These semi-monthly seminars, presented by the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity in collaboration with the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine are a regular gathering of faculty, students, clinicians, and others interested in the intersections of theology, medicine, and culture during the fall and spring semesters. Continuing education credit is available.
Online
For Medical Professionals
General Audience
Credit Offered
Spring 2025 Seminars
January 24, 2025 | 12:00 p.m. ET
Christian Flourishing and Reimagining Healthcare: An End to Magical Thinking
Susan Eastman, M.Div., Ph.D., Associate Research Professor Emerita of New Testament, Duke Divinity School
February 7, 2026 | 12:00 p.m. ET
Islamic Bioethics: What is it? What is it Not? & Its Place in Academic Bioethics Discourse
Aasim Padela, M.D., M.Sc., Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Emergency Medicine; Professor of Bioethics & Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin
February 21, 2025 | 12:00 p.m. ET
Longing for Shalom: Christian Healthcare as Outposts of Beauty and Goodness
Curt Thompson, M.D., Board-certified psychiatrist, author, speaker, and co-host of "The Being Known" podcast
March 21, 2025 | 12:00 p.m. ET
Faith-Based Safety Net Care and Advancing Health Equity
Ngozi Ezike, M.D., President and CEO of Sinai Chicago
April 4, 2025 | 12:00 p.m. ET
Epistemic Liberation and Ethical Challenges in Global Health: Rethinking Health Initiatives Through Liberation Theology
Alexandre Martins, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Theology Department and College of Nursing, Marquette University
Continuing education credit will be attendance-based and only available to those participating in the live seminar sessions. Participants will need to register a Duke OneLink account. See instructions here (pdf). A text code will be provided at the start of each seminar for those wishing to receive credit.
Continuing Education credits are available for: physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and chaplains.
Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. As an IACET Accredited Provider Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard. Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development is authorized by IACET to offer up to 0.1 CEUs for each activity.
In support of improving patient care, the Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Category 1: Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurse CE: Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development designates this activity for up to 1.0 credit hours for nurses. Nurses should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.
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Watch Past TMC Virtual Seminar Recordings
TMC Seminars are recorded and archived on our YouTube channel. Check back often for updates. Audio versions of select seminars can be found on our Soundcloud page.
Watch the Spring 2023 Seminars
- "Can We Live Together: The Crisis of Journalism In America" with Emma Green
- "Living Out an Intentional Theology of Faithful Presence In Medicine" with James Rusthoven, MD, PhD
- "'Many Are Called…'Medicine As Ministry to Poor and Marginalized Communities" with Daisey Dowell
- "Racism Driver of Health Disparities, Outlier in Our Theology Of Illness" with Jason Ashe, PhD ThM, MDiv
- "Health Equity Is Not a Spectator Sport" with Abraham Nussbaum, MD, MTS
Watch the Fall 2022 Seminars
- “Churches Promoting Recovery: Faith-Based Responses to Substance Use Issues” with Brett McCarty, ThD
- "Reimagining a Theology of Medicine," with Kristin Collier, MD
- “Can a Pill Do What the Holy Spirit Could Not?” with John Swinton, BD, PhD, RMN, RMND
- "The Science of the Good Samaritan" with Emily R. Smith, PhD
- "The Art of Living as Creatures" with Brian Volck, MD
Watch the Spring 2022 Seminars on YouTube
- “This Sacred Life: Linking Cosmology and Health” with Norman Wirzba, PhD
- “Food Insecurity in the United States: A Call to Action” with Norbert Wilson, PhD
- “Hoping for a Medical Miracle in Pediatric Care and Beyond” with Ryan Antiel, MD, and Alex Lion, DO
- “What I Learned About Accompaniment from Paul Farmer” with Jennie Weiss Block, PhD, OP
- “Background Beliefs and Bioethics” with Gilbert Meilander, PhD
- “God V. Mammon: Neuroscience, Economics, and the Biopolitics of Morality” with M. Therese Lysaught, PhD
Watch the Fall 2021 Seminars on YouTube
- “Pursuing Shalom in the Age of COVID-19: Some Theological Considerations” with Patrick Smith, PhD
- “Health, Wholeness, and Humanity: The Stewardship of Creation as if Matter Mattered” with Brian Volck, MD, MFA
- “Shepherding Patients and Families Through End-Of-Life Care: A Gospel-Centered Perspective” with Kathryn Butler, MD
- “No Cure for Being Human” with Kate Bowler, PhD
- “Biblical Narratives of Healing” with Ellen Davis, PhD, and Kavin Rowe, PhD
Watch the Spring 2021 Seminars on YouTube
- “(Mal)formation in Medical Training: A Conversation” with Carl Elliott, MD, PhD and Stanley Hauerwas, PhD
- “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, PhD
- “The Intersection of Gender and Denomination on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors for African Americans” with Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards, PhD
- “Saved by Grace Through Pharma? The Bible and Preventive Medicine” with Kavin Rowe, PhD, MDiv, and Bradley Gregory, PhD
- “An Explanatory Model of Illness and Religion in Haiti: From a Spiritual to a Holistic Approach” with Pere (“Father”) Eddy Eustache, PhD
Register for the current TMC Virtual Seminar Series to join these semi-monthly conversations at the intersection of theology and health care.
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