The Lord of the Rings, Sickness, and Health with Dr. Kristen Collier

Presented by McGrath Institute of Church Life

Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Dr. Kristin Collier to talk about the nature of kingly healing in Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” and how this relates to Jesus’ own divine healing. Dr. Collier is an assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan and the director of the medical school’s program on health, spirituality, and religion.

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Hosted by Dr. Lenny DeLorenzo, Ph.D., of the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, Church Life Today features conversations with pastoral leaders and scholars from around the country and covers issues that matter most to Church life today.

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January 1, 2021

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