Duke Divinity School | Theology, Medicine, and Culture

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“ I have experienced the TMC Fellowship as a precious and undeserved gift. Even as an undergraduate student, I longed to connect my interest in becoming a physician and my Christian faith. I was thrilled to come to Duke as a TMC Fellow between my second and third years of medical school. Before, I felt as if I was pursuing these questions alone. Now I have a community of friends pursuing them alongside me.”

Harrison Hines, TMC Fellow

In the Spotlight

TMC Welcomes Dr. Wylin Wilson

This fall, Duke Divinity School welcomed Dr. Wylin Wilson to her position as Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics. Dr. Wilson holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, a Master of Science in Agricultural, Managerial and Resource Economics from Cornell University, a Master of Divinity from Interdenominational Theological [...]

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TMC Welcomes Dr. Sarah Jean Barton

This fall, TMC welcomes Dr. Sarah Jean Barton to her new position as Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy and Theological Ethics. Dr. Barton holds a dual appointment at Duke University School of Medicine in the Occupational Therapy Doctorate Division of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as well as at Duke Divinity School where she is [...]

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“Toward the Re-enchantment of Medicine”: An Interview with Dr. Brewer Eberly, TMC Fellow ’17

“It’s not the kind of thing you can hang in an office,” says Dr. Brewer Eberly, of his work of art, Sir Luke Fildes, the (Modern) Doctor, featured recently in The AMA Journal of Ethics. His piece modernizes Sir Luke Fildes’ 1891 painting, The Doctor, a “classic portrayal of physicianship” depicting “a physician’s attentive posture [...]

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Theology, Medicine & Culture Events

TMC Seminar (Online) || “How are [or are not] early Christian hospitals useful to religious imaginaries today that seek to promote modern clinical and global health?” with Susan Holman, MS, MTS, PhD

Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 4:30PM | Online (Zoom)

Susan R. Holman is the John R. Eckrich Chair and Professor of Religion and the Healing Arts at Valparaiso University. An award-winning writer and scholar, she is a New Englander whose career began as a registered dietitian working with low-income families in Boston hospitals and community health centers. She earned her M.S. from the Friedman [...]

TMC Seminar (Online) || “The intersection of gender and denomination on cardiovascular disease risk factors for African Americans” with Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards, PhD

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 4:30PM | Online (Zoom)

Dr. Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards is the Associate Director of Research for the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and an Assistant Professor at Duke University’s School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Bentley-Edwards’ interdisciplinary research focuses on how culture, gender and racism influence healthy development throughout the lifespan. Her health equity-based research [...]

TMC Seminar (Online) || “Saved by Grace Through Pharma: The Bible and Preventive Medicine” with Kavin Rowe, PhD, MDiv, and Bradley Gregory, PhD

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 4:30PM | Online (Zoom)

C. Kavin Rowe is the George Washington Ivey Distinguished Professor of New Testament and the Associate Dean of the Faculty. He is the author of four books: Early Narrative Christology (de Gruyter, 2006, repr. Baker, 2009),World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age (Oxford, 2009), One True Life: the Stoics and Early Christians as [...]

TMC Seminar (Online) || A Conversation with Father Eddy Eustache

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 4:30PM | Online (Zoom)