Conference Schedule    

Sunday
April 14, 2024

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Pre-Conference Workshops 

Islamic Bioethics and End-of-life Healthcare: Navigating Difficult Decisions in the Age of Medicalized Dying (Marriott 7)

Thinking from the ‘Center’: Building Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Research Projects on Religion, Spirituality, and Medicine (Marriott 8)

Jewish Bioethics (Marriott 9)

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.: Executive and Advisory Boards Business Meeting (Santa Fe)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.: Group Dinners (Sign-up at Registration)
Monday
April 15, 2024

7:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.: Services -- Catholic (Santa Fe), Jewish (Denver), Muslim (Phoenix), and Protestant (Marriott 10)
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7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast (Marriott 6)
"Meet the Professor" gatherings, where a more senior leader in the field welcomes others to join him/her at breakfast to discuss items pertaining to medicine and religion. (Farr Curlin, MD, Duke University; and ​Daniel Sulmasy, MD, PhD, Georgetown University.)
​"Meet with an Author", where a recently published book related to religion and medicine can be discussed with the author at breakfast. 

8:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.:  Panel and Paper Presentations

Panels (8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.) 
Toward Healing and Coherence: Spiritual Writing and a Life in Medicine (Marriott 8)

Coherence Through Disciplinary Integration: Addressing Substance Use Disorders in Christian Churches in South Central Appalachia (Denver)
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Papers
8:30 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
Responding to the 'Religiously Unaffiliated' in the Clinical Encounter: The Case of Miracle Invocations (Marriott 7)

An Uṣūlī Islamic Approach to Medical Futility (Marriott 9)

Beyond the Healing Pool: Jesus as the Ultimate Equalizer in a Broken and Unjust Healthcare System (Marriott 10)

Bioethics as Interreligious Dialogue (Santa Fe)

“Harmony with Nature’s Truths: Coherence in Osteopathic Medicine’s Philosophical Roots” (Lincoln)

8:55 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
The Impact of Separation in Bereavement and Prolonged Grief Disorder (Marriott 7)
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Emulating the Bee in the Medical Research Industry from an Islamic Perspective (Marriott 9)

So Many Broken Things: The Importance of Inner Lives and Spiritual Friendship (Marriott 10)

For the Life of the Patient: The Eucharist and the Physician-Patient Encounter (Santa Fe)

Neo-Stoic Practices and Controlled Coherence: What are the Ice Baths For? (Lincoln)

9:20 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Launch of a Jewish-Christian Faith-Based Support Group for those Experiencing Cognitive and Mental Health Challenges: Initial Experience and Setting Goals for Future Ministry (Marriott 7)

Not Knowing After Knowing: Illuminating an Islamic Perspective Towards Compassionate Care for Elders with Dementia (Marriott 9)

Practical Wisdom Stories as told by Medical Students and Physicans (Phronesis Narratives Project) (Marriott 10)

Why Cultural Humility Requires Metaphysical Competency: The Duality of Clothing and Unclothing in the Hospital (Santa Fe)

Beauty in Religions and Gods: Relevance of Beauty to People of the 'Selfie' Culture 
(Lincoln)
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9:45 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. Partners in Healing: Fostering Dialogues Between Physicians and Chaplains About the Role of Spiritual Care in Healthcare (Marriott 7)

Deep Calls to Deep in Music: Live Prescriptive Music at the End of Life - Student Essay Award Winner - Yao Sharon Seewai, Yale University (Marriott 8)

Assessment of Spiritual Well-being in Muslim Patients: A Systematic Review (Marriott 9)

Can Psychotherapy Make You Selfish? (Marriott 10)

The Afflicted Other: Rediscovering Hospitality with John Donne and Simone Weil (Santa Fe)
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A Practical Theology for Human Flourishing in Undergraduate Medical Education (Lincoln)

10:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.: Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Plenary Session "Miracles" (Marriott 6)

