About the Institute for Spirituality & WellnessOverview
The Institute for Spirituality and Wellness (ISW) seeks to renew and rebuild on the legacy of Anton Boisen who was a pioneering figure in spirituality and wellness in the area of hospital chaplaincy, Clinical Pastoral Education, and ministry to the mentally ill. An initial goal is the development of a Faith-Based Community Outreach Initiative that will work with clergy and congregations at the grassroots level to bring them spirituality and health information, techniques, and practices based on cutting edge science. The first step in ISW’s Faith-Based Community Outreach Initiative is the development of a series of web pages that will serve the networking and on-line training needs of faith-based clergy and congregations in Metropolitan Chicago, as well as throughout the United States and the world. The Legacy of Anton Boisen
The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education’s biography of Boisen states: Anton Boisen is the pioneer founder of the clinical pastoral education movement. He was the first clergy to supervise students in what we know today as CPE. He believed in the first hand study of human experience as a way to challenge seminarians to think theologically. What he called reading “the living human documents” was a necessary supplement to classroom training in the seminary experience. (Click here for full bio)
Who’s Who at ISWRobert Moore, Ph.D. Robert Moore, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Spirituality at Chicago Theological Seminary. Dr. Moore is a senior professor in the Center for Theology, Ethics, and the Human Sciences, an interdisciplinary institute for advanced study in the philosophical, theological, and ethical implications of the various human sciences. He is also a Diplomat of the Alfred Adler Institute of Chicago, since 1983; and an Analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago, since 1987. He is the author of Facing the Dragon: Confronting Personal and Spiritual Grandiosity (Chiron, 2003); The Archetype of Initiation: Sacred Space, Ritual Process, and Personal Transformation (Xlibris, 2001); and King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine (Harpercollins, 1990). Dr. Margaret L. Shanahan Margaret Shanahan, Psychoanalyst. Margaret Shanahan is a psychotherapist whose research into the mythic imagination beginning in the 1960s has led to many workshops, seminars, and professional papers examining culture through the artifacts of anthropology, literature, aesthetics, gender, film/fairytale, and folk art traditions. As an educator she has worked for cross-cultural awareness and equal opportunity for women and minorities for over 40 years. She lectures internationally on developmental issues of psychology, particularly as it relates to the unique difficulties that women face in realizing their optimal psychological growth in the world of work, love, and intimacy. Holding a post-doctoral Diplomate in Psychoanalysis from the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago, Dr. Shanahan served on the Board of Directors and Director of Programming for many years. In addition to her doctoral training in clinical psychology and later psychoanalysis, she has done extensive study in the relationship between psychology, moral development/ethics, and spirituality. Dr. Shanahan is developing a series of workshops and seminars for the Institute for Spirituality and Wellness. Mary Montgomery, M.A., Mary. Montgomery is a Ph. D. student at Chicago Theological Seminary with a research focus on the intersection between theology and science in the area of altruistic love. In addition to her work with ISW, Ms. Montgomery is a public relations consultant whose clients include Chicago Area Project, the agency created in 1934 by University of Chicago Sociologist Clifford Shaw, that pioneered the grass-roots community committee model that is used widely throughout the United States and the world. Her credentials include establishing a chain of bilingual, Spanish/English community newspapers, a concept that has been replicated in communities throughout Illinois and the United States. Ms Montgomery is involved in doing extensive research and content creation for ISW. Rev. Dr. David Stewart (M.D., D.Min.) Rev. Dr. David Stewart is a board certified Family Medicine physician and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. A practicing physician for over 25 years, Dr. Stewart was struck by the lack of attention to care of the spirit in Western biomedicine and felt the need to expand his understanding of wellness to include spiritual care. Discerning a call to enter the ministry, he earned the Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees at CTS. He continues to practice medicine, striving to more fully integrate care for body, mind, and spirit. He is a member of the medical staffs of Advocate Christ Medical Center and Rush University Medical Center, where he is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine. He is an Associate Pastor at Kenwood United Church of Christ in Chicago where he founded and serves at the Norma Jean Sanders Free Medical Clinic. Dr. Stewart is on the Adjunct Faculty of CTS, where he has taught courses on spirituality and wellness. Dr. Stewart has been a key contributor to the development of ISW’s the web pages, “Spirituality, Healing, & Wellness: A Curriculum for Congregations.” ISW Advisory Board MembersDr. Michael Andrew, U.S. Govt Research Scientist. Dr. Michael Andrew is a Statistician for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory Division, Biostatistics Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His expertise includes hypothesis development, design, planning, analysis and reporting for observational and experimental studies. He has significant experience with quantitative epidemiological analysis of data from large scale observational studies using linear models, multiple logistic regression, survival analysis, and generalized linear models. He has diverse experience in statistical consulting for clinical, basic science, and epidemiological research. He has also served as Professor of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center. Fernando Manzanilla is an entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of ImaginaMéxico. After more than a decade of public service that span the fields of finance, planning, social development and public policy, Fernando recognized that major change in his country would not come from the large institutions, but rather through the sum of individual transformations. As Founder and CEO of ImaginaMexico, Fernando directs a network of organizations whose brands encompass the areas of food and beverages, agro forestry and wellness, human capital and technology, all under the common theme of helping individuals lead more meaningful and vital lives. He is the Founder and President of Cielo y Tierra, Facthum-Mexico andKakaw Universal. He is Founding Partner and board member of Intentional Chocolate, Human Energy System Alliance (HESA) and Baja Bio Sana. Fernando is also a member of the board of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Spirituality and Wellness at the Chicago Theological Seminary. He holds a BA in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM) and an MPP from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Jim Walsh, CEO of Intentional Chocolate and Human Energy Systems Alliance (HESA). Jim Walsh is the founder and Chairman of the Board of the HESA Institute. He brings to HESA his extensive knowledge of nutrition and science and his entrepreneurial skills to the unique challenge of unlocking the mysteries of the Human Energy System. Considered one of the world’s leading experts on food he is widely published and quoted in newspapers, journals, TV and radio. Walsh also serves as Chairman of the Board of the Hawaiian Vintage Chocolate since 1992 and Intentional Chocolate since 2007. He serves on the Advisory Boards of the Institute for Spirituality and Wellness At The Chicago Theological Seminary and the Center for Creating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin. He is a member and co-founder of the Badger Angel Capital Network (BACN) assisting the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the University of Wisconsin in technology transfer and business start-ups. Walsh’s involvements are dedicated to the single objective of creating products that nourish both body and spirit to improve the quality of life for all beings. Contact UsAddress: Phone and email contact: ResourcesAnton Boisen Photograph Collection and Biography The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., The ACPE History Network biography of Anton Theophilus Boisen |
Anton Boisen (1876-1965) is the pioneer founder of the clinical pastoral education movement. He was the first clergy to supervise students in what we know today as CPE. During his time in the Metropolitan Chicago area, Boisen was a Lecturer and Research Associate at Chicago Theological Seminary.