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In the Spotlight

‘But I am Afflicted’: Attending to Persons in Pain in Light of the Opioid Crisis

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New book co-authored by TMC Faculty: Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine: From Evidence to Practice

TMC faculty and affiliates Ray Barfield, Farr Curlin, Warren Kinghorn. Brett McCarty, and Sarah Barton are contributors to Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine: From Evidence to Practice. “The book provides trainees and clinicians with an introduction to the field of spirituality, religion, and medicine, and its multi-disciplinary approach gives researchers and scholars
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TMC Visiting Scholar Joel Shuman is featured in the Times Leader for his work on the opioid crisis

TMC Visiting Scholar Joel Shuman will give a lecture at King’s College on February 4th about his experiences both as a physical therapist and theologian responding to the opioid crisis. In an interview with the Times Leader, Shuman suggests that the opioid epidemic originates “at the intersection of pain with what we expect from medicine.
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Theology, Medicine & Culture Events

“Dance and Theology: Healing What is Broken”: Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet at Goodson Chapel

Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 11:25AM | Goodson Chapel
Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet will perform at the Duke Divinity School chapel service in Goodson Chapel, followed by a lunchtime conversation on the intersection between dance and theology. The event is sponsored by the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative; Duke Initiative for Theology and the Arts; and the Center for Reconciliation. Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet exists to

TMC Seminar: “A Discussion on the Moral Formation of Medical Students,” James Lefler, MD

Friday, March 8, 2019, 12PM | Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
James P. Lefler is Assistant Consulting Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine.

Who Cares? Series: “Alcohol and Substance Abuse” with Tara Corbett, MSW; Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD; and Marty Weems, LCSW, LCAS

Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 12:15PM | 0014 Westbrook
The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative and the Office of Ministerial Formation are sponsoring a seminar series entitled “Who Cares? Why Pastoral Care Matters and How to Do It Well.” The sixth (of 7) meeting of the series will cover alcohol and substance abuse and be moderated by Tara Corbett, MSW, with guest speakers Dr.

TMC Seminar: “Toward a Common Grace Bioethics”

Friday, March 22, 2019, 12PM | Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
Patrick T. Smith is Associate Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Bioethics at Duke Divinity School and Senior Fellow of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. Full bio.