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch (Marriott 6)
"Meet the Professor" gatherings, where a more senior leader in the field welcomes others to join him/her at lunch to discuss items pertaining to medicine and religion. (Aasim I. Padela, MD, MSc, FACEP, The Medical College of Wisconsin; John R. Peteet, MD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute; and Jonathan Weinkle, MD, FAAP, FACP, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine)

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Panel and Paper Presentations 
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Panels
Healing in the Spaces Between: Realizing Spiritual Determinants of Health for the Future of Medicine and Public Health (Marriott 7)

Encountering AI in the Clinic: Overcoming Distance with Encounter (Marriott 8)

"From Resume Virtues to Eulogy Virtues: Moral Formation for Baccalaureate Healthcare Students" (Marriott 9)

Papers
1:00 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. 
​Principled Conscientious Provision (Marriott 10)

Why Food Matters to Christian Faith and Medicine (Santa Fe)

“Behold The New City”: A Coherence Between Ancient and Modern Moral Challenges to Standards of Excellence in Health Care (Denver)

Breaking Point: Allostatic Overload and Self-Determined Euthanasia (Lincoln) 

1:25 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Emanuel Levinas and the Vital Role of Face-to-Face Encounter (Marriott 10)

Taken, Blessed, Broken, Given: Henri Nouwen’s Gift to the Burned-out Trainee (Santa Fe)

"To Be a Warm Part of the Insufferable Cold, Thank You Francis Bacon" - Student Essay - Second Runner Up  Hope Gehle, Duke Divinity School (Denver)
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Exploring Spiritual Diversity as a Healing Mechanism in Social Work Practice: A Phenomenological Study (Lincoln)

1:50 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Keeping the Faith: What Doctors and Ethicists Need to Know About Muslim and Jewish Medical Ethics (Marriott10)

The Irony of Disciplinary Specificity: Bioethics and Liberalism (Santa Fe)
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From Detached Concern to Love: Reframing Patient-Physician Boundaries with the Help of Saint Augustine - Student Essay - First Runner Up (Denver) 

Do Healthcare Providers Have Lessons to Learn from Mysticism for Their Practice? Christian Mysticism and Healthcare as a Space for Intersubjective Encounters of Care (Lincoln)

​2:15 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.: Break
2:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.: Panel and Paper Presentations

Panels
"Does Not Wisdom Call?": Cultivating Attention, Awareness and Intuition in Healthcare Trainees Through Formative Practices in Community (Marriott 8)

Surgical Sabbath: Concept, Formation, and Practice of the Sabbath for Surgeons (Denver)

Papers
2:40 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.

Coherent Care: Physicians in Ancient Israel, King Hezekiah’s Illness, and Mesopotamian Medical Practices (Marriott 7)

Traditional Jewish Approaches Towards Healing from the Effects of Anti-Semitism (Marriott 9)

Ordinary Time: Everyday Virtue Ethics and Patient-Physician Formation (Marriott 10)

“The Body of Tasks: Foucault’s Disciplinary Power in Nursing” -  Student Essay - 3rd Runner Up (Santa Fe)

The Christian Ethics of Knowing the Patient: The Logic of Dissection and the Logic of Incarnation (Lincoln)

3:05 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Speaking Religion: Developing an Interview to Assess Fluency Within Seven Worldview (Marriott 7)

A Jewish Perspective on Spiritual Care in the NICU (Marriott 9)

Religious, Spiritual and Moral Problems: A Proposed Expanded Diagnostic Category in the DSM-5-TR (Marriott 10)

Is There a Moral Difference Between Pseudoscientific and Religious Healing Practices? (Santa Fe)

Hospital Chaplains Providing Coherence Through Mediation:  Insights From a Qualitative Study (Lincoln)

3:30 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.

