# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, & The Medical Humanities - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: Join the Institute for Medical Humanities for this hybrid book launch, featuring a panel interview, followed by an opportunity to network.About this EventThis book launch is a celebration of both the new Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, and the Medical Humanities as well as the growing and enduring interest in the overlap between those three domains.To applaud and recognise that interest, the launch will include a panel discussion with the volume's co-editors - Kristy Slominski (University of Arizona), Adam Powell (Durham), and Chris Cook (Durham) - as well as select chapter contributors. There will also be the opportunity for attendees to ask the panel questions as well as to enjoy a celebratory drink and network with like-minded researchers, clinicians, and others after the panel discussion.Please note that the hybrid panel discussion runs 18:00 - 18:50, after which we will move into the in-person drinks reception and networking.About the speakersKristy Slominski is Associate Professor in Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. She specializes in the interactions of religions, science, and health in U.S. history as well as the intersections of U.S. religions and sexuality, with a focus on sexual health education. She is also on the leadership team for Religion, Health, and Humanities Researchers (RHHR), a global network of scholars interested in the medical and health humanities with a focus on spirituality and religion.Adam Powell is Assistant Professor in Medical Humanities in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. He is a scholar of medical humanities and religion interested in how the social and cognitive sciences can illuminate the processes by which religion/spirituality is involved in identity formation and wellbeing. He is the founder of the Religion, Health, and Humanities Researchers (RHHR).Chris Cook is a Reverend Professor and Professor Emeritus in the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University. He was Director of the Centre for Spirituality, Theology & Health until his retirement in 2022. He is broadly interested in the ways in which theological accounts of human behaviour may inform, challenge and extend scientific perspectives. He was the Co-Investigator for the Wellcome funded, AHRC award winning, Hearing the Voice project at Durham University.This event is free to attend, and the Zoom link will be circulated closer to the event. If you have any accessibility or dietary requirements, please email imh.events@durham.ac.uk.This hybrid event is brought to you by the Religion, Health, and Humanities Researchers (RHHR), funded by the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/durham/the-routledge-handbook-of-spirituality-religion-and-the-medical-humanities/100001982695390285 - **Event Categories**: health-wellness, business, contests, nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Durham - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Bishop's Dining Room - **lat**: 54.7754491 - **long**: -1.5762528 - **full address**: Bishop's Dining Room, Durham Castle, Durham, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, & The Medical Humanities - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/e62a070630bdfc05db5e39478ce15f3613aecf94c8acacb47a5c73f3475d3f27-rimg-w1054-h1500-dc120f0a-gmir.jpg?v=1771131752 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, & The Medical Humanities being held? - **A:** The Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, & The Medical Humanities takes place on Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Fri, 13 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Bishop's Dining Room, Durham Castle, Durham, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing The Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, & The Medical Humanities? - **A:** The Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, & The Medical Humanities is organized by Institute for Medical Humanities. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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