Student Event - Mental Health in Ministry: The Theology and Psychology of Depression and Hearing Voices – 9 July 2024 at Durham Cathedral

Any student associated with a Common Awards TEI may now register for a place at the  event, as Common Awards have been able to secure more space for the conference. 

Students can register via the form: https://forms.office.com/e/0pj6seLRNM

Students will come away from this FREE* day-conference with a deeper understanding of how to wisely and faithfully engage with matters of mental health. This conference focuses on two areas that have a rich tradition of study both in psychology and in the long history of Christian practice: hearing voices and depression. Speakers will address, in each case, contemporary clinical understandings of these two experiences, their various theological interpretations, and also speak to the benefits and short-comings of each. Students will also have the opportunity to see the cathedral, the grounds of Durham University, and to meet students from other TEIs.

Download the full timetable here: Mental Health in Ministry Student Conference Programme.

Speakers will include:

Rev’d Prof. Chris Cook, former Director of the Centre for Spirituality, Theology & Health (retired in 2022), qualified doctor, former Professor of Psychology, and ordained in the Church of England.

Dr Tasia Scrutton, Associate Professor in the School Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science at Leeds University and author of Christianity and Depression.

*Travel expenses not included.

For more information, please visit the Common Awards website Events for Students page.