Podcast: “Religion as a Social Determinant of Health”

by admin | Oct 26, 2020 | Featured Media, Featured News

Ellen Idler, PhD, was recently interviewed by Dr. Sharon Bergquist for her long-running podcast, The Whole Health Cure, about religion as a social determinant of health Ellen Idler, PhD is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Sociology, and Director of Emory’s...

Public Health, Religion & Spirituality Bulletin: Issue 2, Spring/Summer 2020

by admin | Jun 9, 2020 | Featured News

The second issue of the Public Health, Religion and Spirituality Bulletin, a publication of the Public Health, Religion, and Spirituality Network (publichealthrs.org) has now been released. Two issues appear per year, Fall and Spring/Summer, and are published online...

Resuming Care-filled Worship and Sacramental Life

by admin | Jun 8, 2020 | Featured News

June 8, 2020. An ecumenical group of theologians, scientists, physicians, pastors, bishops, and practitioners from United Methodist, Evangelical Lutheran, Episcopal, and Roman Catholic traditions, led by the Rev. Dr. L. Edward Phillips, Candler School of Theology,...

RPHC Graduation Ceremony

by admin | May 13, 2020 | Featured News

On May 8, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Religion and Public Health Collaborative at Emory University held a graduation ceremony.  Although we could not be together physically, we were able to have all our 2020 graduates on a Zoom...

Religion’s Relationship to Happiness, Civic Engagement and Health Around the World

by admin | Feb 1, 2019 | Featured, Featured News

Ellen Idler, PhD, was a consultant for a new Pew Research Center report shows that people who are active in religious congregations tend to be happier and more civically engaged than either religiously unaffiliated adults or inactive members of religious groups.  To...

Idler and Kiser chapter in “Why Religion and Spirituality Matters in Public Health”

by admin | Sep 18, 2018 | Featured News

Doug Oman’s recent edited volume, “Why Religion and Spirituality Maters in Public Health” features a chapter written by Emory faculty members Ellen Idler (Sociology) and Mimi Kiser (Global Health).  The chapter, “Religion and Public Health at...