Article January 31, 2000 Issue

"Challenging Our Nation's Spirit"

An overview of a talk given at a "Health and Spirituality" conference in Nantucket

By Kim Shippey

Last October a three-day conference on health and spirituality was held on the island of Nantucket, about twenty-five miles off the southern coast of Massachusetts. It was subtitled "The Root Sources of Health: Challenging Our Nation's Spirit." The audience came primarily from the medical and religious communities on the island and the nearby mainland.

Several plenary sessions and workshops strove to answer one compelling question: "What are roles that medicine and spiritual beliefs have in assuring a life of physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being?"

There were talks on "Health, wealth, spirit and community"; "The role of faith in the doctor/patient relationship"; "The power and biology of belief"; "Theology and epidemiology"; and on "Finding health and peace through spiritual power."

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