2010 Meeting
The 3rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Spirituality, Theology & Health
Religion & Health:
Interdisciplinary Engagement & Interpretation
Preconference
June 15, 2010
R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center
Durham, NC
The pre-conference presentations will be given by the Investigators who were awarded funding by the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, in response to the call for proposals "Religion, and Health: Effects, Mechanisms, and Interpretation." See schedule and descriptions of the presentations.
2010 Annual Meeting
June 16-18, 2010
R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center
Durham, NC
Schedule
Speakers and Videos of Presentations
Paper Sessions
Poster Session
Pre-Conference Presentations (RFP)
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
7:30 AM Registration Opens
8:30 AM Opening & Introduction
9:00 AM "A Longitudinal Study of Spiritual Engagement, Self-Transcendence, and Human Flourishing" (video)
John Astin, PhD
10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM "Determining the Relative Effectiveness of Faith-Based and Secular Substance Abuse Treatment Service Providers: A Comparison of Client Outcomes" (video)
Thomas Gais, PhD
11:30 AM "Religion-Health Mechanisms Among African American Men and Women" (video)
Cheryl L. Holt, PhD
12:30 PM Lunch
2:00 PM "Religion, Aging, and Mexican American Health" (video)
Neal Krause, PhD
3:00 PM "Understanding Social and Personal Aspects of Faith and Practice Related to Health"
Robert McKeown, PhD
4:00 PM Break
4:30 PM "Investigation of the Effects and Mechanisms of Religious Involvement on the Physical and Mental Health of African American Caregivers"
Michael Sheridan, PhD; Susanne Bennett, PhD & Barbara Soniat, PhD
5:30 PM "Religious Community and the Hispanic Paradox: A Theological Model of Why Mexican Immigrants Have Better Health than Americans"
Patrick Steffen, PhD
6:30 PM Adjourn
Conference Schedule
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
8:30 AM Registration Opens
10:30 AM Opening & Introduction
11:30 AM "Religion, Humility, and Health in Late Life"
12:30 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Paper Sessions
2:45 PM Paper Sessions
3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM Keynote: "Walking the Mending Wall: Healing the Breaches between Religion and Medicine"
5:30 PM Poster Session & Reception
7:30 PM Adjourn
Thursday, June 17, 2010
7:30 AM Registration Opens
8:30 AM Round Table Discussion (video)
David Crabtree, Moderator
Dan Blazer, MD, PhD; Veena Das, PhD; Alvin Dueck, PhD; Rabbi Marc Gellman, PhD; Amy Laura Hall, PhD; James Travis, PhD
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM 8th Annual David B. Larson Memorial Lecture
"Reintegrating Care for the Dying, Body and Soul"
12:30 PM Lunch
2:00 PM "Yankee Doodling, Mother Tongues, and Seculareze: On Healing and Hospitality"
3:45 PM Break
4:00 PM Paper Sessions
4:45 PM Paper Sessions
5:30 PM Paper Sessions
6:15 PM Adjourn
Friday, June 18, 2010
7:30 AM Registration Opens
8:30 AM "Wounds on the Soul: Illness, Intimacy and Difficulty of Reality"
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Berton H. Kaplan Lecture
"Expanding Horizons for Spirituality Research and Its Applications"
12:30 PM Lunch & Discussion Groups
3:00 PM Adjourn
