Theosemantics: The Complete Work

What if the most important spiritual words-God, Love, Justice, Freedom-have not lost their meaning, but are waiting to be lived again?

THEOSEMANTICS is not a systematic theology. It is not a self-help program. It is not a defense of religion as you've known it.

It is an invitation.

Across eighteen interconnected books, Jeff Hood reclaims the language at the center of human existence and reopens it as lived territory. Each word becomes a doorway-not into abstraction, but into a deeper encounter with your own life. God is not somewhere else. Love is not sentimental. Justice is not optional. Freedom is not theoretical.

This is theology forged in lived experience-on death row, in moments of crisis, in the quiet recognition that the sacred is not distant but present in every breath, every body, every relationship.

Drawing on Christian mysticism, nondual philosophy, and contemporary spiritual insight, THEOSEMANTICS dissolves the boundary between the divine and the human, the spiritual and the material, the personal and the political.

These books do not ask you to believe more.

They ask you to see differently.
To live differently.
To have the courage to be.

Each volume stands alone, yet together they form a sweeping exploration of what it means to be fully alive in a world that demands nothing less.

If you have ever felt that traditional religion was too small, too distant, or too mediated...
If you are searching for a spirituality that is honest, embodied, and unafraid...
If you are ready to move beyond explanation into experience...

The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood is a Catholic Priest (Old Catholic) and nationally recognized theologian and spiritual advisor to death row inmates nationwide. He has accompanied eleven men to their executions, including the first and eighth nitrogen hypoxia executions. Widely regarded as the leading spiritual voice on the death penalty, his work has been profiled in outlets ranging from the New York Times to a Rolling Stone documentary, The Spiritual Advisor. For his service and scholarship, he was nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

Dr. Hood holds degrees from Auburn University (BA), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv), Emory University's Candler School of Theology (ThM), the University of Alabama (MA), Creighton University (MS), Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University (DMin), and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the American Institute of Metaphysics. His primary interest has always been the power of spirituality to bring about liberation.

Ordained to ministry in 2006, Dr. Hood was incardinated into the priesthood of the Old Catholic Church in 2022. The author of over 100 books - including The Courage to Be Queer, named one of the best religion books of 2016 at the Independent Publishers Book Awards - he regularly partners with men on death row to co-produce original works of theology.

On July 7, 2016, Dr. Hood organized and led a Dallas rally against police brutality that ended in the shooting deaths of five police officers. He saved lives by using the cross he was carrying to force people away from the gunfire. The Dallas Public Library honored his role in that event and his wider work by opening the Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood Collection in its archives.

In January 2024, Dr. Hood became the first spiritual advisor present in an execution chamber for a nitrogen hypoxia execution. Amid the international media attention that followed, he kept the memory of Kenneth Smith at the center of the story while demanding that such an execution never be repeated. No other spiritual advisor in the country has been present in the execution chamber for as many executions.

Believing that traditional theological education is increasingly inadequate, Dr. Hood founded The New Theology School, where he serves as Dean and as the Rev. Charles Moore Professor of Prophetic Theology.

With many arrests and assaults, he is not afraid to give his body to the struggle for justice.