(Plough) – In Baltimore, the Paul McHugh Program for Human Flourishing gets med students talking.

Studying medicine forces students in health professions to grapple directly with philosophical questions. These include questions about the nature of being human, the essence of health and healing, the role of suffering, and what it means to live well and die well. They are questions that the world’s religious traditions have offered responses to for thousands of years. Yet the young adults who are studying for different health professions belong primarily to Gen Z, thirty-four percent of whom have no religious affiliation. Given the growing lack of religious connection and the near absence of exposure to religion in American public education, these young students need guidance as they confront the big questions. (Read More)