Скачать или смотреть Dr. Duane Bidwell, The Chair of Christian Thought Swanson Lecture in Christian Spirituality

Abstract:
Attending to Spirit: Spirituality and Hope in Chronic Childhood Illness:
Children with incurable chronic illness see hope as a relational resource that emerges in the present moment. This understanding accompanies their transition from strangers new to the medical setting to sojourner-neighbours in a community focused on managing disease. Instead of asking when G-d’s reality will arrive, sick children point to where and with whom G-d’s common/wealth manifests. The lecture draws on qualitative research with 51 children to describe “attending to Spirit” as a primary way that sick children sustain hope and cope with physical and
psychosocial pain. The practice, especially prevalent among young people from Black and Brown communities, involves learning from, practicing with, and valuing others in formal and informal spiritual communities. Although sick children tend toward an instrumental understanding of religious resources, they speak intimately and personally of G-d’s availability and presence in the midst of illness. Clinicians, mental-health professionals, and spiritual caregivers can play an active role in accessing and amplifying spiritual and religious resources, with implications for cultivating hope among adults and broader communities.
Biography:
Duane R. Bidwell, PhD, is a faculty member at the Center for Health Professions Education, Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. An award-winning teacher and mentor, Dr Bidwell has served as a faculty member, psychotherapist, nonprofit director, and clinical supervisor. At the Center for Health Professions Education, he oversees a collaborative program with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the leadership of clinical education in hospitals across the U.S. From
2010-22, he taught practical theology, spiritual care, and counseling at Claremont School of Theology, where he was co-director of the Center for Sexuality, Gender, & Religion, and senior staff clinician at The Clinebell Center for Pastoral Counseling & Psychotherapy. Dr Bidwell has been involved in interfaith work since 1992 as a founding member of the Tarrant County (Texas) Interfaith Council and the Texas Buddhist Council. He serves on the boards of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies and the Taos Institute, an international educational organization that promotes relational approaches to education, organizational development, and mental health. He advises the International Buddhist Chaplains Foundation. Dr Bidwell is a prolific author. His work has been featured on NPR, CNN, and the CBC. His book When One Religion Isn’t Enough: The Lives of Spiritually Fluid People (Beacon, 2018) was a Christian Century bestseller and Library Journal Best Book of 2018.

Organizers:
This lecture was co-organized by the the Chair of Christian Thought, Department of Classics & Religion in partnership with the Calgary Interfaith Council and was part of Calgary’s World Interfaith Harmony Week (1-7 February 2023) which has for its theme: From Strangers to Neighbours.