Planting Sequoias: Developing Identities of Membership and Love of Neighbor through Moral Communities in PA Education  (Marriott 7)

Shomer Shabbos Residency at New York Medical College - Example of Religious Tolerance and Cooperation Among Trainee Doctors of Various Religious Diversities at Work (Marriott 9)

Humility: A Pathway to Restoring Trust and Coherence in Medical Practice (Marriot 10)

Healing and Community Coherence: Mark 1:40-44, A Case Study (Santa Fe)

Gender in Medical-Theological Interpretations of Genesis 3 (Lincoln)


3:55 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.: Break

4:20 p.m. - 5:35 p.m.: Plenary Session "Partnering with Congregations to Address Social Connection and Coherence" (Marriott 6)

5:35 p.m. - 6:50 p.m.: 2024 Poster Session and Reception (Marriott Foyer)

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.: Group Dinners (Sign-up at Registration)
Tuesday
April 16, 2024

7:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.: Services -- Catholic (Santa Fe), Jewish (Denver), Muslim (Phoenix), and Protestant (Marriott 10)
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7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast (Marriott 6)
"Meet the Professor" gatherings, where a more senior leader in the field welcomes others to join him/her at breakfast to discuss items pertaining to medicine and religion. (Asma Mobin-Uddin, MD, MA, FACP, The Ohio State University Center for Bioethics) 
"Meet with an Author", where a recently published book related to religion and medicine can be discussed with the author at breakfast. 

​8:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.: Panel and Paper Presentations
Panels (8:30 - 9:45 a.m) 
In Pursuit of Happiness: Taming the Nafs as Path to the Great Coherence (Marriott 8)

The Hippocratic Society: Critical Appraisal of Possibilities for Interfaith Collaboration (Denver)

Papers
8:30 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. 
Advance Care Planning Interventions in Faith Communities: A Literature Review (Marriott 7)

Imminent Personhood and Abortion (Marriot 9)

The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Research Abuses, Whistleblowing and Honor (Marriott 10)

Bartimaeus and Narrative Inertia in the Electronic Medical Record (Santa Fe)

Deathbed Conversations (Lincoln)

8:55 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
Between Rebellion and Redemption: A Moral and Theological Critique of Direct Primary Care (Marriott 7)

“Never Finally to Be Answered” - A Nurse’s Guide to Grief and Lament (Marriott 10) 

Repentance and Moral Injury: A Theological Response to the Unresolved Space Between Perpetrator Trauma and Forgiveness (Santa Fe)

Miracles and Pilgrimage in an Age of Secular Medicine (Lincoln)

9:20 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Back to the Rough Ground! Making (Some) Sense of Secondhand Claims of Child Suffering (Marriott 7)

Normalizing Voices of Anger, Fear, Uncertainty, and Sorrow in Perinatal Settings (Marriott 9)

Catholic Hospitals Should Improve Public Notification of Treatments They Conscientiously Refuse to Provide (Marriott 10)

Beyond the Double-Helix: The Story of Belonging (Santa Fe)

Forgiveness at the Bedside: A Chaplain’s Role in Facilitating Forgiveness (Lincoln)

9:45 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
Wayfarers in White Coats: Navigating a Paradigm Shift in Medical Education for Holistic Patient Care (Marriott 7)

"Vive Jésus!": Toward a Neo-Salesian Spirituality for Students of Medicine (Marriott 8)
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Possibilities for Faithfulness in the Partial Vision (Marriott 9)

The Enclosure of the Mental Commons: Why Mental Health Has Gotten So Bad and How We Can Respond (Marriott 10)

What is the Pace of Love? Timefullness in Emergency Care (Santa Fe)

The Uncanny: An Examination of Re-Animation and Death (Denver)

Post a Lookout: The Anesthesiologist as Watchman (Isaiah 21:6) (Lincoln) 

10:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.: Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Plenary Session "Team Based Spirituality"
(Marriott 6)

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch & Closing Remarks  
Leah Gunning Francis, MDiv, PhD, Senior Vice President - Chief Mission and Values Officer, Indiana University Health (Marriott 6)

