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Freedom of Religion/Belief and Health Equity: Online Colloquium

Posted on April 22, 2024 by srholman

View online Why is religious freedom important in addressing poverty, health, and the economic empowerment of women in poor countries? In the case of India, the world’s largest democracy and an economic powerhouse is also home to extreme poverty and … Continue reading →

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Isis: Pandemic History Bibliographies

Posted on April 15, 2024 by srholman

Free online open access special issue of the journal Isis on “Bibliographic Essays on the History of Pandemics” including bibliographies from around the world in multiple languages. Listen to the issue’s editors reflect on why it matters, in conversation at the … Continue reading →

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Good Food Good Friends Cookbook: Open Access

Posted on March 25, 2024 by srholman

Written in the 1990s for a church-sponsored community women’s meal, this cookbook is now free open access: Download PDF here.

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global flourishing v. moral injury

Posted on February 28, 2024 by srholman

Low-cost all-online “World Congress on Moral Injury, Spirituality, and Healing”, March 11-13, sponsored by the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard; info below. Registrants can view (and return to) sessions as needed for the next 12 months. Important resource for: Chaplains, … Continue reading →

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Partnership in Action: Global Health Symposium

Posted on February 27, 2024 by srholman

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Te Deum Laudamus

Posted on February 22, 2024 by srholman

The Te Deum laudamus is a 4th- or 5th-century early Christian hymn, originally written in Latin, and still sung or chanted today in many languages of worship. Recently updating the St. James’s Episcopal Church’s stained glass windows history (see that post) reminded … Continue reading →

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St. James’s Stained Glass Windows (update)

Posted on February 21, 2024 by srholman

Now available: Illustrated guide [PDF] to the history of the stained glass windows of St. James’s Episcopal Church in Porter Square, Cambridge [USA]. Originally a graphic website I created in 2002 and recently chose to deconstruct due to rising costs, … Continue reading →

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Vesalius comes home

Posted on February 7, 2024 by srholman

Much-heartened this week at news that Leuven University in Belgium and its community neighbors teamed up to spend $2.2 million to acquire from Christie’s auction house Andreas Vesalius’s personally and extensively annotated copy of his 1555 book, De Humani Corporis … Continue reading →

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Increase Scholarly Inclusivity: Here’s How

Posted on February 6, 2024 by srholman

So proud of colleagues, Claire Burridge and Misa Nguyen–and the extended team collaborative thinking of the international working group for Religion, Medicine, Disability, and Health in Late Antiquity (ReMeDHe) for today’s Inside Higher Education article, “How Scholarly Societies can Increase Inclusivity.” … Continue reading →

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Website Resource Updates

Posted on February 5, 2024 by srholman

Two website updates: 1. Syllabi and select resources that were formerly posted on my “Povertystudies” website (now defunct) have been posted in PDF format under the “PovertyStudies” navigation bar page on this site. Most of these resources date back to … Continue reading →

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Ancient Medicine Bibliographies

Posted on February 1, 2024 by srholman

Wondering what scholars in the history of ancient medicine have published since the pandemic? Wonder no more! Browse Alessandra Scimone’s newly published “review of studies on ancient and late ancient medicine and its reception, conducted between 2020 and 2023” (‘Medicina antica … Continue reading →

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Child migrants: Detainee healthcare 2018-2020

Posted on January 20, 2024 by srholman

Important new study: Child Migrants in Family Immigration Detention in the U.S. It analyzes medical records of children who were detained at just one of the many places children and families of refugees into the U.S. were detained between June … Continue reading →

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Visiting Museums: A Disability Lens

Posted on January 17, 2024 by srholman

How might visiting a museum be a lesson in disability awareness? Galleries are often not friendly places for d/Deaf, disabled and neurodiverse persons, whether they are visitors or archaeologist-curators. “Curating for Change,” a UK-based initiative, is working to change that, … Continue reading →

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Dr. Fushcia Hoover: Why voice matters

Posted on January 4, 2024 by srholman

“I find inspiration in being able to put words to things that we don’t explain…. I think particularly as researchers, … and particularly for humanists, there is a lot of power in language, and being able to put word and … Continue reading →

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Was Dr. Paul Farmer a Holy Healer?

