Join the Harvard Catholic Forum for a book talk with Tyler J. VanderWeele, Loeb Professor of Epidemiology and Director of Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program. In his book A Theology of Health (Notre Dame Press, 2024), Professor VanderWeele brings the fruits of his extensive research on human flourishing and health outcomes into direct engagement with Christian theology. He argues that health can be understood as the wholeness intended by God; that sin—whether individual wrongdoing, social injustice, or the fallenness of creation—can be seen as a cause of ill health; and that restoration to health may be understood as salvation. These insights carry implications for theology and religious studies, medical theory and practice, pastoral care, and public health. Livestream and in-person. Free and open to all.
Co-presented by the Harvard Catholic Forum, the Initiative on Health, Spirituality, and Religion at Harvard Divinity School, and the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard. Co-sponsored by the Clough School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College, the Guild of St. Luke, and the Harvard Christian Alumni Society.
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