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CHP 705 Religion, Spirituality, and Health 3.0 Credits

This course focuses on the emerging field of Religion, Spirituality and Public Health. It explores many dimensions of religion, spirituality, and health to promote individual and community wellbeing in the United States. Course content focuses on research, practice, advocacy and successful models for working with faith-based communities and religious leaders and emphasizes the importance of building working partnerships among health systems, public agencies and faith-based organizations for social justice. The course also provides an opportunity for students to explore topics of personal interest linking spirituality, science and health, including belonging, compassion, empathy, meaning-making and gratitude.

College/Department: Dornsife School of Public Health
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit