Author
Thomas E. Rodgerson
Former assistant professor, Loyola University Maryland
Thomas E. Rodgerson is a former assistant professor of pastoral counseling at Loyola University Maryland, where he specialized in the integration of psychology and theology for the training of clinical counselors and educators, chaplains and spiritual directors. He is a counselor with Centrepointe Counseling in Silver Spring, Maryland, working mostly with clergy and their families, and the author of “Overhearing a Christian Apology to the Nones.”
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