Identity and Mission in Faith-Based Healthcare (RELT510)
(05/10/2021-08/13/2021)
Course Memo
This course addresses the mission and practices of faith-based healthcare. A wide range of assignments and readings, biblical and elsewhere, provide the health care provider in training with a broader understanding of the spiritual dimensions of healthcare. Topics include human identity as “the image of God” and “child of God”, spirituality across faith traditions, compassionate whole person care, and aspects of bioethics related to human dignity, autonomy and beneficence.