Russel H. Davis

7/2012

Professor and Chair of Patient Counseling, School of Allied Health Professions at Virginia Commonwealth University

Current:	Professor and Chair, Department of Patient Counseling, School of Allied Health Professions at Virginia Commonwealth University
Past:	CPE Supervisor at Sentara Healthcare Executive Director at Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. Associate Professor at University of Virginia Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York Associate Minister for Pastoral Care at The Riverside Church in the City of New York
Education:	Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York University of Virginia
Publications:	Freud’s Concept of Passivity, International Universities Press, 1993. Provides a historical, developmental, and critical study of Freud’s concept of passivity in relation to the Oedipus complex and other central psychoanalytic ideas. Implications for a psychoanalytic study of religion.
Articles:	2010 “Flowers on the Altar: Initial Pastoral Visits and Communication in Depth,” in Healing Wisdom: Ministry in Depth (edited by Kathleen Greider, Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger, and Felicity Kelcourse), Eerdmans. 2005 “Pastoral Care of the Sick, 1,” Hans-Cristoph Piper and Russell H. Daivs. Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 4: P-S (Edwin Fahlbush, et al, editors). Eerdmans. 2005 “Pastoral Care of the Sick, 2-3,” Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 4: P-S. 2005 “Psychiatry,” Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 4: P-S. 2005 “Psychoanalysis,” Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 4: P-S. 2005 “Psychosis,” Russell H. Davis and Gaetano Benedetti. Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 4: P-S. 2005 “Psychotherapy,” Russell H. Davis, Karl König, and Falk Leichsenring. Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 4: P-S. 2004 “The Middle Years,” In Human Development and Faith (Felicity Kelcourse, Ed.), Chalice Press. (In Press.) 1997 “Calling as Divine Summons: Biblical and Depth Psychological Perspectives.” Union Seminary Quarterly Review (volume 51, numbers 3-4) 1994 “Discordant Identification in Critical Incident Stress.” Journal of Religion and Health (volume 33, number 1) 1991 “Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Approaches to the Understanding and Treatment of Convicted Rapists.” The Psychiatry and Religion Letter 1990 “Initial Pastoral Visits and Communication in Depth.” Journal of Religion and Health (volume 29, number 2) 1981 “Kierkegaard and Community,” Union Seminary Quarterly Review
Hobbies:	Russell collects architectural photographic images of the Morningside Heights area of New York City — from 110th to 125th Streets, from the Hudson River to Morninside Park — including the many magnificent institutions therein: Union Theological Seminary, The Riverside Church, Manhattan School of Music, Jewish Theological Seminary, Teachers College, Barnard College, Columbia University, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine.