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In the Spotlight

Reimagining Health Collaborative 2019 Cohort: Food, Health, and the Body | Application Deadline August 2

The Reimagining Health Collaborative (RHC) is accepting applications for its 2019 cohort: Food, Health, and the Body.  In 2019-2020, the RHC invites churches and Christian communities to explore the deep interconnections of food, health, and Christian faith. Food connects us to our bodies, to each other, and to the earth. A whole-person, whole-community approach to
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TMC Alum Benjamin Frush, MD: Perhaps the Doctor Does Not Always Know Best

In this article for Op-Med, TMC alumnus Dr. Benjamin Frush discusses the importance of moral communities outside of medical school for the formation of good doctors: “One does not learn to be a virtuous person in the same way that one learns how the heart circulates blood and how the brain forms neural connections. Unlike
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TMC’s Patrick Smith to speak at Convocation and Pastor’s School

Patrick Smith, associate professor of Theological Ethics and Bioethics at Duke University Divinity School will speak at the Convocation and Pastor’s School at Duke Divinity. This year’s theme is Life That is Really Life: Cultivating Thriving Communities. “When congregations and pastors focus on God’s dreams, they can draw people together across diverse sectors, generations, and
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Theology, Medicine & Culture Events

Practice and Presence 2019

Friday, September 13, 2019, 8AM | Duke Divinity School
Join TMC for Practice and Presence 2019: “Fear Not: Faithful Health Care in an Anxious Age.” Ample evidence indicates that physicians and other health care practitioners are as frustrated with American healthcare as ever before, and Christian practitioners are no exception. Many struggle to find ways of practicing that answer to their calling as healers,