Themes 
- The foundations of Christian health work
- The history of medical mission
- Faith-based humanitarian and development work
- Pluralism in health and capabilities justice
The Approach and Two Questions
My research approach to religion and global health has stemmed from—and is closely connected to—my studies on social and political justice.
I am particularly interested in asking:
(1) How do the foundations of Christian health work and related understandings of justice differ from certain corresponding non-Christian accounts?
(2) In what kinds of roles have faith organizations served in the practical promotion of health-related rights accross cultures?
Selected publications
2016 Talents in the Service of Justice: Responding to Unequal Ownership beyond Compliance, De Ethica 3:1, 59-74 (Open Access link here).
2015 Reframing Capabilities between Welfarism and Resourcism in the Collaboration for the Right to Health, Studia Theologica. 69:2, 190-209 (Open Access link here).
2014 Lutheran Perspectives on the Rigth to Health in a Global World, in Lutheran Identity and Political Theology. Grenholm, C-H. & Gunner, G. (toim.). Pickwick, s. 49-66.
2014 Fragile Health Justice: Cooperation with Faith Organizations, in Religion and Development: Nordic Perspectives on Involvement in Africa, Tomas Sundnes Drønen (ed.), New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 109-125.
2013 Tackling Faith-Based Stigma in the Context of HIV/AIDS, in Chronicity, Care and Complexity. Richards, R. & Creek, J. (eds.). Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 133-143.
2010 Responsibilities for Human Capabilities: Avoiding a Comprehensive Global program, Human Rights Review 11 (2010): 565–579.
Please see my selected publications more broadly in Research.
(Photos on Lutheran health and humanitarian work in South-India, 2013 (VP)]