We invite you to join us for the annual Don and Barbara Davis Colloquium in Christianity on Friday, October 24 in the OSU Thompson Library. This year's topic is "Christianity and Healing."
Six speakers from universities around the country will share ideas on the relationship between the "religious" and "medical," "health" and "disease," specifically focusing on views and practices that shape how Christians have thought about healing or engaged in healing practices in the present and past. A reception will follow. This event is free, open and welcoming to all.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Comparative Studies, the Center for the Study of Religion, the Department of History and the Humanities Institute.
Speakers include:
Alfredo Garcia Garza (Harvard University)
Nathanael Homewood (University of Minnesota)
Phillipa Koch (Missouri State University)
John Penniman (Bucknell University)
Alai Reyes-Santos (University of Oregon)
Helen Rhee (Westmont College)
The panel will consider the following questions:
How do you theorize the relationship between the “religious” and the “medical” or between “health” and “disease” in your analyses of Christian thought and practice? What different approaches are available for the historian or scholar of religion?
How would the individuals, institutions, or communities you study differentiate if at all between religion/theology/spirituality and health/sickness/disease? Or how do they see them as intertwined?
Are there distinctive Christian views and practices that shape how Christians have thought about healing or engaged in healing practices?
How have the medical institutions and practices of their societies shaped the ways Christians think about God, Christ, and other “religious” themes and concepts?
The Humanities Institute and its related centers host a wide range of events, from intense discussions of works in progress to cutting-edge presentations from world-known scholars, artists, activists and everything in between.
We value in-person engagement at our events as we strive to amplify the energy in the room. To submit an accommodation request, please send your request to Cody Childs, childs.97@osu.edu