Schedule

Welcome Address:

Prof. Mark Roche
I. A. O'Shaughnessy Dean
College of Arts and Letters
The University of Notre Dame

Opening Plenary Session

Overview of the Research and Findings in Spirituality and Health

Prof. Harold Koenig, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Medicine
Co-director, Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health
Duke University Medical Center

Beverages

Historical Perspectives on the Link between Religion and Healing

The Role of Healing in World Religions

Prof. Lawrence Sullivan
Department of Theology, Conc. Dept of Anthroplogy
The University of Notre Dame

Christ The Healer

Prof. David D. Aune
Department of Theology
The University of Notre Dame

The Role of Healing in the History of Christianity

Prof. Amanda Porterfield
Robert A. Spivey Professor of Religion
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Religion
Florida State University

Discussion – Respondent:

Prof. Kevin Ladd
Department of Psychology
Indiana University South Bend

Clinical Research in Religious Coping

Bridging the Social Sciences and Theology: Measuring and Meaning

Prof. Thomas Merluzzi
Department of Psychology
Laboratory for Psychooncology Research
The University of Notre Dame

Epidemiological Perspectives on Religion and Health

Dr. Christoffer Johansen, M.D., Ph.D., DMSc.
Head, Department of Psychosocial Cancer Research
Danish Cancer Society
President, The International PsychoOncology Society (IPOS)

Qualified Spiritual Care for Terminally Ill Cancer Patients

Prof. Rudolph Navari, M.D., Ph.D, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Assistant Dean and Director
Indiana University School of Medicine - South Bend
Director, Notre Dame Cancer Institute
The University of Notre Dame

Discussion - Respondent:

Prof. James Foster, MD, CSC
Assistant Dean, College of Science
Director of the Center for Health Sciences Advising
Chairman of Preprofessional Studies
The University of Notre Dame

Vesper Liturgy with Prayer for Healing

Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame

Presiders: HH Aram I Keshishian
Catholicos of the See of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Antelias, Lebanon)

HE Bishop John D’Arcy
Diocese of South Bend and Fort Wayne

Musical Performance: Notre Dame Folk Choir

Theological Foundations for Religious Coping

Conceptualizing Religion and Spirituality in Religious Coping

Rev. Daniel Hall, M.D., M.Div.
Resident, General Surgery
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Suffering in Christianity

Prof. John Cavadini
Chair, Department of Theology
The University of Notre Dame

The Spirituality of Religious Coping:
Origins and Impact of Healthy and Unhealthy Representations of God

Prof. Niels Christian Hvidt
Health, Man and Society
Institute of Public Health
The University of Southern Denmark

Keynote Address

The Rediscovery of the Healing Ministry as part of the esse of the Church

HH Aram I Keshishian
Catholicos of the See of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Antelias, Lebanon)
Former Moderator (1991-2006) of the World Council of Churches

Lunch

Closing Plenary Session:
Bridging Theological and Practical Aspects of Religious Coping

Religious Struggle and its Impact on Health:
Implications for Ministry
Video

Prof. George Fitchett, D.Min.
Chaplain and Director of Research
Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values
Rush University Medical Center

Religious Coping as a Fork in the Road to Health
Video

Prof. Kenneth Pargament
Department of Psychology
Bowling Green State University

Spirituality and Health: Clinical and Educational Perspectives
Video

Prof. Christina Puchalski, M.D. FACP
Director, George Washington Institute for Spirituality & Health
Associate Professor of Medicine, Healthcare Sciences
The George Washington University School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Health Management and Leadership
The George Washington University School of Public Health
School of Medicine and Health Sciences