A Theology of Health | Tyler J. VanderWeele

As the Director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard, VanderWeele is the world’s leading expert on the quantitative and qualitative measurement of what makes life worth living.

When we think of health, we need to move beyond the "absence of disease" to the presence of wholeness.

VanderWeele provides a rigorous framework that integrates physical health, mental health, meaning and purpose, character and virtue, and close social relationships.

It provides the "Theological" or "Ultimate" grounding for why we care about integrity: because health is not just a biological state, but a state of being in "right relationship" with ourselves, others, and the divine/universal.