Description
Join us Saturday, September 19th at 10 AM PST as we talk with Dr. Farr Curlin!
In The Abolition of Man, Lewis wrote, “When all that says 'it is good' has been debunked, what says 'I want' remains.” In this talk, Dr. Farr Curlin will discuss how Lewis's observations help us understand the malaise of contemporary medicine and how the healing profession might be renewed.
Farr Curlin, MD, is Josiah Trent Professor of Medical Humanities in the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, & History of Medicine and Co-Director of the Theology, Medicine and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke University. Dr. Curlin has worked to bring attention to the intersection of medicine, ethics, and theology. In 2012 he helped to found both the University of Chicago’s Program on Medicine and Religion and the annual Conference on Medicine and Religion. Since 2015, through Duke Divinity School’s TMC Initiative, he and colleagues have brought graduate theological training to those with vocations to health care. Starting in 2023, Dr. Curlin also is working with colleagues across North America to develop the Hippocratic Society, an association whose mission is forming clinicians in the practice and pursuit of good medicine. He is co-author, with Chris Tollefsen, of The Way of Medicine: Ethics and the Healing Profession (Notre Dame University Press, 2021), as well as more than 150 articles and book chapters addressing the moral and spiritual dimensions of medical practice.
Date & Time
Sat, Sep 19, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM