ANDREW DREITCER
Director of Spiritual Formation, Associate Professor of Spirituality; Associate Professor of Religion, History of Christianity, Claremont Graduate University

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Office: Craig 102
Phone: (909) 447-2537
Email: adreitcer@cst.edu

Dr. Dreitcer has been a Presbyterian pastor, seminary instructor, director of seminary programs in spiritual formation and spiritual direction, retreat leader, and spiritual director. His teaching interests include the role of scripture in spiritual life, congregational spiritual formation, and the place of spiritual formation in theological studies. Dr. Dreitcer's spiritual life was significantly shaped by a year spent in the French community of Taizé.

Currently, his research and teaching interests lie in the areas of discernment and spiritual formation and in the relationship between contemplative/spiritual practices, spiritual formation (including the deepening of engaged compassion), and the discoveries of neuroscience.

EDUCATION

RECENT PUBLICATIONS / ACHIEVEMENTS

Beyond the Ordinary: Spirituality for Church Leaders
(Eerdmans, 2001)