Posted on December 13, 2023 by srholman

Invited lecture Dec. 6 by the Rev. Dr. Alison Lutz, Senior Director of Contextual Education at Partners In Health, and sponsored by the John R. Eckrich Chair in Religion and the Healing Arts at Valparaiso University: view the lecture For … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler redux

Posted on December 11, 2023 by srholman

“Personally, I defend a politics of non-violence, in the knowledge that it cannot possibly operate as an absolute principle to be applied on all occasions. I maintain that liberation struggles that practise non-violence help to create the non-violent world in … Continue reading →

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The Spirit of Global Health: Review

Posted on December 8, 2023 by srholman

Delighted to see this book review by Dr. Jeff Levin, who directs the program on religion and population health at Baylor, on the new book, The Spirit of Global Health: The World Health Organization and the ‘Spiritual Dimension’ of Health, … Continue reading →

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“Sabbath-breaking in the library”

Posted on November 23, 2023 by srholman

A 7-minute pulpit talk I gave recently, at the University’s Monday Morning Prayer service on 10/23/23, as part of the Lutheran chapel’s series of faculty reflecting on “This is How I Sabbath (Or Try To)” Soundcloud recording here

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Deaconess Symposium: Nov. 10-12

Posted on October 23, 2023 by srholman

Deaconesses (female deacons) have been standard in many parts of Christianity for centuries. Today they are particularly vibrant in connecting religion with addressing social needs in Scandinavia and parts of Western Europe – and of course in the Lutheran church (including … Continue reading →

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Why Public Health Needs Ancient History

Posted on October 21, 2023 by srholman

Now live! Issue 9 of the Public Health, Religion, and Spirituality Network Bulletin. Download Issue 9 PDF. View in html. Editors’ Introduction: Fall 2023 Issue #9 Katelyn Long, Susan R. Holman, Angela Monahan and Ashley Meehan p. 2 • HTML • [PDF] Articles Humanitarian … Continue reading →

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Yes

Posted on September 26, 2023 by srholman

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A Rabbi Speaks Disability Wisdom – AVAILABLE NOW!

Posted on September 20, 2023 by srholman

Just received my copy. Stunning, brilliant, easy-to-read, and thought-provoking! Visit Julia Watts Belser’s faculty page at Georgetown University to learn more about her work Listen to “Disability Studies and Theology in Conversation” where the author speaks … Continue reading →

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Healing Discourse in Early Christianity

Posted on July 28, 2023 by srholman

Now available from Routledge! Volume 1 in a new series, “Religion, Medicine and Health in Late Antiquity”. Read the Introduction and front matter. Learn more about ReMeDHe, the international working group that inspired and energized co-editors’ and authors’ work on … Continue reading →

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Religion a social force in health: This week in the BMJ

Posted on July 25, 2023 by srholman

Clear and concise essay from Ellen Idler and her Emory colleagues on why health providers worldwide must factor religion into any effective health care efforts. Read the BMJ Editorial Commentary on the article Read the article* (*It’s paywalled so if … Continue reading →

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Poverty & Theological Responses: Finland 2024: CFP

Posted on July 8, 2023 by srholman

Åbo Akademi University and the Polin Institute at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland, will hold an international conference on “The Challenges of Poverty: Theological Responses in Early Christian Literature and Global Christian History,” May 29-30, 2024. View the Call … Continue reading →

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Infectious Historians: Podcasts Highlighting Religion

Posted on July 7, 2023 by srholman

“Infectious Historians,” a podcast launched in March 2020 by two Princeton PhD historians, Merle Eisenberg and Lee Mordechai and now in its fourth year, frequently includes episodes discussing how religion impacts disease and disease responses. Below is a list of … Continue reading →

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Food in Religious Practice

Posted on May 7, 2023 by srholman

Now to prepare that new course (below) for the autumn! (Invited guest speakers will join by Zoom; email me for news about these and related sponsored events during the 2023-24 academic year)

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Medicine, Health, & Healing: New Sourcebook!

Posted on April 13, 2023 by srholman

Excited this will be available for classrooms (and other readers) in the fall! COMING IN AUGUST from the University of California Press. LEARN MORE HERE

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“Disability, Medicine & Healing Discourse” now available for pre-order

Posted on April 11, 2023 by srholman

with my regret on the publisher’s appalling price tag… Definitely a book to beg of your research libraries. Publisher page & 20% discount offer here. Pre-order from Barnes & Noble here DESCRIPTION: Using … Continue reading →

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New! Theological Ethics of Dr. Paul Farmer

Posted on February 24, 2023 by srholman

Published this week, on the first anniversary of Dr. Farmer’s death, A Prophet to the Peoples: Paul Farmer’s Witness and Theological Ethics is a collection of new essays on Farmer’s work as it connects health care with theology. The volume is edited … Continue reading →

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Spirituality in Illness & Public Health Matters: Here’s the Evidence

Posted on February 4, 2023 by srholman

Phenomenal event at Harvard Divinity School! Visit the Initiative for more details. Read the abstract and download the JAMA paper here. Read the paper. Feb. 8 UPDATE: View the recorded event:

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Old Farmer’s Almanac, Boston 1815

Posted on December 16, 2022 by srholman

Ever wonder what an old Farmer’s Almanac actually looks like and says? Click here or on the page image below for a pdf of this one from 1815:

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Spirituality in Serious Illness + Health: Panel Feb. 1, 2023

