Patrick Tugwell

doctoral student @ucsbreligion | alumnus @yale • @bu_tweets • @uncg | minister • healthcare chaplain

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@OnlyInBOS Good

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@Noozhawk W today too! Regional finals bound!

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@herndonsports 🔥

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and multilayered changes to the chaplain profession. I’m thankful for the fellowship that made this project possible.

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Honored to have received the Ostad Elahi Fellowship Award in the Study of Religion from my home Department of Religious Studies at UC Santa Barbara.

With the additional financial support this academic year, I was able to interview chaplains across four major healthcare systems…

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to better understand the influence of metaphysical religion on modern chaplain education and practice. This research will lead to at least two articles that I hope will contribute meaningfully to conversations about the many recent…

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Kate Bowler’s dissertation book, Blessed (2013), inspired me to apply to Ph.D. programs in religious studies three years ago. It was such a *joy* to meet her today on the West Coast, to hear about her new book, Joyful Anyway. She even signed my copy of Blessed :) @KatecBowler

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@p_emory @FaithSportsInst Congratulations!

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@asu_csrc It is a fantastic documentary presentation. A real treat to be able to experience scholarship in this way. Excited for yall to see Prof. Walker and Tim in action!

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No soul is outside this story.

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This morning it was humbling to preach and to center the story of "Janie," a pediatric patient of mine whose life remains with me still. In the darkest moments imaginable, Janie made a hospital room capable of receiving light again.

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Her story became, for me, a way into John 20 and the story of the disciple Thomas: a message for those carrying grief, pain, fear, or longing, and for all who need the scarred Christ who meets people where they are and as they are.

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My review of Sarah Jobe’s most recent book, No Godforsaken Place (T&T Clark, 2025) for @ChristianCent signals how difficult the role of the chaplain is today, amid differing opinions about what it should be, in contexts most will never see.

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