Sam MacLennan, MA student in Religious Studies.

November 13, 2019 00:30:04
Sam MacLennan, MA student in Religious Studies.
Grad Chat - Queen's School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs
Sam MacLennan, MA student in Religious Studies.

Nov 13 2019 | 00:30:04

/

Show Notes

Topic: The role of medicine in investigating stigmata, the (re)appearance of Christ’s Holy Wounds on various bodies, in the context of Catholic canonization procedures. Overview: Stigmata are the focus of this research as they are constantly being interpreted and reinterpreted by various groups, going all the way back to St. Francis. I am focused on 20th century stigmatics, as their lives coincide with the rise of professionalized medical organizations, as well as significant global events related to religion, secularity, and secularism (e.g. WWI & WWII, the Cold War, Vatican II reforms, etc.). Despite popular tendencies to see Catholicism and scientific, empirical inquiry as oppositional, this project shows that clinical medicine and the Catholic hierarchy cooperate and overlap in investigative approaches and how they expect stigmatic-patients to present themselves to inquiry.

Other Episodes

Episode

April 11, 2023 00:37:58
Episode Cover

Paulina Bleah (PhD in Nursing) – The Experience of Living with Diabetes in Liberia

Diabetes is a growing public health concern in Liberia; recent data shows about   2.1% of the population are living with the disease. This figure...

Listen

Episode

February 09, 2021 00:29:55
Episode Cover

Iman Abdali Mashhadi, PhD candidate, Electrical & Computer Engineering, supervised by Dr Majid Pahlevani

Topic: Retinal Implants. Overview:  My research looks at ways to lower the cost of retinal implants for people with age-related macular degeneration or retinitis...

Listen

Episode

November 03, 2021 00:33:00
Episode Cover

Quentin Tsang (Translational Medicine) – Using cannabinoids to reduce opioid dosage to treat abdominal pain in inflammatory bowel disease.

Canada has the highest prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the world; 1 in 140 Canadians suffer from the disease. One of the...

Listen