Who We Are

The Religion and Public Health Collaborative of Emory University is committed to an interdisciplinary and interfaith approach to exploring the intersection of religion and public health, both in partnership and in tension. The Religion and Public Health Collaborative (RPHC) explores these relationships by engaging the community to help develop models for wellness that can be replicated worldwide, developing academic programs that will promote understanding of the impact of world religions on community health, and generating opportunities for applied research that will help shape a more holistic view of religion and health.

The RPHC is comprised of resources that emanate from Emory's distinction as a leader in the multi-disciplinary study of the varied relationships between communal and and public health and religious and spiritual traditions and practices. The public health presence of Grace Crum Rollins School of Public Health and the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing combined with two giants in the study of religion, the Department of Religion and the Candler School of Theology, provide an intellectual leadership in the the excellence, position, and partnerships that characterize the study of religions and civil society.