Conference on Medicine and Religion

11/06/2025

Registration for the 2026 Conference on Medicine and Religion is now open. Go to www.medicineandreligion.com to register and learn more.

"The Prophetic Voice: Creativity, Compassion, and the Pursuit of Healing" Sunday, March 22, 2026, 2:00 p.m. - Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Hilton Houston Post Oak Houston, Texas...

11/04/2025

A record number of abstracts (almost 280) were submitted this year. Blinded reviews will take place over the next month, as we determine which paper, panel, workshop, and poster submissions to accept. The Student Essay competition is still open, as it closes on December 1.

10/28/2025

The annual conference is co-sponsored by a consortium of institutions whose missions include a commitment to faithful practices of medicine and/or to scholarly discourse regarding the intersections of medicine and religion.

2026 Conference Hosts

Ethics Initiative at Baylor University
Institute for Spirituality and Health

Sustaining Sponsors
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Darul Qasim
Denver Health
Duke University Trent Center and Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative
IU Health
Initiative on Health, Spirituality and Religion at Harvard University
Loma Linda University Health
Saint Louis University
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
The Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the Ohio State University
UMMA Health
University of Pittsburgh

Supporting Sponsor

University of Chicago

2026 Conference Sponsors

Memorial Hermann
UTHealth Houston

10/23/2025

Call for Abstract Proposals (closes Monday, November 3) and Student Essays (closes Monday, December 1).

"The Prophetic Voice: Creativity, Compassion, and the Pursuit of Healing" Sunday, March 22, 2026, 2:00 p.m. - Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Hilton Houston Post Oak Houston, Texas...

06/05/2025

The 2026 Conference on Medicine and Religion will be held in Houston, Texas, March 22 - 24, 2026.

03/06/2025

Today Early Pricing ends at midnight (central time)!

Check out the schedule of presentations online at

Announcing an Optional and Exciting Third Day at ​Loma Linda University Health ​ Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. ​Sign-up HERE ( Deadline is Thursday, March 6)

02/24/2025

Plenaries announced for 2025 CMR.

"Religion/Spirituality and Health: Positive Affirmations and Disquieting Questions"

"Because You Were Strangers: Religious and Spiritual Perspectives on Caring for Refugees"

"Navigating Surfaces and Voices in the Diagnostic Journey: Disability and the Work of Listening"

For more details go to

Announcing an Optional and Exciting Third Day at ​Loma Linda University Health ​ Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. ​Sign-up HERE ( Deadline is Thursday, March 6)

02/24/2025

Early registration pricing ends on March 6

01/23/2025

Nurturing Hope: Expanding Holistic Care at the Margins
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 2:00 p.m. - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.
The Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa
Orange County, California
​Registration is now open.

Nurturing Hope: Expanding Holistic Care at the Margins Sunday, April 6, 2025, 2:00 p.m. - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. The Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa Orange County, California...

01/22/2025

Call for Student Essays

The 2025 Conference on Medicine and Religion invites student essay submissions that would be full papers of no more than 6,000 words relevant to the conference theme. The winner will present the paper at a (25 minute) parallel session during the conference and receive complimentary registration, (two nights) lodging and travel. An eligible student is defined as one who is actively pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree and has not received any prior doctorate level degree (e.g. MD, PhD, JD or equivalent degree). Coauthored papers are eligible only if all authors are students. Please include the name of your school.

All proposals must be submitted to Jeff Sokoloff ([email protected]) by 11:59:59 p.m. CST, Monday, February 3, 2025.

Closes 11:59:59 p.m. CST, Monday, February 3, 2025

09/03/2024

The Call for Abstracts for the 2025 CMR is now open. It will close at midnight, November 1 (EST). Go to www.medicineandreligion.com for more information on how to submit a panel, paper, poster or workshop presentation.

Nurturing Hope: Expanding Holistic Care at the Margins Sunday, April 6, 2025, 2:00 p.m. - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. The Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa Orange County, California (The...

08/27/2024

Theme Announced for 2025 CMR --

"Nurturing Hope: Expanding Holistic Care at the Margins"

At their best, medicine and religion both seek to create spaces of hope and healing. Yet, there are places where organized medicine and religion are not easily reached. On the margins of medicine and religion are people whose lived realities alienate them from healthcare contexts and religious communities. The 2025 CMR will explore how medicine and religion can collaboratively address the needs of those on society's peripheries, offering a beacon of hope and a vision of inclusive and equitable healing.