Spring/Summer 2021, Issue 4, pp. 12–13
[Online 6 Jul 2021, Article A025]
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Resources & Updates: Spring/Summer 2021
PHRS Staff
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Editors’ Note: This section emphasizes resources at the intersection of religion/spirituality and public health, as well as major organizations that at times address these intersections. Please see the “Resources” tab on the PHRS website for more content, and please send new potential content to this section to: PHRSadm1@publichealthrs.org and phrsadmin0@publichealthrs.org
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COVID-19, Religion, and Public Health
- May 2021 Webinar: The role & impact of faith actors in global and national advocacy for vaccine equity and access
- May 2021: “If a rabbi did say ‘you have to vaccinate,’ we wouldn’t”: unveiling the secular logics of religious exemption and opposition to vaccination (Kasstan), Social Science & Medicine
- May 2021: Faith-based Approaches Can Overturn Vaccine Hesitancy (Hornbeck)
- March 2021: Faith leaders’ year of pandemic: grief, solace, resilience (Henao, Crary, and Fam)
- March 2021 Webinar: Vaccines, the Role of Faith Groups, and How to Stay Safe
- March 2021 Podcast: Religion in the Time of Pandemic
- March 2021 Webinar: Partnerships in Religion and Public Health: Lessons Learned for the COVID-19 Pandemic
- March 2021: Combating Contagion and Injustice: The Shared Work for Public Health and Faith Communities During COVID-19 (Williams, Miller, and Nussbaum), Journal of Religion and Health
- January 2021: Churches in predominantly Black communities can play a key role in vaccinating against COVID-19 (MacDonald)
- January 2021: More Americans Than People in Other Advanced Economies Say COVID-19 Has Strengthened Religious Faith (Pew Research Center)
- January 2021: Taking the Cloth: How Religious Appeals Increase Compliance with COVID-19 Prevention Measures (Adida et al.), SocArXiv Papers
New Research & Materials
- May 2021: Religious Service Attendance and Implications for Clinical Care, Community Participation and Public Health (VanderWeele, Balboni, and Koh), American Journal of Epidemiology
- May 2021: Religion, Aging, and Public Health (Levin and Idler), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health
- April 2021: Measuring Well-Being: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Social Sciences and the Humanities (Lee, Kubzansky, and VanderWeele), Oxford University Press
- April 2021: Religion and the World Health Organization: an evolving relationship (Winiger and Peng-Keller), BMJ Global Health
- February 2021: Training to Conduct Research on Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Commentary (Koenig, Hamilton, and Doolittle), Journal of Religion and Health
- February 2021: [CHAPTER] Religion, Spirituality, Belief Systems and Suicide (Teo, Duchonova, Kariman, and Ng), Suicide by Self-Immolation
- February 2021: The Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health (SSSH): Psychometric Evaluation and Initial Validation of the SSSH Baseline Spirituality Survey (Warner et al.), Religions
- January 2021: Religious Beliefs About Health and the Body and their Association with Subjective Health (Walters and Benjamins), Journal of Religion and Health
- December 2020: Religion and Spirituality among American Indian, South Asian, Black, Hispanic/Latina, and White Women in the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health (Kent et al.), Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Articles, Commentaries, Interviews, Webinars
- TheoEd Talks from Emory University (ongoing)
- Emory Spiritual Health Youtube Playlist (ongoing)
- Duke University Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health: Spirituality, Theology and Health Seminars (ongoing)
- Religion, Spirituality and Health Scientific Interest Group: Development of an Instrument to Assess Psychosocial Spiritual Healing – The NIH HEALS, Recorded Webinar from May 18, 2021
- Religion and Mental Health: Is the Relationship Causal?, Recorded Seminar from April 27, 2021
- Sacred Work: Science, Religion and Human Health with Ellen Idler and Rev. Emmanuel Lartey, Recorded Webinar from March 31, 2021
- Religion, Spirituality and Health Scientific Interest Group: Harmonizing the Spiritual and Scientific Worldviews, Recorded Webinar from February 9, 2021
- The International Association for Spiritual Care Seminar Series “What Is Spiritual Care from the Perspectives of Our Different Professions?” (Includes seminars on Medicine, Public Health, Psychology, Nursing, and Pastoral Care), Recorded Seminar Series (Jan 5 to Feb 2, 2021)
- Decolonizing Global Health Series | “The Role of Religion & Culture in Shaping Global Health”, Recorded Webinar from January 19, 2021
- Bridging the Gap Between Science and Faith, Recorded Webinar from December 14, 2020
Upcoming Conferences & Conference Minutes
- UPCOMING: International Research Network for the Study of Science & Belief in Society (INSBS 2021 conference): STEMM and Belief in Diverse Contexts: Publics, Praxis, Policy and Pluralism; Online conference 7-9 July 2021 (FREE REGISTRATION): https://scienceandbeliefinsociety.org/2021/05/24/open-for-registration-insbs-conference/
- UPCOMING COURSE: Duke University Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health’s 17th Annual Course on Religion, Spirituality and Health, August 9-13, 2021: https://spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/index.php/5-day-summer-research-course
- Partial Tuition Reduction Scholarship Application – Link
- Full Tuition Reduction Scholarship Application for those in developing countries – Link
- UPCOMING: Health Ministries Association National Conference: One Voice, One Vision: Wisdom for Healthier Communities; The 2021 HMA National Conference will be held virtually over 3 weeks in October, with a session offered 2 days each week, Tuesday/Thursday: October 5 & 7, 12 & 14, 19 & 21, 2021). Further details at: https://hmassoc.org/news-events/upcoming-conference/
- PAST: Spirituality in Research, Professional Practice, and Education – The Sixth International Conference of the International Network for the Study of Spirituality, June 7-8, 2021: https://spiritualitystudiesnetwork.org/Conference-2021/
- PAST: Caucus on Public Health & Faith Community (CPHFC) and APHA’s Virtual Networking and Fellowship Event – Faith & Public Health: Allies & Partners in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, March 14, 2021: http://www.rphcemory.org/event/faith-public-health-allies-partners-in-disease-prevention-and-health-promotion/