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Warren A. Kinghorn

Warren A. Kinghorn

Esther Colliflower Professor of the Practice of Pastoral and Moral Theology
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology
warren.kinghorn@duke.edu
Duke Divinity School, Box 90968, Durham, NC 27708
407 Chapel Drive, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC 27708

Overview

Medical Professionalism
Religion, Spirituality, and Psychiatry
Philosophy of Psychiatry

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Esther Colliflower Professor of the Practice of Pastoral and Moral Theology · 2025 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2025 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Co-Director, Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative · 2017 - Present Divinity School
Professor of the Practice of Pastoral and Moral Theology · 2025 - Present Divinity School
Faculty Associate, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine · 2013 - Present Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine, Institutes and Centers
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2018 - Present Duke Science & Society, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units

In the News

Published September 12, 2024
New Books by Duke Authors: Exploring Politics, Theology, AI and Basketball
Published September 27, 2023
A Role for Theology in the Cancer Patient Experience
Published November 4, 2015
Dr. Warren Kinghorn: How a PTSD diagnosis can help, and harm

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Recent Publications

Mental Disorder and Religious Experience The Need for a Humble, Pragmatic Pluralism

Journal Article Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology · September 1, 2024 Full text Cite

Wayfaring A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care

Book · July 11, 2024 With gentle guidance and practical suggestions, Wayfaring is an essential resource for pastors and practitioners as well as for Christians who seek mental health care. ... Cite

Protecting Life or Managing Risk? Suicide Prevention and the Lure of Medicalized Control

Journal Article Christian Bioethics · August 1, 2023 Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States and in many other parts of the world. As such, suicide is frequently framed as a medical and public health problem for which solutions are best recommended by medical and public health authorities. W ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants

Theology Medicine Culture Fellowship Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Issachar Fund · 2020 - 2024

God & the book of Nature-Fellowship

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Edinburgh · 2019 - 2022

Innovative practices of health and health care in their Local Communities

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Endowment · 2017 - 2022

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Education, Training & Certifications

Duke University · 2011 Th.D.
Harvard University · 2003 M.D.
Duke University · 2002 M.T.S.