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Panel and Paper Presentations 
Panels
The Coherence of Language? Attending Practically to our "Ways of Words" in Medicine and Bioethics (Marriott 8)

Papers
1:00 p.m. - 1:25 p.m.
"Deep Down Every Riven Thing: The Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins and Christian Wiman as a Resource for Coherence in Healthcare" (Marriott 7)

Troubling Hope: A Theological Framework for Assessing Hope in Research Ethics (Marriott 9)

“Understanding Why She Had to Leave Me”: The Role of Faith, Religion, and Spirituality in Narratives of Parents Grieving the Loss of a Child to Cancer (Marriott 10)

Health as Movement: Maximus the Confessor’s Embodied Deification in Ambiguum 7 (Santa Fe)
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Patient Religiosity and Postoperative Quality of Life in Surgical Oncology (Lincoln)

1:25 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Wondrous Monsters: What Extraordinary Bodies Can Teach us about God (Marriott 7)

Is God the Ultimate Healer: African American Pastors’ Perceptions of the Role of Humanity and God in Determining Health (Marriott 9)

A Taoism Vision of Mind-Body Unity (Marriott 10)

Fractured Wholeness as the Aim of Healing: The Myth of Coherence and the Redemptive Power of Hope. An Integrative Proposal at the Intersection of Medicine, Psychology and Theology (Santa Fe)

Beyond Osler's Equanimity: Encountering Akira Kurosawa's "Red Beard" as a Post-Oslerian Model of the Good Physician through Cinematic Narrative Medicine (Lincoln)

1:50 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
​The Reasonable Content of Conscience in Public Bioethics (Marriott 7)

​Race, Religion and Stress: An Exploration of the Lives of African American Catholic Marianist Brothers in the Mid-20th Century (Marriott 9)

Integration of Spirituality in Palliative Care in the Gaza Strip (Marriott 10)

From Wellness to Wonder: The Active Life, the Contemplative Life, and the Great Coherence (Santa Fe)

The Chaplain MBA: Healthcare Oxymoron? (Lincoln)
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2:15 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.: Break

2:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.: Panel and Paper Presentations

Panels
Between Becoming a PA, Surgeon and Physician: Bread, Beauty, and Belonging as Neglected Features of Professional Identity Formation (Marriott 7)

Forward Dreaming, Future Leaning, and That Little Girl Hope: Continental Perspectives on the Patient's Experience of Medicine and Dying (Marriott 8)

Seeking Coherence in Suffering: Studying Theodicy as Medical Students (Marriott 9)

Papers
2:40 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.
Humility unto Culture, or Humility unto Truth? The Crisis of Method in Cultural Conflict Mediation (Marriott 10)

Corporate and Catholic Healthcare: Overcoming Incoherence (Santa Fe)

Mind over Matter: How Dualism Propagated Neglect in American Evangelicalism and Biomedicine in the Early 2020’s and a Move Towards Unified Embodiment (Denver)

3:05 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Hospitalism and Hospitality: Restoring the Narrative Context to Hospitalized Patients (Marriott 10)

Being Shaped By Forms (Santa Fe)

Choosing Whom to Trust: Autonomy Versus Reliance on Others in Medical Decision Making Among Plain Anabaptists (Denver)

Medicine as Sacrament: Walker Percy on Illness, Wellness, and Theology (Lincoln)

3:30 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
“We Can Only Be As Well / As Our Loved Ones": Medicine, Christianity, and Community in Gwyneth Lewis's A Hospital Odyssey (Marriott 10)

She Reaches Out: An Exploration of the Wounds of Women Through Images of Jesus' Post-Resurrection Wounds (Jn 20:19-29) and the Healing of the Woman with the Hemorrhage (Mk 5:25-34) (Santa Fe)

Concerning Our Measures of the True-Good: What is the Role of Consensus in Bioethics? (Denver)

Liberation Christology and Ethics in Global Health: The Pursuit of Ethical Coherence in Global Health Initiatives (Lincoln)
​4:00 p.m.: Conference Ends