Susan S. Phillips
A spiritual
director and professor of sociology and Christian spirituality, Susan Phillips
earned a PhD in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and served
as the Executive Director of New College Berkeley, an affiliate for the
Graduate Theological Union, from 1994 to 2022.
In addition to teaching in a number of institutions within the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, and serving on its doctoral faculty, Susan has taught for many years for Fuller Theological Seminary, Regent College, and San Francisco Theological Seminary. Her books, like her teaching, explore the intersection of Christian spirituality and social science, and include the award-winning Crisis of Care: Affirming and Restoring Caring Practices in the Helping Professions, Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction, and The Cultivated Life: From Ceaseless Striving to Receiving Joy. Susan loves listening to people as they pray and seek the Holy in spiritual direction, retreats, and everyday life.
Media & Publications
- Honest Prayer – Summer Video
- Building Temples with Our Ears – Video
- Garden or Circus? Metaphors We Live (and Die) By – Audio Publication
- Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction – Book Publication
- Shhhh! The Art of Listening in an Inattentive Culture – Audio Publication