Eric L. Johnson (PhD, Michigan State University) was trained as an academic psychologist and is now Professor of Christian Psychology at Houston Christian University. He taught psychology, theology, and worldview studies for 10 years at University of Northwestern. He was Lawrence and Charlotte Hoover Professor of Pastoral Care and taught counseling counseling for 17 years at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was the first director of the Society for Christian Psychology and has been doing pastoral counseling weekly for over 20 years. He also currently serves on staff part-time at Sojourn East. He’s married to Rebekah, and they have two children, Laura and Iain, a son-in-law, Rich, and three grandchildren by Laura and Rich: Cash, Jedi, and Seraphina.
Books and Writing
He has written over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, many of them discussing what a distinctly Christian version of psychology and psychotherapy/counseling would look like, insofar as Christian beliefs and values make a difference. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Psychology and Christianity and the Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care. In addition, he edited Christianity and Psychology: Five Views (2nd ed.) (InterVarsity), and co-edited God Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents God (Zondervan) and Marriage: Its Foundation, Theology, and Mission (Moody). He also has written Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal and God and Soul Care: The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith to help build a framework for a Christian version of psychology and psychotherapy/counseling.
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