Transcendence and Community in Recovery from Addiction
The association of spirituality with recovery from addiction often forms a barrier to access to community-based recovery support. Drawing on extensive research on lived spirituality in a range of addiction recovery modalities, Prof Dossett uncovers the often-overlooked similarity between clinical language about addiction and its treatment and the spiritual language of recovery. She argues that significant among the issues driving a systemic failure to meet the needs of people suffering with substance issues, their families and communities, is a regrettable lack of spiritual and religious literacy. She makes a Medical Humanities case for the contribution of Religious Studies to recovery from addictions.
Wendy is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of Chester. She is the Principal Investigator of The Higher Power Project and has published extensively on the language of spirituality in addiction recovery. She was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Recovery Researcher Award by UKESAD (The UK & Europe Symposium on Addictive Disorders). She is a Visible Recovery advocate, an activist in the Recovery-Friendly University Movement, and she is herself a person in long-term recovery from addiction. Wendy has also served in several senior capacities as an advocate for secondary level RE and education in religion and worldviews. Her two areas of specialism are linked by a commitment to the value of religious and spiritual literacy. She retired from lecturing in 2023 following a heart attack but continues to write and advocate in these fields.
Admission: Free
Speaker: Professor Wendy Dossett (Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies)
Date: Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 7:00pm
Venue: Binks 107, University of Chester, Exton Park, Chester, CH1 4BJ
Professor Wendy Dossett
Professor Wendy Dossett
Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies
How to get there
Exton Park is centrally located in Chester, and accessible via the M53, A483, A41, A56, and public transport from the city centre.
Find your way around Exton Park
Address
University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJ
Cycling
The Greenway Gate, accessible between 7am – 9pm with your University pass, is located at the back of the overflow car park and is the nearest point of access to the Millennium Greenway cycle path that connects to routes throughout the city.
Public Transport
Bache train station is a 15-minute walk from Exton Park and Chester railway station is a 20-minute walk. Arriva 1A and Arriva 1 run frequent services that stop with a short walk to Exton Park. All three Park and Ride routes, PR1, PR2 and PR3 have connections within walking distance to Exton Park.
Parking
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