Event Type: BCPA Lunch and Learn Series Presents
Topic: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Study of Religion and Health (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Date: Friday, November 20, 2026
Time: 12:oo PM - 1:oo PM CDT
Location: Zoom
CE Credit: 1 CE Hour
CE Credits Available To: Licensed Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
Cost: No cost for members of BCPA
Register here: November Workshop
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Study of Religion and Health (But Were Afraid to Ask), presented by Dr. Terrence Hill
Dr. Hill will provide a brief overview of his health disparities research. He will then field questions in an open discussion of topics related to the study of religion and health.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to identify at least three health-related outcomes that are associated with spirituality and religion.
Participants will be able to identify at least three explanations for why religion and spirituality contribute to health-related outcomes.
Participants will be able to contrast and integrate psychological and sociological perspectives on health.
Terrence Hill, Ph.D. is a Professor of Sociology and Demography in the College for Health, Community & Policy at the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA). He has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include medical sociology, social epidemiology, the social psychology of health and illness, research methods, and the sociology of religion and spirituality. He is the recipient of a $1.1 million grant from the Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) and has published on religion and social media use, religious involvement and depression in China, divine struggles, religiosity and loneliness, antisemitism, masculinity threat, neighborhood and sleep.
Please sign up here: November workshop
With any questions, please email: bexarpsych@gmail.com.
