Donald Eric Capps

{{Short description|American theologian (1939–2015)}}

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Donald Eric Capps (January 30, 1939 – August 26, 2015) was an American theologian and William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Biography

Donald Eric Capps was born in Omaha, Nebraska. After studying at Lewis & Clark College (B.A. 1960) and Yale Divinity School (B.D. 1963, S.T.M. 1965) and University of Chicago (M.A. 1966), he earned his Ph.D. also at the University of Chicago in 1970. His dissertation explored a psycho-historical analysis of the personality of the English theologian John Henry Cardinal Newman, and particularly his vocational struggles.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

Capps' academic career started as Instructor at the Department of Religious Studies at the Oregon State University during the spring and summer of 1969. He then became Instructor and Assistant Professor at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago between 1969 and 1974. Later, he was appointed Associate Professor at the Department of Religious Studies of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina where he lectured between 1974 and 1976. Between 1976 and 1981, he was Associate Professor and then Professor at the Graduate Seminary of Phillips University.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

In 1981, he joined the faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary, where he was appointed the William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology.{{Cite web |title=Adjunct Faculty |url=http://www3.ptsem.edu/intContent.aspx?id=1487&menu_id=72 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527093712/http://www3.ptsem.edu/intContent.aspx?id=1487&menu_id=72 |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |access-date=June 14, 2010 |publisher=Princeton Theological Seminary}} In 1989, Uppsala University, Sweden awarded him a degree of Doctor honoris causa in Theology for his contributions to the field of Psychology of Religion.{{Cite web|url=http://katalog.uu.se/orgInfo/?languageId=1&orgId=X13:2|title=Teologie hedersdoktorer|publisher=Uppsala Universitet|access-date=September 28, 2011|language=sv}}

Other honors include the William F. Bier Award for contribution to Psychology of Religion, granted in 1995 by the Division 36 of the American Psychological Association; the Helen Flanders Dunbar Centennial Award, granted in 2002 by the Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York; and the Joseph A. Sittler Award for Theological Leadership, granted in 2003 by Trinity Lutheran Seminary.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

He was the book review editor for the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion between 1980 and 1983 and editor for the same journal between 1983 and 1988. Furthermore, between 1990 and 1992 he was the president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. He was an ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America beginning in 1972.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} In May 2009, he retired with the status of Professor emeritus{{Cite web |title=Professors Emeriti |url=http://www3.ptsem.edu/intContent.aspx?id=1486&menu_id=72 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516191933/http://www3.ptsem.edu/intContent.aspx?id=1486&menu_id=72 |archive-date=May 16, 2010 |access-date=June 14, 2010 |publisher=Princeton Theological Seminary}} but remained lecturing as adjunct until his death.

Capps died on August 26, 2015, aged 76, in Trenton, New Jersey, as a consequence of injuries suffered in a car crash in Princeton.{{Cite web|url=http://planetprinceton.com/2015/08/27/princeton-theologian-donald-capps-dead-at-age-76/|title=Princeton Theologian Donald Capps Dead at Age 76|publisher=Planet Princeton|date=August 27, 2015|access-date=August 27, 2015}}

Selected bibliography

Capps wrote, co-authored, edited and co-edited dozens of books and journal issues and published more than one hundred chapters, articles, and reviews in books and journals.{{cite journal|editor1-first=Robert|editor1-last=Dykstra|editor2-first=Robert|editor2-last=Cole Jr.|year=2009|title=Books and Articles by Donald Capps|journal=Pastoral Psychology|volume=58 |issue=5, 6 |pages=681–693|issn=0031-2789|doi=10.1007/s11089-009-0247-1|s2cid=189767364}}

