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The Religion and Public Health Collaborative at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia is internationally recognized for engaging scholars and practitioners in world religions and public health in the pursuit of the public’s well-being, by confronting the converging and conflictingperspectives and practices of religion and health through teaching and research.

The Religion and Public Health Collaborative is committed to an interdisciplinary and interfaith approach to the exploration of the intersection(s) of religion and public health in two major areas: 1) religion in partnership with the community (as it can improve population health), and 2) religion in tension with public health (in reducing macro-political conflict affecting public health). Our overall goal is to develop innovative and transformative theories and practices related to our vision that can be shared locally, nationally, and globally.

The Religion and Public Health Collaborative’s foci are the three cornerstones of universities – teaching, research, and service.