Historian of medicine & religion | Health humanities coordinator Book mss: The Gospel of Health: How Science, Religion, & Capitalism Shaped Wellness in the US
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I’ve been working on this for several years, so I’m thrilled to announce that Pepperdine University will offer a minor in health humanities beginning in fall 2025!
The conclusion of this study on vaccine hesitancy is essentially:
Religion matters, but religion's complicated.
More proof that if we want to understand health, disease, and medicine, we *need* history, religious studies, etc.
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentra…
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Today's archive encounter: Rev. Daniel Waldo, AKA Father Waldo.
He fought in the American Revolution as a teenager, served as a minister for decades, and lived long enough to be photographed before dying at age 102 in 1864.
An abolitionist, he voted for Washington and Lincoln.
ALT Photograph of Daniel Waldo, seated and holding a cane.
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You may know Sylvester Graham's association with vegetarianism and bran bread, but did you know he was a poet, actor, and "a ladies' man" before becoming a health crusader?
Excited to discover a new source shedding light on Graham's youth this morning.
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People often compare diets to religions, whether for their transformative power or their devotees' proselytizing.
In *Food Faiths,* Catherine Newell explores how much we can learn from the comparison.
See my review in the latest @BHMjournal here: muse.jhu.edu/article/929790
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I really appreciated the chance to think about COVID-19 in historical context with @ProfWehrman @AishahScott and Nancy Tomes last year.
Check out the published version of our roundtable in @faithandhistory here: faithandhistory.org/wp-conte…
Wondering how to approach AI this fall?
*Co-Intelligence,* from Wharton professor @emollick, offers an accessible intro to how AI might change education.
He argues we should work alongside these tools, using them to augment our own intelligence.
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The World Council of Churches has been collaborating with the WHO since 1968.
The WCC has joined groups like World Vision in calling for "strengthened language" about the role of religion in the upcoming pandemic accord.
oikoumene.org/news/wcc-who-c…
ALT July 2020: Volunteers from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, USA, prepare to help patients at a drive-thru testing site for COVID-19 at St. Luke Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Nashville. Teams from the United Methodist-related school offered testing at area churches on Saturdays. Photo: Mike DuBose/UM News
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Some wisdom for my workday, courtesy of @JamesClear.
ALT Priest and philosopher Baltasar Gracián on productivity: “Do something well, and that is quickly enough.”
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