National Conference on Medicine and Religion
Westin Hotel, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
University of Chicago, May 23-25, 2012

"Responding to the Call of the Sick: Religious Traditions and Health Professions Today"

The 2012 Conference on Medicine and Religion, sponsored by the Program on Medicine and Religion at the University of Chicago, will consider the relation of religion to the practice of medicine, with a focus on clinicians’ responses to the sick and the meaning and spiritual dimensions of the practice of medicine. This inaugural conference is supported by a grant from the Templeton Foundation. Plenary sessions will be organized around the following themes:

1) History of medicine and religion: How did we end up here? 2) Medicine as vocation: In what sense is caring for the sick a spiritual practice? 3) Intrinsically connected? The relationships between religion, ethics, science and the practice of medicine

For detailed information and to register, please visit http://pmr.uchicago.edu/events/2012-conference.

Early Registration Deadline: 
April 27, 2012 
Registration Information: 
http://pmr.uchicago.edu/events/2012-conference