Daniel Schipani

Daniel S. Schipani, Dr.Psy., Ph.D

An Abbreviated CV

Professor Schipani was born and raised in Pehuajó, a city in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He holds a Doctor of Psychology degree from Universidad Católica Argentina (Buenos Aires), and a PhD in Practical Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton, NJ). He is Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Emeritus, at the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana, and Affiliate Professor of Pastoral & Spiritual Care at McCormick Theol. Seminary and S. Francisco Theol. Seminary. Before he was Professor of Pastoral Counseling and Christian Education at the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico (San Juan, PR). An ordained minister in Mennonite Church USA, he also serves as a psychotherapist and pastoral counselor (volunteer) at a local community health center for economically vulnerable people, especially immigrants from Latin America. His academic work includes clinical supervision of students in chaplaincy, and pastoral and spiritual counseling.

Daniel Schipani’s research and teaching interests include formation and transformation processes, intercultural reading of the Bible, and intercultural and interfaith pastoral care and counseling. He is the author or editor of thirty books on pastoral care, education, and practical and pastoral theology. His main texts on pastoral and spiritual care include The Way of Wisdom in Pastoral Counseling; Spiritual Caregiving in the Hospital: Windows to Chaplaincy Ministry, Interfaith Spiritual Care: Understandings and Practices; Multifaith Views in Spiritual Care, Manual de Psicología Pastoral y Camino de Sabiduría-Consejería: Cuidado psico-espiritual, and Where are We?: Pastoral Environments and Care of migrants, Intercultural and Interreligious Perspectives. His main texts on education and ministry include: Religious Education Encounters Liberation Theology; Teología del Ministerio Educativo; and Paulo Freire Vigencia y Desafío –Pedagogía Crìtica para la Educación Cristiana y Teológica.

Prof. Schipani is also a visiting lecturer in various academic institutions and lectures widely in North America, Latin America and Europe. He is a member of several professional and academic organizations, including the Society for Intercultural and Interreligious Pastoral Care & Counseling, the Society for Pastoral Theology, the International Association of Spiritual Care, and the International Academy of Practical Theology.