Degrees Offered: Ph.D.

The Religion and Psychology Area is not accepting new doctoral students at this time. However, faculty in this Area offer courses, contribute to the interdisciplinary aspects of doctoral programs in other Areas, and are available for membership on student’s examination and dissertation committees.

CORE DOCTORAL FACULTY IN RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY

LEWIS RAMBO • Professor of Pastoral Psychology, SFTS
Conversion; psychology of religion; multicultural pastoral care and counseling; history of pastoral care and counseling; cinema studies; religion and the human sciences; religious autobiography.

ARCHIE SMITH, JR. • Professor of Pastoral Psychology and Counseling, PSR
Social psychology; microsocial analysis; family and Black family in U.S. society; role of the arts in mental health.

CONSORTIAL FACULTY IN RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY

HERBERT ANDERSON • Research Professor of Practical Theology, PLTS
Frontiers of pastoral care; pastoral marriage and family counseling; methodology in pastoral care and counseling; gender issues from a pastoral perspective.

PETER YUICHI CLARK • Associate Professor of Pastoral Care, ABSW
Spiritual care in Asian and Pacific Islander populations; dynamics of aging and religious faith; implications of Buddhist-Christian interreligious dialogue for pastoral caregiving; spiritual assessment based on the capacity for hoping/hopefulness; cultural competence and humility in spiritual caregiving; Clinical Pastoral Education.