Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

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The PhD in Pastoral Theology, Personality and Culture prepares persons for teaching in theological seminaries, for clinical services in pastoral care and counseling settings, and for leadership in the academy, clinic and church. Students study the integration of theology and psychology with a focus on developing as pastoral psychotherapists and pastoral theologians. The program is thus interdisciplinary as practical theology to increase the knowledge of the theories and practices of healing and care in church and society. There are two tracks in the program.  One track is either for students who want to teach or do research in pastoral theology from a pastoral care perspective, or for experienced clinicians seeking to become scholars in the field. The second clinical track includes clinical training toward licensure as a licensed professional counselor. Clinical training with additional course work is at our affiliated pastoral counselling center, the Center for Religion and Psychotherapy of Chicago (www.crpchicago.com).

PROGRAM GOALS:

A. Knowing: To know the rich interrelationship of theology, scripture, and Church history with the practice of pastoral care and counseling, informed by the disciplines of psychodynamic and systems psychology.

1. To deepen one's capacity to understand Christian perspectives on healing, care, suffering, and hope.
2. To know the history and traditions of pastoral care and counseling.
3. To know theories of depth psychology, systems psychology and the impact of neuroscience on practice.
4. To know the psychology of religious experience.
5. To know how cultural contexts impact the practice of pastoral care and counseling.
6. To know the methods of pastoral theological and quantitative research.
7. To know best practices in pastoral care, counseling, leadership, teaching and research in the fields of pastoral theology, psychology of religion and pastoral psychotherapy.

B. Doing: To provide competent clinical services, teaching and leadership to the academy, pastoral counseling setting and/or the church.

1. To develop clinical skills to the Fellow level of the American Association of Pastoral Counseling (clinical track).
2. To provide competent pastoral care and/or counseling.
3. To teach future providers of pastoral care and counseling.
4. To make scholarly contributions to the fields of pastoral theology, psychology of religion and/or pastoral psychotherapy.
5. To respond creatively, ethically and collaboratively to the challenges of clinical practice and management, pastoral care needs of the wider church, and the development of the fields of pastoral theology, psychology of religion and/or pastoral psychotherapy.

C. Being: To become a pastoral theologian/pastoral psychotherapist to participate in God's work of healing and hope and to engage others in ways that can free all of us to live more fully into the gifts of God's creation.

1. To be a self reflective and open participant in the clinic, academy and church.
2. To be an experienced clinician and thoughtful teacher.
3. To understand oneself to be a critical and reflective leader in the clinic, academy and church.
4. To have an identity as a religious leader who integrates insights and traditions of theology and the science of psychology.
5. To be a pastoral leader who meets challenges with compassion, clarity and courage.

In addition to addressing these goals, students engage in research addressing crucial issues in the fields of pastoral theology, pastoral psychotherapy and psychology of religion.

Requirements:

Track 1: PhD in Pastoral Theology, Personality and Culture 40 Semester Hours

• 7 semester hours of core courses required for all PhD students
  Biblical and Theological Hermeneutics (3 semester hours)
  Teaching Seminar (2 semester hours)
  Research Seminar (2 semester hours)
• 18 semester hours in Pastoral Theology (courses include history and theories, faith development, advanced Pastoral Theology, and Advanced Psychology of Religion)
• 9 semester hours in a cognate concentration in the theological curriculum: church history, theology, ethics, biblical studies (determined with advisor)
• 6 semester hours of electives at Northwestern University or another university.
• 2 research tools: minimum of 2 languages or a language and a research tool (2 graduate level courses in research)
• 4 written qualifying examinations and an oral examination covering the following areas:
  (1)Pastoral Theology
  (2) Psychology of Religion
  (3) Theology (related to area of study)
  (4) Psychology (related to area of study)
• Dissertation prospectus to be discussed and approved at the time of the oral examination or within three months following the satisfactory completion of oral exam, as negotiated with advisor.
• Dissertation

Track 2: Ph. D. in Pastoral Theology, Personality and Culture 58 hours

• 18 semester hours in addition to the above requirements, taken in part at CRPC, and includes clinical practicum and internship required for licensure.
• Students will usually begin training at CRPC in the second year of their doctoral work at Garrett-Evangelical.
• CRPC is a 2-year training program including course work and supervised clinical work.

