Dr. Kinghorn is a psychiatrist whose work centers on the role of religious communities in caring for persons with mental health problems and on ways in which Christians engage practices of modern health care. Jointly appointed within Duke Divinity School and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of Duke University Medical Center, he is co-director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative and is a staff psychiatrist at the Durham VA Medical Center. He has written on the moral and theological dimensions of combat trauma and moral injury, on the moral and political context of psychiatric diagnosis, and on the way that St. Thomas Aquinas’ image of the human as wayfarer might inform contemporary practices of ministry and mental health care.
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Recent Books
In the Media
Kinghorn on the need for Christians to think and act differently about suicide Link opens in new tab
Warren Kinghorn on reframing our understanding of mental health care in Christian contexts Link opens in new tab
Warren Kinghorn on the "Re-Imagining Medicine" summer program Link opens in new tab
News and Stories
Loneliness Is Killing Us Link opens in new tab
The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School in partnership with John Swinton and the University of Aberdeen in Scotland hosted a gathering, “Beyond Symptoms: Mental Health and the Crisis of Disconnection."
Kinghorn on the Moral / Medical Divide Link opens in new tab
Kinghorn responds to Pastor John MacArthur's controversial statements about mental health in a July 11 article published in Mere Orthodoxy.
Warren Kinghorn Casts a Christian Vision for Mental Health Care Link opens in new tab
Dr. Warren Kinghorn, M.D., Th.D., has written a new book, "Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care," published July 11, 2024 by Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Recent Publications on Scholars@Duke
- Kinghorn, W. “Mental Disorder and Religious Experience The Need for a Humble, Pragmatic Pluralism.” Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology 31, no. 3 (September 1, 2024): 215–17. https://doi.org/10.1353/ppp.2024.a937762.More info
- KINGHORN, W. A. R. R. E. N. Wayfaring A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care (Accepted), 2024.More info
- Kinghorn, W. “Protecting Life or Managing Risk? Suicide Prevention and the Lure of Medicalized Control.” Christian Bioethics 29, no. 2 (August 1, 2023): 152–63. https://doi.org/10.1093/cb/cbad010.More info
Recent Courses on Scholars@Duke
- XTIANTHE 999: Directed Study More info
- XTIANETH 999: Directed Study More info
- XTIANETH 761: Health Care in Theological Context I More info
- PASTCARE 999: Directed Study More info
- PASTCARE 804: Theology and Trauma More info
- PASTCARE 779: Christian Approaches to Mental Health Care More info
- EHD 796T: Bass Connections Education & Human Development Research Team More info
- EHD 795T: Bass Connections Education & Human Development Research Team More info
- EHD 396T: Bass Connections Education & Human Development Research Team More info
- EHD 395T: Bass Connections Education & Human Development Research Team More info