Kelley A. Raab

Kelley Raab was born in Utah and grew up in Pennsylvania and New York. She attended Colgate University, where she completed a BA in Biology. She earned three graduate degrees: an MDiv from Chicago Theological Seminary, an MA from the University of Chicago Divinity School, and a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Ottawa. She taught religious studies for over twelve years, then worked as a mental health chaplain for over fourteen years. Post-retirement, she has a private practice in psychotherapy.

Her first book, When Women Become Priests: The Catholic Women’s Ordination Debate (Columbia University Press), expanded her dissertation research; her second book Spirituality, Creativity, and Mental Health: Exploring Connections (Routledge), argued that creativity and spirituality are allies in good mental health. Her forthcoming memoir, Who Am I Now? Reflections on Spirituality and Grief, is published by Santos Books.

She currently lives in Ottawa, Ontario.