=Books=

  • {{cite book | others=with Nathan Carlin | title=100 Years of Happiness: Insights and Findings from the Experts | year=2012 | publisher=Praeger | location=Santa Barbara | isbn=978-1-4408-0363-5}}
  • {{cite book | title=Agents of Hope: A Pastoral Psychology | orig-year=1995| year=2001 | publisher=Augsburg Fortress; Wipf & Stock | location=Minneapolis; Eugene | isbn=978-1-57910-811-3}}
  • {{cite book | title=Biblical Approaches to Pastoral Counseling | orig-year=1981| year=2003 | publisher=Westminster; Wipf & Stock | location=Philadelphia; Eugene | isbn=978-0-664-24388-3}}
  • {{cite book |trans-title=The use of the Bible in pastoral counseling |title=Penggunaan Alkitab dalam konseling pastoral | year=1999 | publisher=Penebit Kanisius | location=Yogyakarta | language=id | isbn=978-979-672-150-4}}
  • {{cite book | title=The Child's Song: The Religious Abuse of Children | year=1995 | publisher=Westminster/John Knox | location=Louisville | isbn=978-0-664-25554-1}}
  • {{cite book | title=Deadly Sins and Saving Virtues | orig-year=1987| year=2001 | publisher=Fortress; Wipf & Stock | location=Minneapolis; Eugene | isbn=978-0-8006-1948-0}}
  • {{cite book | others=trans. 김진영 옮김 | script-title=ko:대죄와 구원의 덕 |trans-title=The virtues of sin and salvation for | year=2008 | publisher=한국장로교출판사 | location=서울 | language=ko | isbn=978-89-398-0387-9}}
  • {{cite book | title=The Decades of Life: A Guide to Human Development | year=2008 | publisher=Westminster/John Knox | location=Louisville | isbn=978-0-664-23241-2}}
  • {{cite book | title=The Depleted Self: Sin in a Narcissistic Age | year=1992 | publisher=Fortress | location=Minneapolis | isbn=978-0-8006-2587-0 | url=https://archive.org/details/depletedselfsini00capp }}
  • {{cite book | others=trans. 김진영 옮김 | script-title=ko:고갈된 자아의 치유 |trans-title=Depleted of self healing | year=2001 | publisher=한국장로교출판사 | location=서울 | language=ko | isbn=978-89-398-0375-6}}
  • {{cite book | others=with Robert C. Dykstra, and Allan Hugh Cole Jr. | title=The Faith and Friendships of Teenage Boys | year=2012 | publisher=Westminster John Knox | location=Louisville | isbn=978-0-664-23340-2}}
  • {{cite book | title=Fragile Connections: Memoirs of Mental Illness for Pastoral Care Professionals | year=2005 | publisher=Chalice | location=St. Louis | isbn=978-0-8272-2331-8}}
  • {{cite book | title=Giving Counsel: A Minister's Guidebook | year=2001 | publisher=Chalice | location=St. Louis | isbn=978-0-827212-47-3}}
  • {{cite book | title=At Home in the World: A Study in Psychoanalysis, Religion, and Art | year=2013 | publisher=Cascade | location=Eugene | isbn=978-1-61097-969-6}}
  • {{cite book | title=Jesus: A Psychological Biography | orig-year=2000| year=2010 | publisher=Chalice; Wipf & Stock | location=St. Louis; Eugene | isbn=978-0-8272-1713-3 | url=https://archive.org/details/jesuspsychologic0000capp }}
  • {{cite book | title=Jesus: The Village Psychiatrist | year=2008 | publisher=Westminster/John Knox | location=Louisville | isbn=978-0-664-23240-5}}
  • {{cite book | title=Laughter Ever After... Ministry of Good Humor | year=2008 | publisher=Chalice | location=St. Louis | isbn=978-0-8272-2141-3}}
  • {{cite book | title=Life Cycle Theory and Pastoral Care | orig-year=1983| year=2002 | publisher=Fortress; Wipf & Stock | location=Minneapolis; Eugene | isbn=978-1-59244-083-2}}
  • {{cite book | others=with Nathan Carlin | title=Living in Limbo: Life in the Midst of Uncertainty | year=2010 | publisher=Wipf & Stock | location=Eugene | isbn=978-1-60899-522-6}}
