Physician and Duke Divinity alumnus Brewer Eberly interviews Professor Natalie Carnes about art, suffering, and medicine as part of a seminar series offered by the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative.

Authored by TMC alumni Hima Bindu Thota, Clark Howell, and John Dortch, alongside TMC affiliate faculty member Ryan Antiel, this paper reimagines surgical practice through the lens of the Sabbath, offering a theological counter to medicine’s fixation on efficiency. It invites clinicians to recover a sense of sacred time and moral formation that restores presence, dignity, and the practice of healing.

In this essay, TMC co-director Warren Kinghorn critiques the language of “burnout,” arguing that it reflects a mechanistic view of clinicians shaped by systems of efficiency and productivity. Drawing on Aquinas, he instead commends a recovery of the contemplative life as essential for sustaining the work of health care and reorienting it toward love, wonder, and the pursuit of the good.

Jordan DeVeaux, M.Div., '25, drafted a job description for a role that didn’t exist, and it led her to a year’s work with Lawndale Christian Health Center. Learn how she was shaped by the opportunity.

Read the stories of six Hybrid CTHC alumni, how they were changed by studying with TMC, and what led them to continue their studies at Duke in degree-seeking programs.

Anjola Onadipe and Farr Curlin argue that by shifting their emphasis from detached concern to love, medical educators can re-enchant medicine for trainees by encouraging the human connections that make the practice of medicine its own reward.

Paul’s cry to the Philippian jailer is a model for the church to respond to suicide in an America plagued by deaths of despair.

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."

TMC alumni Brewer Eberly and Ben Frush write that teaching physicians might consider “first, do no harm” not only when considering their patients but also when considering the moral formation of their trainees.

On Nov. 13, Dayna Bowen Matthew, J.D., Ph.D., dean of the George Washington University Law School, was recognized as the 2024 Richard Payne Awardee and Lecturer in Faith, Justice, and Health Care. This prestigious honor highlights academic, clinical, and lay leaders who embody the late Dr. Richard Payne’s spirit of caring for the whole person.

First United Methodist Church of Asheboro has deeply integrated mental health care into its ministry, providing clinical mental health counseling through its Wellness & Restoration program, led by TMC alumna Dr. Robin Liles.

Kinghorn responds to Pastor John MacArthur's controversial statements about mental health in a July 11 article published in Mere Orthodoxy.

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.

A new Divinity School course employs trauma-informed teaching to handle sensitive topics in online teaching.

Certificate in Theology and Healthcare helps students think more critically about finding meaning in work and being able to empathetically connect with and understand patients of all kinds of traditions and backgrounds.

TMC fellows center the patient experience and find a role for theology in the practice of medicine.

Mari Lowe, CTCH '23, has long felt what she calls “a multi-vocational call to be a nurse, a nurse practitioner, and to offer pastoral care.”

The certificate aims to prepare students to provide spiritual care in a variety of settings, including hospitals, hospice, prison, higher education, and the military.

The hybrid Certificate in Theology and Health Care will now offer a track that provides robust and practical theological formation for mental health professionals.