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Bruce Epperly Director of Continuing Education Professor of Practical Theology Degrees/Education
B.A., San Jose State University, 1975 M.A., Claremont Graduate University, 1977 Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, 1980 Bruce Epperly is the Director of Continuing Education and Professor of Practical Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary. He is also co-pastor, with his wife Rev. Dr. Katherine Gould Epperly, of the Disciples United Community Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Prior to that time, Dr. Epperly served as Director of the Protestant Ministry and Adjunct Professor in Theology, Spirituality, and Medicine at Georgetown University and Medical School (1982-1999), and Acting Associate Dean, Assistant to the President for On-line Programs, and Adjunct Professor in Theology, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care at Wesley Theological Seminary (2000-2003). He has also served as an interim minister in Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ congregations as well as the Director of the Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health. An ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ, Dr. Epperly has written fifteen books, including God’s Touch: Faith, Wholeness and the Healing Miracles of Jesus; Mending the World: Spiritual Hope for Ourselves and Our Planet and Walking in the Light: A Jewish-Christian Vision of Healing and Wholeness (the first and second volumes of a trilogy on Jewish-Christian theology and spirituality, co-written with Rabbi Lewis Solomon); Reiki Healing Touch and the Way of Jesus (co-written with Kate Epperly), and The Power of Affirmative Faith: A Spirituality of Personal Transformation, which received Spirituality and Health magazine’s award as being “one of the best books in spirituality in 2001.” His latest books, to be released Fall 2008, include his response to Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Life, Holy Adventure: Forty-one Days of Audacious Living; Feed the Fire: Avoiding Clergy Burnout, written with Kate Epperly; and The Four Seasons of Ministry: A Harvest of Righteousness. Dr Epperly speaks regularly throughout North America on subjects such as: healing and wholeness, spiritual formation, Christianity and complementary medicine, process theology, ministerial wholeness, and progressive theology and spirituality. He has appeared on “Nightline,” “ABC World News Tonight,” and “PBS News Hour.” He has been married to Rev. Dr. Katherine Gould Epperly since 1979, and is the parent of Matthew Epperly, age 26, who lives in Manhattan. Dr. Epperly’s interests, beyond the ministry and academics, include walking, reading mysteries, travel, gardening, and cooking. He regularly meets with students in the Adirondack chairs at Franklin and Marshall College, across the street from the seminary.
Process Theology
Spiritual Formation The Healings of Jesus Bioethics Ministerial Leadership Celtic Theology Spiritual Autobiography Emerging and Missional Christianity Spiritual FormationHoly Adventure: Forty-one Days of Audacious Living
(Upper Room, 2008)
Healing Worship: Purpose and Practice
(Pilgrim, 2006) Reiki Healing Touch and the Way of Jesus (Wood Lake, 2005) Called by the Spirit: Process Theology in a Relational World written with John Cobb and Paul Nancarrow
(Process and Faith, 2005) Walking in the Light written with Rabbi Lewis Solomon
(Chalice, 2004) Finding Angels in Boulders written with Rabbi Lewis Solomon
(Chalice, 2004) Mending the World: Spiritual Hope for Ourselves and Our Planet written with Rabbi Lewis Solomon
(Innisfree Press, 2002) The Power of Affirmative Faith: A Spirituality of Personal Transformation (Chalice Press, 2001) God's Touch: Faith, Wholeness, and the Healings of Jesus (Westminster/John Knox Press, 2002) The Transforming Moment: A Lenten Devotional for College Students (Higher Education Ministry Associates, 1999) Spirituality and Health, Health and Spirituality: A New Journey of Spirit, Mind, and Body (Twenty-third Publications, 1997) Crystal and Cross: Christianity and the New Age in Creative Dialogue (Twenty-third Publications, 1996) At the Edges of Life (Chalice, 1992)
SPIRITUALITY:
Spirituality Meditation Process Spirituality New Spiritual Movements/New Age Movement Spiritual Retreats THEOLOGY AND ETHICS:
Contemporary Theology Process Theology Progressive Christianity Bioethics: End of Life Faith and Science HEALING:
Healing and Wholeness Spirituality and Cancer Healing Worship Reiki Healing Touch Preaching the Healing Stories Christianity and Complementary Medicine MINISTRY AND CONGREGATIONAL LIFE:
Ministerial Vitality and Excellence Ministerial Spirituality Ministerial Wellness Congregational Visioning Ministry with College Students Lay Theological Education and Spirituality |