  • {{cite book | title=Living Stories: Pastoral Counseling in Congregational Context | year=1998 | publisher=Augsburg Fortress | location=Minneapolis | isbn=978-0-8006-3073-7}}
  • {{cite book | others=trans. 李金好 | script-title=zh:鮮活故事: 教會裏的牧養輔導 |trans-title=Xian story: teach Club Med there Pastor 養 Counseling | year=2005 | publisher=基道出版社 | location=香港 (Hong Kong) | language=zh | isbn=978-962-457-303-9}} New Preface
  • {{cite book | others=with Robert C. Dykstra, and Allan Hugh Cole, Jr. | title=Losers, Loners, and Rebels: The Spiritual Struggles of Boys | year=2007 | publisher=Westminster/John Knox | location=Louisville | isbn=978-0-664-22961-0 | url=https://archive.org/details/loserslonersrebe0000dyks }}
  • {{cite book | title=Men, Religion, and Melancholia: James, Otto, Jung, Erikson | year=1997 | publisher=Yale University | location=New Haven | isbn=978-0-300-06971-6}}
  • {{cite book | title=Men and Their Religion: Honor, Hope, and Humor | year=2002 | publisher=Trinity International | location=Harrisburg | isbn=978-1-56338-383-0}}
  • {{cite book | title=Pastoral Care: A Thematic Approach | orig-year=1979 | year=2003 | publisher=Westminster; Wipf & Stock | location=Philadelphia; Eugene | isbn=978-0-664-24222-0 | url=https://archive.org/details/pastoralcarethem00capp }}
  • {{cite book | title=Pastoral Care and Hermeneutics | orig-year=1984| year=2012 | publisher=Fortress; Wipf & Stock | location=Philadelphia; Eugene | isbn=978-1-62032-353-3}}
  • {{cite book | others=with Gene Fowler | title=The Pastoral Care Case: Learning About Care in Congregations | orig-year=2001| year=2010 | publisher=Chalice; Wipf & Stock | location=St. Louis; Eugene | isbn=978-0-8272-2964-8}}
  • {{cite book | title=Pastoral Counseling and Preaching: A Quest for an Integrated Ministry | orig-year=1980| year=2003 | publisher=Westminster; Wipf & Stock | location=Philadelphia; Eugene | isbn=978-1-59244-297-3}}
  • {{cite book | title=The Poet's Gift: Toward the Renewal of Pastoral Care | year=1993 | publisher=Westminster/John Knox | location=Louisville | isbn=978-0-664-25403-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/poetsgifttowardr0000capp }}
  • {{cite book | title=Reframing: A New Method in Pastoral Care | year=1990 | publisher=Fortress | location=Minneapolis | isbn=978-0-8006-2413-2}}
  • {{cite book | others=trans. 譚偉光 | script-title=zh:易構: 牧養關顧的新方法 |trans-title=Yi 構: Mu 養 Guan 顧 new method | year=2005 | publisher=基道出版社 | location= 香港 (Hong Kong) | language=zh | isbn=978-962-457-296-4 }} New Preface
  • {{cite book | title=Social Phobia: Alleviating Anxiety in an Age of Self-promotion | orig-year=1999| year=2010 | publisher=Chalice; Wipf & Stock | location=St. Louis; Eugene | isbn=978-0-8272-3440-6}}
  • {{cite book | title=Striking Out: The Religious Journey of Teenage Boys | year=2011 | publisher=Cascade | location=Eugene | isbn=978-1-61097-300-7}}
  • {{cite book | title=A Time to Laugh: The Religion of Humor | year=2005 | publisher=Continuum | location=New York | isbn=978-0-8264-1641-4}}
  • {{cite book | title=Understanding Psychosis: Issues and Challenges for Sufferers, Families, and Friends | year=2010 | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | location=Lanham | isbn=978-1-4422-0592-5}}
  • {{cite book | title=Young Clergy: A Biographical-Developmental Study | year=2005 | publisher=Haworth | location=New York | isbn=978-0-7890-2670-5}}
  • {{cite book | others=with John M. Capps | title=You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think | year=2009 | publisher=John Wiley-Blackwell | location=Hoboken | isbn=978-1-4051-9664-2}}

