Duke Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative

About Duke Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative invites participants to reimagine and to reengage contemporary practices of health and medicine in light of Christian tradition and the practices of Christian communities.

Publisher

Duke Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Sept 2016

Latest episode

18 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

92 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Aug 2026

   "Health and Friendship Through the Community's Eyes" with Karl Johnson, PhD

   This presentation explores two distinct—and often opposing—approaches within public health: Population Health Management (PHM) and Health Through Community (HTC). Dr. Karl Johnson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice at UNC Chapel Hill, will highlight key characteristics that differentiate these models and illustrate the contrast through practical examples. Drawing on the core values of public health and the unique challenges of our current historical moment, the presentation will make a case for shifting from PHM toward HTC. This episode aired on March 20, 2026.

2. 

   18 Aug 2026

   "Attending Beauty: Why We Need Art in a World of Suffering" with Natalie Carnes, PhD & Brewer Eberly, MD, MACS

   What does beauty have to do with suffering? And what do both have to do with the practice of medicine? In this TMC seminar, theologian Dr. Natalie Carnes and family physician Dr. Brewer Eberly sit down for a rich conversation about beauty — one of the Christian names for God — and why beauty and suffering are so deeply intertwined in the Christian story. Together they explore what this togetherness means for how we love, attend, and care in medicine. This episode aired on February 20, 2026.

3. 

   18 Aug 2026

   "The Long Defeat" with Rick Donlon, MD and Susan Post, DMin, MBA

   Providing care among the poor and marginalized has always required tenacity and perseverance. Failures, discouragement, and even despair are commonplace. In this seminar, Rick Donlon, MD and Susan Post, DMin, MBA explore the normal course of faithful and sacrificial Christian discipleship and the means of grace available for long-term faithfulness from their work with Christian Community Health Fellowship (CCHF), a national network of Christians and Christian health centers that serve those experiencing poverty in the U.S. This episode aired on February 6, 2026.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

1,118,871

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

71

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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