Posted on December 14, 2022 by srholman

Spirituality in Serious Illness and Health:Implications for Spiritual Care of Patients and Communities A Panel session exploring how spirituality can be integrated into healthcare for diverse communities. February 1st 2023, 5:30 – 7:30pm(includes reception with light appetizer)The James Room, Swartz … Continue reading →

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Colonialism, Racism & Palestinian Right to Health

Posted on December 10, 2022 by srholman

Click on image to learn more about the latest special issue of the Health and Human Rights Journal on “Settler Colonialism, Structural Racism, and the Palestinian Right to Health” and to register for the webinar conversation with the authors on Wednesday, December … Continue reading →

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Helen Rhee: Infectious Historians Podcast

Posted on November 14, 2022 by srholman

Listen to Dr. Helen Rhee discuss her new book, Illness, Pain, and Health Care in Early Christianity, on the latest Infectious Historians podcast!

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Mimi Kiser & Stephanie Doan-Soares: Mentoring Public Health

Posted on November 9, 2022 by srholman

Inspiring new dialogue between Emory’s public health mentor Mimi Kiser and Dr. Stephanie Doan-Soares in the latest Public Health, Religion, and Spirituality Network Bulletin. Read the entire issue.

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Second Colloquium on Religion and the Healing Arts at Valparaiso University: Oct 6, 2022

Posted on September 5, 2022 by srholman

Why is environment so important in health care ethics? Might policies improve healing when they build on a view of human life that is rooted in agriculture, spiritual values, and bioethics? How might theologians and pastors, teachers, … Continue reading →

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Ecologies of Healing (Sept. 9-10)

Posted on August 18, 2022 by srholman

Conference – ‘Ecologies of Healing in the Premodern World (600-1350 CE)’ Learn more and register to Zoom-attend Note that sessions begin at 10 AM at the University of Edinburgh (UK time) which for North American attendees means the first papers … Continue reading →

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How does medicine care for the soul?

Posted on August 16, 2022 by srholman

That’s the question for the 2023 Conference on Medicine and Religion, to be held March 12-14 next year in Columbus, Ohio. Call for abstracts now live; deadline: October 16. While not quite the usual associations for this conference with its … Continue reading →

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Syriac Christians & Plague

Posted on August 12, 2022 by srholman

Exciting new Nature article by Maria Spyrou, Phil Slavin, and colleagues on the cemetery of Syriac-speaking Christians in what is today Kyrgyzstan documenting “The Source of the Black Death in fourteenth-century central Eurasia”, in Nature 606 (2022): 718-724. See some of the tempting images … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Catharsis

Posted on July 27, 2022 by srholman

The Rootcutter is a new and exciting academic blog from the Society for Ancient Medicine. Read its inaugural essay, “Rethinking Catharsis: Gender, Mental Disorder, and Emotions” by medical historian Dr. Jessica Wright. more news from the Society for Ancient Medicine: … Continue reading →

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Islamic Water filters

Posted on July 5, 2022 by srholman

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Jewish Charity: Book

Posted on June 24, 2022 by srholman

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Health Defined?

Posted on May 26, 2022 by srholman

“A state in which we have no pain and are not impeded in the activities of our lives…Unimpaired functioning is the best definition of health” Galen, De sanitate tuenda 1.5 (6.25-30, Kühn)* Image: Galen Syriac Palimpsest; click to visit the digital image … Continue reading →

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Flourishing: Scholarships in Early Christianity

Posted on April 5, 2022 by srholman

The Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia, is offering stipend scholarships to conduct PhD (3-year-stipend) or MPhil research (2-year stipend) focused on any topic related to human flourishing and early Christian studies, including … Continue reading →

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New Book Series

Posted on March 1, 2022 by srholman

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Healing Pain: Dr. Erin Galgay Walsh on Jacob of Sarug

Posted on February 14, 2022 by srholman

Excellent online talk by Dr. Erin Galgay Walsh of the University of Chicago Divinity School, on her research on pain and healing narratives in the Syriac sermons of 6th century writer Jacob of Sarug: More about Jacob (with some free … Continue reading →

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New: Recorded Guest Lectures (Teaching Tools)

Posted on February 8, 2022 by srholman

Now available at “Teaching Tools” : Links to recordings of guest lecture presentations I sponsored during my spring 2021 course, “Religion, Spirituality, and Global Health” for which permission was granted to post on social media. PDF of the listing here: Also available:

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Virtual Workshop: Building Inclusive Scholarly Communities

Posted on December 8, 2021 by srholman

The Board of ReMeDHe, the international working group on Religion, Medicine, Disability, and Health in Late Antiquity, is excited to announce a virtual workshop in which attendees will work collaboratively to identify action items for more inclusive professional societies and … Continue reading →

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New Flourishing Project in Biblical & Early Christian Studies

Posted on November 12, 2021 by srholman

So honoured to engage with ACU’s new project on “Flourishing in Early Christianity” as an external collaborator. Learn more about the project:

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