=Edited books and journal issues=

  • {{cite book | others=with Frank E. Reynolds | title=The Biographical Process: Essays in the History and Psychology of Religion | year=1977 | publisher=Mouton | location=The Hague | isbn=978-90-279-7522-5 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/thebiographicalprocess0000fran }}
  • {{cite book | others=with R. J. Wicks, R. D. Parsons | title=Clinical Handbook of Pastoral Counseling | year=1985 | publisher=Paulist Press | location=Mahweh | isbn=978-0-8091-2687-3 | url=https://archive.org/details/clinicalhandbook0000unse }}
  • {{cite book | others=with Walter H. Capps, M. Gerald Bradford | title=Encounter with Erikson: Historical Interpretation and Religious Biography | year=1977 | series=Formative Contemporary Thinkers | volume=2 | publisher=Scholars Press | location=Missoula}}
  • {{cite book | others=with Richard K. Fenn | title=The Endangered Self | type=Monograph | volume=2 | year=1992 | publisher=Princeton Theological Seminary | location=Princeton | isbn=978-1-882380-01-5}}
  • {{cite book | title=Freud and Freudians on Religion: A Reader | year=2001 | publisher=Yale University | location=New Haven | isbn=978-0-300-08201-2}}
  • {{cite book | others=with James E. Dittes | title=The Hunger of the Heart: Reflections on the Confessions of Augustine | type=Monograph | volume=8 | year=1990 | publisher=Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (Purdue University) | location=West Lafayette | isbn=978-0-932566-07-2}}
  • {{cite book | others=with Richard K. Fenn | title=Individualism Reconsidered: Readings Bearing on the Endangered Self in Modern Society | type=Monograph | volume=1 | year=1992 | publisher=Princeton Theological Seminary | location=Princeton | isbn=978-1-882380-00-8}}
  • {{cite book | others=with John M. Capps | title=James and Dewey on Belief and Experience | year=2005 | publisher=University of Illinois | location=Chicago | isbn=978-0-252-07206-2}}
  • {{cite book | others=with Richard K. Fenn | title=On Losing the Soul: Essays in the Social Psychology of Religion | year=1995 | publisher=SUNY | location=Albany | isbn=978-0-7914-2494-0}}
  • {{cite book | others=with Lewis Rambo, Paul Ransohoff | title=Psychology of Religion: A Guide to Information Sources | year=1976 | publisher=Gale Research | location=Detroit | isbn=978-0-8103-1356-9 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/psychologyofreli0000capp }}
  • {{cite book | others=by James E. Dittes | title=Re-calling Ministry | year=1999 | publisher=Chalice | location=St. Louis | isbn=978-0-8272-3217-4}}
  • {{cite book | others=with Janet Liebman Jacobs | title=Religion, Society, and Psychoanalysis: Readings in Contemporary Theory |year=1997 | publisher=Westview | location=Boulder | isbn=978-0-8133-2648-1}}
  • {{cite book | others=with Walter H. Capps | title=The Religious Personality | year=1970 | publisher=Wadsworth | location=Belmont }}
  • {{cite journal | year=2010 | title=Special Issue: Papers presented at the first annual conference of the Group for New Directions in Pastoral Theology | journal=Pastoral Psychology | volume=59 | issue=6 | pages=657–842 | issn=0031-2789 }} With Robert C. Dykstra
  • {{cite journal | year=2011 | title=Special Issue: Papers presented at the second annual conference of the Group for New Directions in Pastoral Theology | journal=Pastoral Psychology | volume=60 | issue=3 | pages=309–489 | issn=0031-2789 }} With Robert C. Dykstra
  • {{cite journal | year=2003 | title=Special Issue: Tribute to James E. Dittes | journal=Pastoral Psychology | volume=52 | issue=1–2 | pages=3–189 | issn=0031-2789 | doi=10.1023/A:1026078527454 | last1=Capps | first1=Donald | last2=Dykstra | first2=Robert C. }} With Robert C. Dykstra
  • {{cite book | others=with Janet L. Jacobs | title=The Struggle for Life: A Companion to William James' The Varieties of Religious Experience | type=Monograph | volume=9 | year=1995 | publisher=The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (Purdue University) | location=West Lafayette | isbn=978-1-882380-02-2}}

