Andrew Dreitcer
Vice President for Academic AffairsDean of the Faculty Professor of SpiritualityCo-Director of The Center For Engaged Compassion
Andrew Dreitcer’s current research and teaching interests lie in the exploration of the nature and experience of contemplative practices across religious traditions, the relationship between spiritual practices and neuro-scientific understandings, the ways in which contemplative practices form compassionate actions and attitudes of living, and Christianity as a spiritual path of engaged compassion. He is also Director of Spiritual Formation at Claremont School of Theology, co-director of the Center for Engaged Compassion, and director of the Hybrid-Online D.Min. in “Spiritual Renewal, Contemplative Practice, and Strategic Leadership.
Dr. Dreitcer has been the co-founding director of a seminary program in spiritual direction and served 15 years as a Presbyterian pastor. Studies with Henri Nouwen and a year spent at the ecumenical monastic community of Taizé significantly shaped his own spiritual life and his perspective on both the role of spiritual formation in theological studies and the value of contemplative studies in academia.
Contact
Email: adreitcer@cst.edu
Education
BA, Wabash College
MDiv, Yale Divinity School
PhD, Graduate Theological Union
Publications
Living Compassion: Loving Like Jesus (Upper Room Books, 2017) — Named One of the Best Spiritual Books of 2017 by Spirituality and Practice
Beyond the Ordinary: Spirituality for Church Leaders (Eerdmans, 2001)
Service
Fellow, Mind & Life Institute
Board member, “Contemplative Development Mapping Project” (aka “The Dark Night Project”), Brown University
