RPHC Events Archive

The Religion and Public Health Collaborative has sponsored lectures, conferences, research symposia, and roundtable discussions. Expand the sections below for more in-depth information on each of these events.
2019 EVENTS
2013-2012 EVENTS
  • April 25, 2013:  Lecture
    Laurie Zoloth, PhD – Northwestern University
    “Beyond the Gates of the City: Public Health and Social Justice from Biblical Texts to the Affordable Health Care Act”
  • April 24, 2013:  Roundtable Discussions in Religion and Public Health
    Religion’s Influence on HIV Prevention
  • March 27, 2013:  Roundtable Discussions in Religion and Public Health
    Religion’s Influence on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • February 27, 2013:  Roundtable Discussions in Religion and Public Health
    Religion and Health Promotion: Women’s Health
  • February 13, 2013:  Lecture
    Helene Gayle, MD, MPH. President and CEO, CARE USA
    “The Significance of Faith in International Development Work”
  • January 30, 2013:  Roundtable Discussions in Religion and Public Health
    Religion and Health Promotion: Adolescent Health
  • November 28, 2012:  Roundtable Discussions in Religion and Public Health
    Gender and Religion
  • November 13, 2012:  Lecture
    President Jimmy Carter
    “Public Health, Religion, and Ethics: Reflections of a former President and Founder of the Carter Center”
  • November 6,2012:  Community of Scholars Reception
  • October 31, 2012:  Roundtable Discussions in Religion and Public Health
    How Does Religion Impact Public Health?
2011-2010 EVENTS
  • November 4, 2011:  Conversation with John Wallace
    John Wallace, PhD, Phillip Hallen Chair in Community Health and Social Justice at the University of Pittsburgh
    “Religion and Public Health in Changing Atlanta Neighborhoods: Assets and Vulnerabilities”
  • September 21, 2011:  Community of Scholars Reception
  • March 22, 2011:  Seed Grant and Research Symposium
  • September 14, 2010:  Community of Scholars Reception
  • February 8, 2010:  Conference
    “Beliefs and Barriers: Religion and Decision-Making for the End of Life”
  • January 28, 2010:  Lecture
    Ellen Idler, PhD, Director, Religion and Public Health Collaborative
    “Under the Umbrella of Religion and Health Research: How is Religion’s Relationship to Public Health Different from its Role in Medicine?
2009-2007 EVENTS
  • December 2, 2009:  Religion and Health Connection Luncheon
    Rev. Paul Germond, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    “Healthwords: Conceptualizing Landscapes of Health and Healing”
  • November 30, 2009:  Lecture
    Rev. Dr. Steve de Gruchy, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
    “Water and Spirit: Theology in the Time of Cholera”
  • September 15, 2009, October 20, 2009, November 17, 2009, February 16, 2010, March 16, 2010, April 20, 2010:  Faculty Seminars in Public Health and Religion
  • September 10, 2009:  Community of Scholars Reception
  • April 30, 2009:  Religion and Public Health Research Symposium
  • March 26, 2009:  Religion and Health Connection Luncheon
    Paul Germond (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa), Tessa Dooms (North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa), and Dr. John Blevins (Candler School of Theology)
    “Making It Real: Addressing Sexual Health Education and Disease Prevention in Minority Communities at the Intersection of Faith and Real Life”
  • February 1-4, 2009:  Summit ’09 “Health and Hope: The Hard Reality of Living Intentionally in a Village of Global Care”
  • October 16, 2008:  Religion and Health Connection Luncheon
    Dr. Ellen Idler
    “Religion and Public Health: Insights and Innovations”
  • September 25, 2008:  Community of Scholars Reception
  • April 22, 2008:  Religions and Health Connection Luncheon
    Matthew Bersagel Braley, Center for Health, Culture and Society Fellow, Graduate Department of Religion Program
    “More than Just Health: The (Re)turn to Religion in Global Health”
  • April 3, 2008:  Spring Faculty Seminar Series, Part III “Widening the Lens for Health and Healing: Intercultural and Religious Literacy”
    “Gender and Violence”
  • March 6, 2008:  Spring Faculty Seminar Series, Part II – “Widening the Lens for Health and Healing: Intercultural and Religious Literacy”
    Dr. John Blevins, Candler School of Theology/ Pastoral Care, Dr. Safiya George Dalmida, School of Nursing
    “Religion, Caring and HIV/AIDS Research: Where Pastoral Care and Nursing Meet?”
    February 12, 2008:  Spring Faculty Seminar Series, Part I  “Widening the Lens for Health and Healing: Intercultural and Religious Literacy”
    “Warming the Heart While Keeping your Cool: Compassion Meditation as a Novel Path to Lifelong Health and Wellbeing”
    – Dr. Charles Raison, School of Medicine/Psychiatry
    “Ritual, Narrative, and Healing Across Religious Boundaries in South India”
    – Dr. Joyce Flueckiger, Department of Religion
  • November 26-29, 2007:  Conference
    “Maps and Mazes: Critical Inquiry at the Intersection of Religion and Health”