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 October 5, 2018 with Josh Williams, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine/ Denver Health Medical Center. His talk is entitled, "Minister to their Vaccination: Historical and Empirical Studies on Clergy Attitudes toward Vaccination."

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 5, 2018 with Stuart Knechtle, MD, the Mary and Deryl Hart Professor of Surgery in the School of Medicine and executive director of Duke Transplant Center. Dr. Knechtle specializes in liver surgery and transplantation for adults and children. His talk is entitled, “Life from Death: Reflections on Organ Transplantation.”

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 2, 2018 with Dr. Rebecca Todd-Peters, Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University. Her talk is entitled, "Trust Women: A Progressive Christian Argument for Reproductive Justice."

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 21, 2018 with Elaine Howard Ecklund, PhD, is the Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology, and director of The Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University. Her seminar is entitled, "Science and Religion Converging on the Body."

John Swinton, Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at University of Aberdeen was interviewed in March, 2017 during the Duke Divinity School Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative's conference entitled "Taking Our Meds Faithfully? Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication." Through the generous support of the McDonald Agape Foundation, “Taking Our Meds Faithfully: Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication” is the first of four annual conferences that will engage moral and theological approaches to prescription medication use. Learn more here - https://goo.gl/fYu5aB

Brandon Appelhans, founder and Executive Director of My Quiet Cave, was interviewed in March of 2017 during the Duke Divinity School Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative's conference entitled "Taking Our Meds Faithfully? Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication." Through the generous support of the McDonald Agape Foundation, “Taking Our Meds Faithfully: Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication” is the first of four annual conferences that will engage moral and theological approaches to prescription medication use. Learn more here - https://goo.gl/fYu5aB

Ryan Lawrence, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York – Presbyterian Hospital, was interviewed in March of 2017 during the Duke Divinity School Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative's conference entitled "Taking Our Meds Faithfully? Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication." Through the generous support of the McDonald Agape Foundation, “Taking Our Meds Faithfully: Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication” is the first of four annual conferences that will engage moral and theological approaches to prescription medication use. Learn more here - https://goo.gl/fYu5aB

Therese Lysaught, Professor, Institute of Pastoral Studies, Loyola University Chicago, was interviewed in March of 2017 during the Duke Divinity School Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative's conference entitled "Taking Our Meds Faithfully? Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication." Through the generous support of the McDonald Agape Foundation, “Taking Our Meds Faithfully: Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication” is the first of four annual conferences that will engage moral and theological approaches to prescription medication use. Learn more here - https://goo.gl/fYu5aB

Warren Kinghorn, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pastoral and Moral Theology at Duke Divinity School was interviewed in March of 2017 during the Duke Divinity School Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative's conference entitled "Taking Our Meds Faithfully? Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication." Through the generous support of the McDonald Agape Foundation, “Taking Our Meds Faithfully: Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication” is the first of four annual conferences that will engage moral and theological approaches to prescription medication use. Learn more here - https://goo.gl/fYu5aB

Susan Eastman, Associate Research Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School was interviewed in March of 2017 during the Duke Divinity School Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative's conference entitled "Taking Our Meds Faithfully? Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication." Through the generous support of the McDonald Agape Foundation, “Taking Our Meds Faithfully: Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication” is the first of four annual conferences that will engage moral and theological approaches to prescription medication use. Learn more here - https://goo.gl/fYu5aB