=Selected book chapters and journal articles=

  • {{cite journal | year=2007 | title=Augustine's Confessions: Self-reproach and the Melancholy Self | journal=Pastoral Psychology | volume=55 | issue=5 | pages=571–591 | issn=0031-2789 | doi=10.1007/s11089-007-0075-0| last1=Capps | first1=Donald | s2cid=144675145 }}
  • {{cite journal | year=2007 | title=Augustine's Confessions: The Story of a Divided Self and the Process of Its Unification | journal=Pastoral Psychology | volume=55 | issue=5 | pages=551–569 | issn=0031-2789 | doi=10.1007/s11089-007-0074-1| last1=Capps | first1=Donald | s2cid=144966318 }}
  • {{cite journal | year=1989 | title=Dödssynder och narcissistiska jag: ett nytt perspektiv på omvändelsens psykologi |trans-title=Deadly Sins and the Narcissistic Self: A New Perspective in the Psychology of Conversion | journal=Religion och Samhalle | volume=5 | issue=43 | issn=0283-0663 | language=sv }} Translation of the doctoral (University of Uppsala) inaugural lecture.
  • {{cite journal | year=2008 | title=Erik H. Erikson, Norman Rockwell, and the Therapeutic Functions of a Questionable Painting | journal=American Imago | volume=65 | issue=2 | pages=191–228 | issn=0065-860X | url=http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/american_imago/v065/65.2.capps.pdf | access-date=28 September 2011 | doi=10.1353/aim.0.0016| last1=Donald Capps | s2cid=143652149 }}
  • {{cite journal | year=2007 | title=The Homosexual Tendencies of King James: Should this Matter to Bible Readers Today? | journal=Pastoral Psychology | volume=55 | issue=6 | pages=551–569 | issn=0031-2789 | doi=10.1007/s11089-007-0077-y| last1=Capps | first1=Donald | last2=Carlin | first2=Nathan Steven | s2cid=143847163 }} With Nathan Steven Carlin
  • {{cite journal | year=2010 | title=Identity with Jesus Christ: The Case of Leon Gabor | journal=Journal of Religion and Health | volume=49 | issue=4 | pages=560–580 | issn=0022-4197 | doi=10.1007/s10943-009-9317-z| pmid=20041299 | last1=Capps | first1=Donald | s2cid=31276628 }}
  • {{cite journal | year=1970 | title=John Henry Newman: A Study of Vocational Identity | journal=Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion | volume=9 | issue=1 | pages=33–51 | issn=0021-8294 | jstor=1385152 | doi=10.2307/1385152| last1=Capps | first1=Donald }}
  • {{cite journal | year=2011 | title=John Nash, Game Theory, and the Schizophrenic Brain | journal=Journal of Religion and Health | volume=50 | issue=1 | pages=145–162 | issn=0022-4197 | doi=10.1007/s10943-009-9291-5| pmid=19862621 | last1=Capps | first1=Donald | s2cid=950736 }}
  • {{cite journal | year=1999 | title=The Lessons of Art Theory for Pastoral Theology | journal=Pastoral Psychology | volume=47 | issue=5 | pages=321–346 | issn=0031-2789 | doi=10.1023/A:1021306218981| last1=Capps | first1=Donald | s2cid=140928307 }}
  • {{cite journal | year=2010 | title=The Lessons of Artistic Creativity for Pastoral Theologians | journal=Pastoral Psychology | volume=59 | issue=3 | pages=249–264 | issn=0031-2789 | doi=10.1007/s11089-009-0198-6| last1=Capps | first1=Donald | s2cid=143910149 }}
  • {{cite book | editor1-first=Jacob A. | editor1-last=Belzen | editor2-first=Jozef | editor2-last=Corveleyn | title=Crossing Boundaries in the Psychology of Religion | year=1999 | publisher=Åbo Akademi | location=Åbo (Turku) | isbn=978-952-12-0362-6 | pages=27–43 | chapter=Melancholy and Motherhate: The Parabolic Fault-line in Erikson's 'Young Man Luther' }}
  • {{cite journal | year=2009 | title=Mental Illness, Religion, and the Rational Mind: The Case of Clifford W. Beers | journal=Mental Health, Religion & Culture | volume=12 | issue=2 | pages=157–174 | issn=1367-4676 | doi=10.1080/13674670802398543| last1=Capps | first1=Donald | s2cid=144961693 }}
  • {{cite journal | year=1995 | title=The Mysterium Tremendum: Its Childhood Origins | journal=Psychology of Religion Newsletter | volume=20 | issue=2 | pages=6–15 | url=http://www.division36.org/Newsletters/v20n2.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402180951/http://www.division36.org/Newsletters/v20n2.pdf | url-status=usurped | archive-date=April 2, 2012 | access-date=21 September 2011 }} The 1994 William F. Bier Award Address of Division 36 of the American Psychological Association.