Select Courses in this Concentration at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary:

• Pastor as Counselor
• Attachment Theory and Religion
• Seminar in Ritual Studies
• Power and Abuse
• Evil and Aggression
• Pastoral Care and Economics
• Seminar in Pastoral Theology
• Women's Authority and Church Leadership
• Psychology of Religion
• Psychopathyology and Maladaptive Behavior
• Use of Self in Pastoral Care, Counseling and Psychotherapy
• Appraisal of Individuals
• Substance Abuse
• Marriage and Family Dynamics

 Additional Courses at Northwestern University:

• Group Dynamics, Processing and Counseling
• Lifestyle and Career Development

Required courses in this Concentration at the Center for Religion and Pscyhotherapy in Chicago:

• Human Growth and Development
• Counseling Theory
• Counseling Techniques
• Professional, Legal and Ethical Responsibilities
• Social and Cultural Foundations
• Practicum
• Internship

Faculty:

The present faculty members in Pastoral Theology, Personality and Culture have focused their research on pastoral theology, ritual studies, neurosciences and the relationship between worship and pastoral care, psychology of religion, gender and racial violence, justice and pastoral care, clergy emotional development, clinical practice and religious development.

David Hogue, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling

American Association of Pastoral Counselors (Fellow); Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (Illinois); Society for Pastoral Theology; International Academy of Practical Theology; American Academy of Religion; North American Academy of Liturgy; Commission on Accrediting (Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada); Minister of the Word and Sacrament, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Pamela J. Holliman, Associate Professor in Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Psychotherapy.

Fellow, American Association of Pastoral Counselors; Licensed Psychologist (PA), Member, American Psychological Association; national faculty CREDO (Episcopal Wellness Program for Clergy); Congregational Consultant; Ministerial Assessment Specialist; Episcopal layperson.

James Poling, Professor of Pastoral Care, Counseling and Theology

American Association of Pastoral Counselors; Licensed Clinical Professional Counseling (Illinois); American Association of Marital and Family Therapists; Society for Pastoral Theology; International Academy of Practical Theology; American Academy of Religion; Minister of Word and Sacrament, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Lallene Rector, Associate Professor of Psychology of Religion and Pastoral Psychotherapy.

American Academy of Religion; Faculty, Institute for Psychoanalysis of Chicago; Faculty, Center for Religion and Psychotherapy of Chicago; American Psychoanalytic Association; United Methodist layperson.

Select Publications by Program Faculty in Pastoral Theology, Personality and Culture

Hogue, David. "Healing of the Self-in-Context: Memory, Plasticity, and Spiritual Practice," in Spiritual Transformation and Healing: Anthropological, Theological, Neuroscientific, and Clinical Perspectives, Joan D. Koss-Chioino and Philip Hefner, eds. (AltaMira Press, 2006)

Hogue, David. Remembering the Future, Imagining the Past: Story, Ritual, and the Human Brain (Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2003)

Hogue, David. "Sensing the Other in Worship: Mirror Neurons and the Empathizing Brain" (Liturgy, Volume 21, Number 2, the Liturgical Conference, 2006)

Hogue, David."Whose Rite is it Anyway? Liminality and the Work of the Christian Funeral" in Liturgy, Volume 21, Number 1, 2006, the Liturgical Conference, 2006).

