Nathan Carlin featured on podcast


By McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics
January 12, 2026

Nathan Carlin, PhD, professor of medical humanities and author of The Secularization of Medicine, recently joined Dan Koch, PhD, on his podcast (Religion on the Mind) to discuss why modern medicine functions as a new form of religion. Their conversation explores the historical ties between medicine and faith, the rise of secularization, and the moral complexities of patient autonomy in contemporary healthcare.

Episode: Modern Medicine is Still Religious (#365)