillipps 1467 (gr. 63), a collection of genuine and pseudonymous Basilian homilies. Although pseudonymous and extant (as far as we can determine) only in this sole manuscript, in some quoted fragments from the ninth and twelfth centuries, and in a sixteenthcentury Latin translation, De beneficentia, shares a number of characteristics common to social homilies preached in the late fourth and early fifth centuries. This paper discusses the Berlin manuscript text in the context of the known fragments, other spurious, dubious, or pseudonymous homilies attributed to Basil, and its attributed relationship to social preaching in Christian late antiquity, and offers a new edition of the Greek text with its first English translation.
full citation: Baingana F, Fuller A, Levy Guyer A, Holman SR, Kim JY, Li M, McKeever J, Mungherer... more full citation: Baingana F, Fuller A, Levy Guyer A, Holman SR, Kim JY, Li M, McKeever J, Mungherera L, Psaki S, Sematimba B, Serukka D, Smith Fawzi MC, and Zaeh S. The implementation gap in services for children affected by HIV/AIDS: Supporting families and communities in caring for and protecting vulnerable children. Boston: The FXB Center/JLICA, 2008.
Full citation: Kim JY, Mungherera L, Belfer M, Betancourt T, Holman SR, and Smith Fawzi MC [princ... more Full citation: Kim JY, Mungherera L, Belfer M, Betancourt T, Holman SR, and Smith Fawzi MC [principal writers, with other contributing writers]: Casey A, Chan A, Forman R, Fuller A, Li M, Lim Y, Williams T, and Zaeh S. Integration and expansion of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and early childhood intervention services. Boston: The FXB Center/JLICA, 2008.
The Garb of Being: Embodiment and the Pursuit of Holiness in Late Ancient Christianity, 2020
This is a contributed chapter in the new book I co-edited with Georgia Frank and Andrew S. Jacobs... more This is a contributed chapter in the new book I co-edited with Georgia Frank and Andrew S. Jacobs, now available from Fordham University Press, part of their series on "Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought"
The Garb of Being: Embodiment and the Pursuit of Holiness in Late Ancient Christianity, 2020
Contributed Chapter in the book, The Garb of Being: Embodiment and the Pursuit of Holiness in Lat... more Contributed Chapter in the book, The Garb of Being: Embodiment and the Pursuit of Holiness in Late Ancient Christianity. New York: Fordham University Press, 2020, pp. 294-317.
Saint Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-378/9 CE) was a monk, bishop, preacher, theologian, and social ac... more Saint Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-378/9 CE) was a monk, bishop, preacher, theologian, and social activist who had very down-to-earth views about eating, drinking, fasting, and feasts in honor of local martyrs. In this new collection of sermon translations—most offered here in English for the first time— Basil addresses such issues as drunkenness, hesitations over baptism, community benefits of fasting, how to be thankful when facing loss and disaster, and the mystery of the incarnation. Also included are three sermons on local martyrs Julitta, Mamas, and Barlaam. This small volume of elegant translations will be a vital and valued resource for anyone interested in religion and the body, early Christian spiritual disciplines, and their application to the Church today.
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This article was part of a special issue on "Orthodox Christianity and Humanitarianism." The papers (and others) were originally presented at a conference in Boston in 2014; conference videos (including discussion sessions) are available online at: http://humanitarianism.goarch.org/.
This article was part of a special issue on "Orthodox Christianity and Humanitarianism." The papers (and others) were originally presented at a conference in Boston in 2014; conference videos (including discussion sessions) are available online at: http://humanitarianism.goarch.org/.