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Date(s) - 02/04/2025
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Wednesday 2nd April 2025, 5-7pm SAST (3-5pm GMT)
- In person: University of Cape Town in the Wolfsen Lecture Theatre
- Online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82836382633
Join a discussion sparked by the release of a new handbook on ‘Religion and Health: Pathways for a Turbulent Future’. Exactly when we experience a widespread storm of crumbling norms and teetering core institutions, it focuses on charting ways forward for people and communities who share a common vision with others of a world in which the ‘health for all’ and the ‘health of the whole’ matters.
Panelists include:
- Opening remarks from the Editors
- Prof. Leslie London (Human rights, People’s Health Movement; UCT)
- Dr Geordan Shannon (Planetary health; ex-Univ. College London; United Health Futures)
- Prof. Arvind Singhal (Positive deviance & healthy communities; U Texas El Paso; India)
- Ms Bastienne KIein (The Asklepian movement & its relevance today; UCT)
- Dr Kevin Barnett (Public health–a field in motion; Public Health Institute, CA)
- Prof. Corey Walker (African Am. Studies, Dean of Divinity, Wake Forest University, NC)
- Final remarks: Assoc. Prof. Tracey Naledi, Dep. Dean Faculty of Health Sciences, UCT
