San Francisco Theological Seminary
Professor of Spiritual Life
Core Doctoral Faculty Member

At GTU since 1987

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1986
M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1983
M.A., Gonzaga University, 1975
B.A., Fort Wright College, 1968

Phone: 415/451-2880
E-mail: eliebert@sfts.edu

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• Discernment: Historical, Theological and Practical Approaches
• Spiritual Direction in Protestant Contexts
• Women's Experience of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola
• Spiritual Formation

Selected Publications

• Exploring Christian Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Sandra Schneiders (co-edited with Bruce Lescher). New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2006.
• "Supervision as Widening the Horizons." In Supervision of Spiritual Direction: Engaging in Holy Mystery, ed. Mary Rose Bumpus and Rebecca Langer, pp. 123-148. Harrisburg: Morehouse, 2005.
• “The Role of Practice in the Study of Christian Spirituality,” In Minding the Spirit: The Study of Christian Spirituality. Ed. Elizabeth A Dreyer and Mark S. Burrows, pp. 79-99. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. See also "Practice" in The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality, ed. Arthur Holder, pp. 496-514. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005.
• A Retreat with the Psalms: Resources for Personal and Communal Prayer (with John Endres) (New York: Paulist Press, 2001).
• The Spiritual Exercises Reclaimed: Uncovering Liberating Possibilities for Women (with Katherine Dyckman and Mary Garvin) (New York: Paulist Press, 2001).
• Changing Life Patterns: Adult Development and Spiritual Direction, Expanded Edition (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2000).