Scholarship, Formation, and Witness at the intersections of Theology, Medicine, and Culture

Theological formation for those committed to engaging health, illness and disability in light of the good news of Jesus Christ.

TMC Seminar Series
Fellowship in Theology, Medicine, and Culture
Reimagining Health Collaborative
Gathering for Christians in Healthcare

In the Spotlight

Christian Faith Communities are Often on the Front Lines of Mental Health Care

When I asked Warren Kinghorn, associate research professor of psychiatry and pastoral and moral theology at Duke Divinity School, about how well Christian communities were handling questions of mental illness overall, he said that the question was secondary to the fact that, often, those communities had no choice but to handle them. Clergy, he said, are “on the front lines” of mental illness response because of the importance of faith communities in religious people’s lives — whether or not they were equipped to do so.
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A summary of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fellowship

Attempting a summary of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fellowship feels like attempting a summary of words like "vocation" and "friendship." What can be said? The TMC Fellowship brought the most healing and stimulating year of my life - a year of discerning vocation, rich learning, and hope. — John Brewer Eberly, TMC Fellow 2016-17
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Why the TMC Fellowship?

No two TMC Fellows have precisely the same questions or reasons for which they have been led to this community, but all of us embark together as we explore questions related to healthcare and healing in contemporary culture. — Maria Surat, TMC Fellow 2015-16
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Theology, Medicine & Culture Events

TMC Seminar with Stanley Hauerwas, DD, PhD

Friday, November 3, 2017, 12PM | 103 Bryan Research Building
The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke will hold a seminar.

TMC Seminar with Richard Payne, MD, PhD

Friday, November 17, 2017, 12PM | Conference Room, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke will hold a seminar with Richard Payne, MD, Esther Colliflower Professor of Medicine and Divinity at Duke Divinity School. No registration required. Lunch will be provided.

TMC Seminar with Monique Chireau, MD

Friday, December 1, 2017, 12PM | Conference Room, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine at Duke will hold a seminar with Monique V. Chireau, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University Medical School. No registration required. Lunch will be provided.

“Bioethics & Being Human” | CBHD’s 25th Annual Conference

Thursday, June 21, 2018, 8AM | Trinity International University
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity invites healthcare and other professionals, scholars, researchers, educators, clergy, Christian leaders, students and all others interested to address questions associated with their 25th annual summer conference theme–“Bioethics & Being Human”–and to engage more broadly with foundational and emerging issues raised at the intersections of medicine, science, technology, and