Bruce H. Lescher

Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University
Associate Academic Dean and Senior Lecturer in Christian Spirituality
Core Doctoral Faculty Member

At GTU since 1998

Ph.D. (Christian Spirituality), Graduate Theological Union, 1991
M.A.S. (Master in Applied Spirituality), University of San Francisco, 1982
M.A. (English), University of Michigan, 1973
B.A. (English), University of Notre Dame, 1968

Phone: 510/549-5055
E-mail: blescher@jstb.edu

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• Spiritual Formation
• Adult Spiritual Development
• Spiritual Direction
• Modern American Catholic Spirituality

Selected Publications

• “Thomas Merton (1915-68), New Seeds of Contemplation,” in Christian Spirituality: The Classics, Routledge, 2010.
• Exploring Christian Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Sandra M. Schneiders, co-edited with Elizabeth Liebert, SNJM, Paulist Press, 2006.
• “Diaknonia and the Diaconate,” The New Westminster Dictionary of Christian Spirituality, SCM Press, 2005.
• “The Truth That Makes Us Free,” The Way, 2004.
• “Catholicism and Postmodernity: Faithing Our Practice,” The Way, 2001.
• “Spiritual Direction: Stalking the Boundaries,” in Handbook of Spirituality for Ministers vol. 2,Paulist Press, 2000.