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Joretta L. Marshall

Emerita Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Counseling

Email: j.marshall@tcu.edu

Phone: 817-257-7575

Biography

Joretta Marshall is Emerita Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Counseling. Prior to her retirement from Brite, she served as Executive Vice President and Dean and also as Professor of Pastoral Theology and Care. Dr. Marshall has served as one of the Co-Editors for the Journal of Pastoral Theology, a publication supported by the Society for Pastoral Theology, and served on the editorial board for Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling. She is the author of Counseling Lesbian Partners and Why Should I Forgive?, is the co-editor of Forgiveness and Abuse: Jewish and Christian Reflections (with Marie Fortune), and The Formation of Pastoral Counselors: Challenges and Opportunities (with Duane Bidwell), along with a number of articles in professional and church-related journals. She is a past President of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. She is ordained as an Elder in the United Methodist Church and holds membership in the Rocky Mountain Conference.

Degrees

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1992
M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1989
M.Div., Iliff School of Theology, 1980
B.A,. Westmar College, 1976

Books

  • Practicing Care in Rural Congregations and Communities, with Jeanne Hoeft and Shannon Jung. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013

  • The Formation of Pastoral Counselors : Challenges and Opportunities, Binghamton, NY: Haworth Pastoral Press, 2006

  • How Can I Forgive? : A Study in Forgiveness, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005

  • Forgiveness and Abuse: Jewish and Christian Reflections Binghamton, NY: Haworth Pastoral Press, 2002

  • Counseling Lesbian Partners, Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1997