Hogue, David. Promising Again, with Herbert Anderson and Marie McCarthy: (Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville, KY, 1995)

Hogue, David. "Development of an Assessment Instrument" (Hunt, Hinkle, and Malony, Clergy Assessment and Career Development, Abingdon, Nashville TN, 1990)

Holliman, Pamela "Why Bother With God?" Journal of the American Association of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, Spring, 2009

Holliman, Pamela "Religious Experience as Selfobject Experience," in Progress in Self Psychology. (Analytic Press, 2002)

Holliman, Pamela "Supervision: Pastor as Mentor," A Feminist Approach to the Arts of Ministry: A Working Practical Theology, Christie Neuger, ed. (Westminster-John Knox Press. April, 1996)

Holliman, Pamela "Collegiality and Pastoral Care and Counseling," guest theme co-editor with Christie Neuger, Ph.D., Journal of Pastoral Care, Winter, 1991

Holliman, Pamela "Agency Selection Committees and Evaluation," in Clergy Assessment and Career Development, ed. Hinkle, Hunt and Malony. (Abingdon Press, 1990)

Poling, James Render to God: Economic Vulnerability, Family Violence, and Pastoral Theology. (St. Louis, Chalice Press, 2002).

Poling, James Deliver Us from Evil: Resisting Racial and Gender Oppression. (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996).

Poling, James The Abuse of Power: A Theological Problem. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1991).

Poling, James Foundations for a Practical Theology of Ministry. with Donald E. Miller (Nashville: Abingdon, 1985).

Lallene Rector "Selfobject Functions in Hope and Spirituality," in Psychologist-Psychoanalyst. Vol. 23 (3) Summer 2003

Lallene Rector "Mystical Experience as an Expression of the Idealizing Selfobject Need," in The Narcissistic Patient Revisited: Progress in Self Psychology, Vol. 17, Arnold Goldberg, ed. (Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press, 2001)

Lallene Rector "Are We Making Love Yet? Theological and Psychological Perspectives on the Role of Gender Identity in the Experience of Domination," in The Good News of the Body: Sexual Theology and Feminism, Lisa Isherwood, ed. (Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000)

Lallene Rector "Developmental Aspects of the Twinship Selfobject Need and Religious Experience," in How Responsive Should We Be: Progress in Self Psychology, Vol. 1, Arnold Goldberg. Ed. (Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press, 2000)

Lallene Rector Psychological Perspectives and the Religious Quest: Essays in Honor of Orlo Strunk Jr., ed. With Weaver Santaniello, and contributor (University Press of America 1999)

Recent Graduates:

List of Dissertations in Pastoral Theology, Personality, and Counseling, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, 2003-2007

1. Waite, Nancy M. Title: Women's illness narratives : the search for meaning in the experience of advanced cancer in white, Euro-American women who are evangelical christian in religious faith orientation. 2002.

2. Rodríguez, Jesús. Title: Protecting the self and resisting grandiose narcissistic selfobjects: a mainline Protestant Latino/a clergy self psychology hermeneutics of pastoral care / by Jesús Rodríguez. 2003.

3. Hembree, Daniel Troy. Title: Person, community and divinity in Yoruba religious thought and culture: Foundations for pastoral theology with African-American men. 2003.

4. Barasa, Robert Magina. Title: The ember of grandparenthood : the theological foundations for pastoral practice with grandparents who are primary care givers of their grandchildren in Kenya / by Robert Magina Barasa. 2005.

5. Yeary, Sheridan Todd. Title: Pilgrimage as transformative ritual in African American pastoral care: A socio-historical analysis. 2006.

6. Valin, Dorothy Ann. Title: "Do you hear their cries?" : A feminist, relational and Jungian ethnography of domestic violence survivors and their religious congregations. 2006.

7. Rosewall, Ann Linnea. Title: They accounted for their hope : a pastoral theology of hope constructed in response to personal narratives from the Colonia 21 de mayo, El Salvador. 2007.

8. Khoo, Ho Peng. Title: Making meaning, empowering life: pastoral guidance as the practice of pastoral counseling in Sarawak Chinese Annual Conference. 2007.

9. Fincher, Lorenzo Sevastian-LaZandro. Title: Nobody knows my troubles : a study in the care of African American male clergy and the issues of trust, self care, and accountability. 2007.

Select Recent Book Publications of Program Graduates

Sanchez, Jesus Rodrigues. En Cuentros Pastorales con La Muerte. Tamarind Press, 2006.

Sanchez, Jesus Rodrigues. Imagenes Del Cuidado Pastoral Y Su Influencia En La Calidad Del Culdo: Un Analysis Transdisciplinario. Publicaciones Puertorriquenas, Inc.