Samuel Hamilton-Poore

San Francisco Theological Seminary
Director, Program in Christian Spirituality
Assistant Professor of Christian Spirituality

D.Min., SFTS, 2006
Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction, SFTS, 1998
M.Div. Duke University Divinity School, 1984
B.A. University of South Carolina, 1981

Phone: 415/451-2816
E-mail: shamiltonpoore@sfts.edu

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• Prayer
• Spiritual Direction
• Pneumatology
• Human experience of God
• Ecology and faith
• Reformed spirituality

Selected Publications

• “Psyche and Soul: Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Counseling at the Crossroads,”  Presence: Journal of Spiritual Directors International (forthcoming)
• Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation, Upper Room Books, 2009.
• “Encountering the Spirit in Creation,” in Hungryhearts: A Quarterly Journal of Reformed Spirituality,  2008.
• “The Given and the Gift: Sexuality and God’s Eros in Spiritual Direction and Supervision,” in Supervision of Spiritual Directors: Engaging in Holy Mystery,  Morehouse Publishing, 2005.