Duke Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on February 24, 2021 with C. Kavin Rowe, PhD, MDiv and Bradley Gregory, PhD. Dr. Rowe is the George Washington Ivey Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Associate Dean of the Faculty at Duke Divinity School. Dr. Gregory is the Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Their talk is entitled, "Saved by Grace through Pharma? The Bible and Preventative Medicine".

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on January 13th, 2021 with Carl Elliot, MD, PhD, and Stanley Hauerwas, PhD. Dr. Elliot is professor at the Center for Bioethics and Departments of Pediatrics and Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law at Duke University. Their talk is entitled, "(Mal)formation in Medical Training: A Conversation."

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on January 27, 2021 with Susan Holman, PhD, MS, MTS, the John R. Eckrich Chair and Professor of Religion and the Healing Arts at Valparaiso University. Her talk is entitled, "How are (or are not) early Christian Hospitals useful to religious imaginaries today that seek to promote modern clinical and global health?"

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on November 13th, 2020 with Sister Teresa Forcades i Vila, MD, PhD, physician, theologian, and Benedictine nun in the mountain monastery of Sant Benet de Montserrat in Catalonien, Spain. Her talk is entitled, "Health and Salvation: How are they related in the Gospels?"

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on October 30, 2020 with Sarah Jean Barton, OTR/L, ThD, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at Duke School of Medicine and Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School. Her talk is entitled, "Spirituality and Disability in Patient Care: Where We are Now and Hopes for the Future."

At 11:00 minutes, there is a break in the recording. At this point in the seminar, Bruce Rogers-Vaughn showed this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuBe93FMiJc The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on October 2, 2020 with Bruce Rogers-Vaugn, Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Theology and Counseling at Vanderbilt Divinity School. His talk is entitled, "Capitalism and the Social Origins of Psychological Distress."

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on October 16, 2020 with Laurie Zoloth, RN, PhD, the Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School and Senior Advisor to the Provost for Programs on Social Ethics. Her talk is entitled, "Duty and Justice in Jewish Bioethics: The Questions of Vaccines and Pandemics."

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on September 18, 2020 with Reverend Gloria White-Hammond, MD, the Swartz Resident Practitioner of Ministry Studies at Harvard Divinity School and co co-pastor of Bethel AME Church, Boston. Her talk is entitled, "African American Spirituality, Serious Illness, and the COVID-19 Crisis."

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke held a seminar on September 4, 2020 with John Swinton, RMN, RN, PhD, professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care and Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. His talk is entitled, "The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges."

Dr. Farr Curlin speaks with CMDA CEO Dr. Mike Chupp on preserving the way of medicine and protecting conscientious objection as a practice essential to moral medicine. "What we want to say is, 'I am your physician and I am committed to being your physician. To do that, I have to act in a way that is consistent with your health'...We are healers, we are not just technicians for hire."