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In the Spotlight

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

Registration is now open! Click here for more information and to register.
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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

TMC Seminar: “Toward a Common Grace Bioethics,” Dr. Patrick Smith

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.

Out of Our Meds? Symposium: “But I am Afflicted”: Attending to Persons in Pain in Light of the Opioid Crisis

Thursday, March 28, 2019, 9AM | JB Duke Hotel
March 28, 2019 JB Duke Hotel, Durham, NC click here to register The third annual conference of the “Out of our Meds?: Theology and Pharmaceuticals” series will consider the contemporary opioid crisis through a theological lens in order to develop faithful and fitting resources for both churches and healthcare practitioners. The conference aims to gather

Conference on Medicine and Religion

Friday, March 29, 2019, 8AM | JB Duke Hotel
The annual Conference on Medicine and Religion, held in Durham, North Carolina this year, will explore chronic pain and faithful responses to it. Pain haunts human experience and frequently leads people to seek help from medical practitioners. As many as one in four American adults suffers chronic pain. On one hand, relieving pain seems the

Who Cares? Series: “Interpersonal Conflict/Violence” with Tara Corbett, MSW

Wednesday, April 10, 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.” In this final Who Cares? session, Tara Corbett, MSW, will lead a discussion recapping some of the main themes and lessons from the year, while