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Our Stories

“ 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

“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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TMC Fellows Recognized for Leadership and Theological Reflection

An article in Stories@DukeDivinity features TMC Fellows Brendan Johnson, Kirsten Simmons, Jennifer Tu, and Emmy Yang, whose “recent contributions have been recognized for their theological acumen, thoughtful leadership, and interdisciplinary perspective.” Read the article. [...]

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New videos: Conversations during COVID-19

The Theology, Medicine and Culture (TMC) Initiative has been hosting a series of conversations about Christian responses to COVID-19 with faculty and alumni online via Zoom. Watch them here: On the Frontlines: Caring as Christians during COVID-19 with TMC alum Dr. Matt Frederick and TMC spiritual formation director Dr. Martha Carlough Triage, Resource, (Re)Allocation with [...]

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Theology, Medicine & Culture Events

Healthcare, Coronavirus and the Church

Friday, September 25, 2020, 1PM | Online (Zoom)

The Coronavirus has presented an immense challenge to our medical and public health institutions. Not only has it revealed inequity and other failures in our healthcare system, it has also revealed deep seated problems in how we understand medicine, suffering, and illness. Where medicine reaches the limits of its power, faith communities often try to [...]

TMC Seminar (Online): “Capitalism and the Social Origins of Psychological Distress,” Bruce Rogers-Vaughn, LCPT, PhD

Friday, October 2, 2020, 11:30AM | Webinar

Bruce Rogers-Vaughn is an ordained minister, pastoral psychotherapist, and teacher. He received a Ph.D. in Religion and Personality from Vanderbilt University in 1991. Previously a pastor and a chaplain, he has maintained a clinical practice in pastoral psychotherapy for over 30 years. He is co-founder of a non-profit agency, The Pastoral Center for Healing, where [...]

TMC Seminar (Online): “Duty and Justice in Jewish Bioethics: The Questions of Vaccines and Pandemics,” Laurie Zoloth, RN, PhD

Friday, October 16, 2020, 11:30AM | Webinar

REGISTer Registration is free and gives access to all seminars in the series. Laurie Zoloth is the Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School and Senior Advisor to the Provost for Programs on Social Ethics. A leader in the field of religious studies with particular scholarly interest [...]

TMC Seminar (Online): “Spirituality and Disability in Patient Care: Where We Are Now and Hopes for the Future,” Sarah Jean Barton, OTR/L, ThD

Friday, October 30, 2020, 11:30AM | Webinar

REGISTer Registration is free and gives access to all seminars in the series. Dr. Barton is Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy and Theological Ethics at Duke. She 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 [...]