  • {{cite book | editor1-first=Sally A. | editor1-last=Brown | editor2-first=Patrick D. | editor2-last=Miller | title=Lament: Reclaiming Practices in Pulpit, Pew, and Public Square | year=2005 | publisher=Westminster/John Knox | location=Louisville | isbn=978-0-664-22750-0 | pages=70–79 | chapter=Nervous Laughter: Lament, Death Anxiety, and Humor }}
  • {{cite journal | year=2009 | title=Norman Vincent Peale, Smiley Blanton, and the Hidden Energies of the Mind | journal=Journal of Religion and Health | volume=48 | issue=4 | pages=507–527 | issn=0022-4197 | doi = 10.1007/s10943-009-9258-6| pmid=19475512 | last1=Capps | first1=Donald | s2cid=8829687 }}
  • {{cite journal | year=1983 | title=The Parabolic Event in Religious Autobiography | journal=Princeton Seminary Bulletin | volume=4 (new) | issue=1 | pages=26–38 | issn=0032-8413 | url=http://scdc.library.ptsem.edu/mets/mets.aspx?src=PSB1983041&div=9 | access-date=21 September 2011 }} Inaugural address at Princeton Theological Seminary.
  • {{cite journal | year=1978 | title=Pastoral Care and Psychology of Religion: Toward a New Alliance | journal=Pastoral Psychology | volume=26 | issue=3 | pages=187–200 | issn=0031-2789 | doi=10.1007/bf01759741| last1=Capps | first1=Donald | s2cid=144383527 }}
  • {{cite journal | year=2009 | title=Relaxed Bodies, Emancipated Minds, and Dominant Calm | journal=Journal of Religion and Health | volume=48 | issue=3 | pages=368–380 | issn=0022-4197 | doi=10.1007/s10943-009-9263-9| pmid=19475511 | last1=Capps | first1=Donald | s2cid=29034004 }}
  • {{cite book | editor1-first=Jacob A. | editor1-last=Belzen | editor2-first=Owe | editor2-last=Wikström | title=Taking a Step Back: Assessments of the Psychology of Religion | series=Psychologia et Sociologia Religionum | volume=13 | year=1997 | publisher=Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis | location=Uppsala | isbn=978-91-554-4018-3 | pages=37–54 | chapter=Shame, Melancholy, and the Introspective Method in Psychology of Religion }}
  • {{cite book | editor1-first=Brian H. | editor1-last=Childs | editor2-first=David W. | editor2-last=Waanders | title=The Treasure of Earthen Vessels: Explorations in Theological Anthropology. In Honor of James N. Lapsley | year=1994 | publisher=Westminster John Knox | location=Louisville | isbn=978-0-664-25493-3 | pages=82–104 | chapter=The Soul as the "Coreness" of the Self }}
  • {{cite journal | year=2008 | title=Was William James a Patient at McLean Hospital for the Mentally Ill? | journal=Pastoral Psychology | volume=56 | issue=3 | pages=295–320 | issn=0031-2789 | doi=10.1007/s11089-007-0115-9| last1=Capps | first1=Donald | s2cid=143915877 }}

=Secondary resources=

  • {{cite journal | last=Dreyer | first=Yolanda | year=2005 | title=Reflections on Donald Capps' Hermeneutical Model of Pastoral Care | journal=Hervormde Teologiese Studies | volume=61 | issue=Part 1/2 | pages=109–130 | issn=0259-9422 | doi=10.4102/hts.v61i1/2.450| doi-access=free | hdl=2263/13639 | hdl-access=free }}
  • {{cite journal | editor1-first=Robert | editor1-last=Dykstra | editor2-first=Allan Hugh | editor2-last=Cole Jr. | year=2009 | title=Special Issue: Tribute to Donald Capps | journal=Pastoral Psychology | volume=58 | issue=5, 6 | pages=443–693 | issn=0031-2789

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  • {{cite journal | editor1-first=J. Harold | editor1-last=Ellens | year=2002 | title=Special Issue: Jesus: A Psychological Biography | journal=Pastoral Psychology | volume=50 | issue=6 | pages=387–480 | issn=0031-2789 | url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/0031-2789/50/6/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202233347/http://www.springerlink.com/content/0031-2789/50/6/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 February 2013 | access-date=19 August 2010}}
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