Pacific School of Religion
Professor of Spirituality
Ronald Soucey Lecturer
Dean, Disciples Seminary Foundation, Berkeley
Core Doctoral Faculty Member

At GTU since 1993

Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, 1996
M.A., University of Regina, 1976
M.Div., Vanderbilt University, Divinity School, 1971
B.A., Culver-Stockton College, 1968

Phone: 510/849-8203; DSF Office: 510/849-8273
E-mail: jdriskill@psr.edu

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• Pastoral Counseling and Spiritual Direction
• Protestant Spirituality
• Contemplative Prayer
• Spirituality and Health
• History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Selected Publications

• "Preventing Common Quagmires with Ethical Forethought" in Supervision of Spiritual Direction. Ed. Mary Rose Bumpus and R. B. Langer (Harrisburg: Morehouse, 2005).
• Spiritually-informed Pastoral Care (Oikodome Publications, Disciples Seminary Foundation, Claremont, CA 2002).
• Ethics and Spiritual Care: A Guide for Pastors, Chaplains and Spiritual Directors, with Karen Lebacqz (Nashvile: Abingdon Press, 2000).
• "Spiritual Guidance in a Mainline Protestant Context," Presence: The Journal of Spiritual Directors International, Vol. 6 1 (January, 2000): 21-32.
• Protestant Spiritual Exercises: Theology, History and Practice. (Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse, 1999).
• "The Significance of Ritual in the Case of Joanne: Insights from Depth Psychology." Chapter in Religious and Social Ritual: Interdisciplinary Explorations. Eds. M. Aune and V. De Marinis. (Albany: State University Press of New York, 1996).